The very first book to chronicle the rich history of the NHL’s crowning jewel of a game, The NHL All-Star Game is a blockbuster compendium of stories, photographs and statistics published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the All-Star Game. Written by well-known sports writer Andrew Podnieks, The NHL All-Star Game gives a game-by-game description, complete with fascinating anecdotes and little-known lore. From the game’s beginning in 1908 as a benefit game for the family of Hod Stuart, a star defenseman for the Montreal Wanderers, who drowned shortly after his team’s Stanley Cup win in 1907, to the 1999 game and Wayne Gretzky’s inspired--and final--All-Star performance, Podnieks brings every All-Star moment vividly to life. Packed full of photographs and complete with registers, records and all statistics, The NHL All-Star Game is a hockey fan’s treasure. “Illuminating…Serious students of the game know already to follow where Podnieks leads…his attention to and reverence for the game compares with Nabokov and his bond with butterflies.”--The Globe and Mail