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| Date | January 29, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Scotiabank Place | |||||||||||||||
| City | Ottawa | |||||||||||||||
| MVP | Marian Gaborik (NY Rangers) | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,510 | |||||||||||||||
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The 2012 National Hockey League All-Star Game, (also known as the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game)[1] took place on January 29, 2012, at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.[2] This edition of the All-Star Game featured the "fantasy draft" format first seen in the previous 2011 NHL All-Star Game. The participating players voted for team captains, selecting Daniel Alfredsson of the All-Star host Ottawa Senators and Zdeno Chara of the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, himself also a former Senator.
The event marked the first time the city of Ottawa hosted an NHL All-Star Game. Ottawa has hosted two NHL Entry Drafts, a Stanley Cup Finals and the World Junior Championships all in the past five years. It marked the 20th anniversary of the Ottawa Senators joining the NHL. It was the second All-Star Game that Canada has hosted in the past three years,[3] as the Montreal Canadiens hosted it in 2009. Winning goaltender Tim Thomas became the only goaltender in NHL history to win four consecutive All-Star games.
- ^ "Tim Hortons secures title sponsorship of 2012 NHL All-Star game" (Press release). National Hockey League. October 31, 2011.
- ^ Lozo, Dave (September 15, 2010). "NHL announces Ottawa as 2012 All-Star Game host". National Hockey League.
- ^ Hirsch, Mike (September 15, 2010). "Ottawa to Host 2012 NHL All-Star Game". BlueLineStation.Com.