1976 WHA All-Star Game - Wikipedia

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1976 WHA All-Star Game

1 2 3 Total Canadian 0 3 3 6 United States 0 0 1 1
Date	January 13, 1976
Arena	Cleveland Coliseum
City	Cleveland, Ohio
MVP	Real Cloutier & Paul Shmyr
Attendance	15,491
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The 1976 World Hockey Association All-Star Game was held in the Cleveland Coliseum in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Crusaders, on January 13, 1976. The game pitted the Canadian All-Stars, which consisted of players from the five Canadian Division teams, against the United States All-Stars, which consisted of players from the nine teams in the Eastern and Western Divisions.

The Canadian All-Stars defeated the United States All-Stars 6–1. Real Cloutier, who scored a hattrick, was named the Most Valuable Player for the Canadian team and Paul Shmyr was named the Most Valuable Player for the United States team.^[1]

#	Score	Team	Goalscorer (Assist(s))	Time
First period
No scoring
Penalties : Ley (USA) 0:29, Schella (USA) 8:37, Hull (Canada) 8:37, Patenaude (Canada) 12:48
Second period
1	1-0	Canada	Cloutier (Tardif)	1:45
2	2-0	Canada	Mahovlich (Bergman)	11:50
3	3-0	Canada	Cloutier (Sjoberg, Bordeleau)	16:44 [pp]
Penalties : Backstrom (USA) 14:58, Long (Canada) 18:03
Third period
4	4-0	Canada	Lawson (unassisted)	3:50 [sh]
5	4-1	U.S.A.	Lacroix (Ley)	13:26
6	5-1	Canada	Nilsson (Hedberg, Miszuk)	15:33
7	6-1	Canada	Cloutier (Bordeleau, Tardif)	18:04
Penalties : Nedomanský (Canada) 3:32, Long (Canada) 18:45

Goaltenders :

• Canada: McLeod, Shaw.
• U.S.A.: Cheevers, Abrahamsson.

Shots on goal :

• Canada (30) 8 - 9 - 13
• U.S.A. (25) 9 - 9 - 7

Referee : Bill Friday

Linesmen : Ross Keenan, Graham Hern

Source: ^[2]

• 1975–76 WHA season