It’s a Re\u002DPetey appearance this year, but there have been several Canucks\u002Drelated twinkling tales in the all\u002Dstar firmament.
Florida’s Sandis Ozolinsh had been selected by the fans to start in the game but three days before the game was traded to Anaheim.
Canucks goalie John Garrett fends off Boston Bruin Jim Nill during a February 1984 NHL game at the Pacific Coliseum, a year after his lone, memorable appearance at an all-star game representing the Canucks.Only one Canuck has ever been named All-Star MVP: Brock Boeser. But Boeser might have been the second, but for Wayne Gretzky’s late-game efforts 40 years ago.That year’s game, hosted by the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, was Feb. 8.
“I land in New York, I get down to the baggage carousel and who is there? Jean Beliveau,” he recalled. “Beliveau saw my gear, asked if I was going to Long Island. He had a limo. ‘Why don’t you ride with me,’ he offered. So I got to ride to the all-star game with Jean Beliveau!” The assembled media was so impressed, they voted Garrett as game MVP. He was going to take home a Pontiac Firebird.
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