NHL First and Second Team All-Stars The
NHL First and Second Team All-Stars are the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
NHL All-Rookie Team The
NHL All-Rookie Team (first named in 1983) consists of the top rookies at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
All-Star Game selections The
National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season
exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Sixty-four All-Star Games have been held since 1947, with at least one player chosen to represent the Bruins in each year. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the
1979 Challenge Cup and
Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the
Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2026 because of the
Winter Olympic Games, 2021 as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, and 2025 when it was replaced by the
2025 4 Nations Face-Off. Boston has hosted two of the games. The
24th took place at the
Boston Garden and
46th took place at
TD Garden, then known as the FleetCenter. • Selected by fan vote • All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
All-Star benefit games Prior to the institution of the
National Hockey League All-Star Game the league held three different benefit games featuring teams of all-stars. The first was the
Ace Bailey Benefit Game, held in 1934, after a violent collision with Boston's
Eddie Shore left
Ace Bailey of the
Toronto Maple Leafs hospitalized and unable to continue his playing career. In 1937 the
Howie Morenz Memorial Game was held to raise money for the family of
Howie Morenz of the
Montreal Canadiens who died from complications after being admitted to the hospital for a broken leg. The
Babe Siebert Memorial Game was held in 1939 to raise funds for the family of the Canadiens'
Babe Siebert who drowned shortly after he retired from playing.
All-Star Game replacement events ==Career achievements==