1979 WHA All-Star Games


The 1979 World Hockey Association All-Star Games were a three-game series that was held at Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta, the home of the Edmonton Oilers. In place of the usual one game played by the WHA with league all-stars, they elected to pit a set of their league All-Stars against Moscow Dynamo. The games were held from January 2–5, 1979. The WHA All-Stars consisted of players from the six surviving teams. Moscow did not elect to play their perceived best stars. Likely, the highlight of the series was the line of Wayne Gretzky with Gordie Howe and his son Mark Howe playing together, which scored three goals in Game 1.
Larry Hillman, coach of the defending Avco Cup champion Winnipeg Jets, coached the WHA, while Vladimir Kiselyov coached Moscow.

Team Lineups

WHA All-Stars

Coach: Larry Hillman

Moscow Dynamo

Coach: Vladimir Kiselyov, Pavel Zhiburtovich.

Game summary

Game 1

Goaltenders :
Shots on goal :
  • Moscow 8 - 6 - 7
  • WHA: 12 - 8 - 10

Game 2

Goaltenders :
Shots on goal :
  • Moscow 4 - 10 - 8
  • WHA: 17 - 8 - 12

Game 3

Goaltenders :
  • Moscow: Sergei Babariko
  • WHA: Markus Mattsson
Shots on goal :
  • Moscow 8 - 2 - 9
  • WHA: 13 - 11 - 5