15th NHL All-Star Game

The 15th NHL All-Star Game took place at the Chicago Stadium on October 7, 1961. The NHL All-Stars defeated the hometown Chicago Black Hawks 3–1.

Game Background

The Detroit Red Wings' line of Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman opened and closed the scoring as the NHL All-Stars toppled the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks 3-1 before a record crowd of 14,534 spectators.

Delvecchio opened the scoring twelve minutes into the first period on assists from Howe & Ullman and Howe closed the scoring twelve minutes into the second period on assists from Delvecchio and Ullman.

Don McKenney of the Boston Bruins also scored for the All-Stars while Eric Nesterenko beat Toronto Maple Leafs' Johnny Bower for Chicago's only goal.

Game Summary

	Chicago Blackhawks	All-Stars
Final score	1	3
Head coach	Rudy Pilous	Sid Abel (Detroit Red Wings)
Lineup	1 - G Glenn Hall 2 - D Bob Turner 3 - D Pierre Pilote (captain) 4 - D Elmer Vasko 5 - D Jack Evans 6 - D Reg Fleming 7 - C Murray Hall 8 - RW Murray Balfour 9 - C Bronco Horvath 10 - LW Ron Murphy 11 - C Bill Hay 12 - C Gerry Melnyk 14 - LW Ab McDonald 15 - RW Eric Nesterenko 16 - LW Bobby Hull 17 - RW Ken Wharram 18 - RW Chico Maki 19 - D Dollard St. Laurent 20 - C Stan Mikita	First team All-Stars: 1 - G Johnny Bower (Toronto Maple Leafs) 2 - D Doug Harvey (New York Rangers) 3 - D Marcel Pronovost (Detroit Red Wings) 5 - RW Bernie Geoffrion (Montreal Canadiens) 8 - LW Frank Mahovlich (Toronto Maple Leafs) Second team All-Stars: 21 - D Allan Stanley (Toronto Maple Leafs) 9 - RW Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) 12 - LW Dickie Moore (Montreal Canadiens) 16 - C Henri Richard (Montreal Canadiens) Other players: 1 - G Gump Worsley (New York Rangers) 4 - C Phil Goyette (Montreal Canadiens) 6 - RW Andy Bathgate (New York Rangers) 7 - C Norm Ullman (Detroit Red Wings) 10 - LW Alex Delvecchio (Detroit Red Wings) 14 - RW Claude Provost (Montreal Canadiens) 17 - C Don McKenney (Boston Bruins) 18 - D Carl Brewer (Toronto Maple Leafs) 19 - D Doug Mohns (Boston Bruins) 20 - D Leo Boivin (Boston Bruins)
Scoring summary	Nesterenko (Pilote, Hull) 6:26 second (power-play)	Delvecchio (Howe, Ullman) 11:37 first McKenney (Bathgate, Pronovost) 2:37 second Howe (Delvecchio, Ullman) 11:38 second
Penalties	Hay 15:02 first Vasko 19:15 first Nesterenko 7:36 second Nesterenko 7:36 second Nesterenko 16:21 second Pilote 1:38 third Hull 19:24 third	Mahovlich 8:26 first Goyette 4:46 second Mahovlich 7:36 second Mahovlich 7:36 second McKenney 19:47 second Richard 11:49 third
Win/Loss	Glenn Hall	Johnny Bower

Shots on goal

Chicago	6	9	8	23
All-Stars	11	13	11	35

• Referee: Frank Udvari
• Linesmen: George Hayes and Neil Armstrong
• Game Attendance: 14,534