The 9th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Detroit Olympia, home of the Detroit Red Wings, on October 2, 1955. The Red Wings, winner of the 1955 Stanley Cup Final, played a team of All-Stars, winning by a score of 3–1.
Uniforms When the NHL mandated that all teams must have a white jersey beginning with the 1951–52 NHL season, the league at the time chose to make the white jersey the designated home uniform. However, prior to the 1955–56 season, the NHL reversed the designation, requiring home teams to wear their dark jerseys and visitors to wear white. As the first All-Star Game under these rules, the Red Wings wore their red uniforms, while the All-Stars wore the white uniforms worn by the Second Team All-Stars in 1951 and 1952. The white All-Star uniform with blue and red trim would continue to be worn through 1959. The white jersey would be adapted into a throwback worn by the Wales Conference All-Stars in the 1992 All-Star Game.
Game summary NHL All-Stars Detroit Red Wings Final score 1 3 Head coach Dick Irvin (Chicago Black Hawks) Jimmy Skinner (Detroit Red Wings) LineupStarting lineup: 2 - D Doug Harvey (Montreal Canadiens) 3 - D Fern Flaman (Boston Bruins) 4 - C Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) 5 - RW Bernie Geoffrion (Montreal Canadiens) 6 - RW Leo Labine (Boston Bruins) 7 - RW Ed Litzenberger (Chicago Black Hawks) 8 - LW Danny Lewicki (New York Rangers) 9 - G Harry Lumley (Toronto Maple Leafs) 10 - D Jim Morrison (Toronto Maple Leafs) 11 - C Ken Mosdell (Montreal Canadiens) 12 - RW Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens) 13 - LW Sid Smith (Toronto Maple Leafs) 14 - D Allan Stanley (Chicago Black Hawks) 15 - G Terry Sawchuk (Boston Bruins) 16 - C Red Sullivan (Chicago Black Hawks) 17 - C Ron Stewart (Toronto Maple Leafs) 18 - LW Harry Watson (Chicago Black Hawks) 20 - D Frank Martin (Chicago Black Hawks)Starting lineup: 1 - G Glenn Hall 2 - D Bob Goldham 3 - D Marcel Pronovost 4 - D Red Kelly 5 - D Warren Godfrey 7 - LW Ted Lindsay, C 8 - C Earl Reibel 9 - RW Gordie Howe 10 - C Alex Delvecchio 11 - LW Marty Pavelich 12 - LW Ed Sandford 14 - LW Real Chevrefils 15 - D Larry Hillman 16 - C Norm Ullman 17 - RW Bill Dineen 18 - D Gord Hollingworth 19 - RW Jerry Toppazzini 20 - LW Johnny Bucyk 21 - C Norm Corcoran Scoring summary Harvey (Beliveau, Smith), 16:38 Howe (Reibel, Delvecchio), 0:57 2nd (PPG) Reibel (Howe, Lindsay), 5:43 Reibel (Goldham, Lindsay), 19:33 (ENG) Penalties Flaman, 1:28 1st Geoffrion, 9:04 1st Stewart, 10:32 1st Stanley, 16:14 1st Morrison, 19:14 1st Harvey, 12:28 3rd Corcoran, 8:46 1st Bucyk, 15:16 1st Corcoran, 6:40 2nd Hollingworth, 16:01 2nd Hollingworth, 10:54 3rd Win/loss L - Harry Lumley W - Glenn Hall Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: George Hayes, Scotty Morrison
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Named to the first All-Star team in 1954–55. Named to the second All-Star team in 1954–55.
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