Feb. 12: Lemieux named All-Star Game MVP as rookie in 1985

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Feb. 12
1985:
Mario Lemieux
becomes the first rookie to be named most valuable player at the NHL All-Star Game.

The 19-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins center scores two goals, including the game-winner, and has an assist to help the Wales Conference defeat the Campbell Conference 6-4 at the Saddledome in Calgary.
Boston Bruins defenseman
Ray Bourque
has four assists for the Wales Conference and sets up each of Lemieux's goals. No rookie wins MVP honors at the All-Star Game again until Brock Boeser of the Vancouver Canucks in 2018.
MORE MOMENTS
1935:
Eddie Shore
has four points (one goal, three assists) for the Bruins in
a 6-5 overtime win
against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden. Two of the assists come in a span of 12 seconds in overtime; in those days, overtime is a full 10 minutes, not sudden death.

1947:
Bill Cowley
scores a goal and has an assist for the Bruins in a
10-1 victory
against the New York Rangers at Boston Garden to become the NHL all-time scoring leader. His 529 points are one more than recently retired
Syd Howe
.
1975:The Montreal Canadiens extend their NHL-record road undefeated streak to 17 games (10-0, seven ties) with
a 2-2 tie
against Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Larry Robinson
has a goal and an assist and
Ken Dryden
makes 43 saves for Montreal.
1976:The Canucks defeat the Canadiens for the first time since entering the League in 1970.
Ron Sedlbauer
and
Dennis Ververgaert
each scores two goals
in a 6-4 victory at the Forum, ending Vancouver's 30-game (0-25, five ties) streak without a win against Montreal.
1995:
Sergei Fedorov
scores all four goals for the Detroit Red Wings in
a 4-4 tie
with the Los Angeles Kings at Joe Louis Arena. Fedorov gets a chance to win the game but misses a fifth goal when he fails to convert on a penalty shot at 3:52 of overtime.

2003:The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim set an NHL record with their 10th consecutive one-goal victory when
Mike Leclerc
scores
10 seconds into overtime
for a 4-3 win against the visiting Calgary Flames. The Ducks break the record for consecutive one-goal wins set by the Ottawa Senators in 1926-27.
2019: Jordan Binnington makes 20 saves and the St. Louis Blues win their
10th consecutive game against the New Jersey Devils
, 8-3 at Enterprise Center. Binnington improves to 10-1-1 since joining the Blues in early January and extends his personal winning streak to six games. He goes on to spark the Blues to their first Stanley Cup championship four months later.
On the same night, Nikita Kucherov scores one goal and has three assists for his NHL-leading fifth game with at least four points in the
Tampa Bay Lightning's 6-3 win
against the Flames at Amalie Arena.
2020:After the Canucks retire the numbers of
Daniel Sedin
(No. 22) and
Henrik Sedin
(No. 33), Swedish countryman Jacob Markstrom sets a team record with 49 saves in a
3-0 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks
at Rogers Arena. It's the most saves by a Vancouver goalie in a shutout, as well as his second 40-plus save shutout of the season.