The Ninety Nine All Stars Tour was a tour of

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s where the Ninety Nine All Stars team toured five countries during the

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. It was formed by

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and some of Gretzky's personal friends. The purpose of the tour was to stay in shape during the lockout, raise money for charities and to promote ice hockey around the world. The team played a total of eight games in five countries, six against professional club teams and two against national All Star teams. The Ninety Nine All Stars were, indeed, truly all stars; , eleven players from the team have been inducted into the

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. In the first game, held at the

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against the IHL's

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, the Ninety-Nines wore white NHLPA jerseys with black trim, as worn during a preceding series of NHLPA exhibition games. For the games in Europe, the team wore uniforms based upon the

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' 1991–92

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, themselves based upon the 1927–28 Detroit Cougars white uniforms with red stripes, but with the word "DETROIT" on the front wide stripe replaced with a cursive "Ninety Nine".

Ninety Nine All Stars Roster

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Defensemen * Rob Blake# *

Paul Coffey Paul Patrick Coffey (born June 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams over 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time ...

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Marty McSorley Martin James McSorley (born May 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 2000. A versatile player, he could play both the forward and defense positions. He was also hea ...

Forwards * Pat Conacher * Russ Courtnall *

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Doug Gilmour Douglas Robert Gilmour (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for seven different teams. Gilmour was a seventh round selection, 134th overall, of the ...

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Tony Granato Anthony Lewis Granato (born July 25, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger and former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He served as head coach of the United States men's national ice hockey tea ...

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* Rick Tocchet *

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# Coaches * Doug Wilson (head coach) *

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(assistant coach) * Mike Barnett (General Manager) * Claes Elefalk (Tour Coordinator) {{col-end

List of games

* December 1, 1994: 3-4 loss vs

(IHL) ** Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, and Paul Coffey, all from the

, did not appear in this game. Future NHL star Miroslav Satan scored the winning goal for the Vipers. * December 3, 1994: 7-1 win vs

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(Finland) * December 4, 1994: 3-4 OT loss vs Ilves Tampere (Finland) * December 6, 1994: 6-3 win vs ''Norwegian Spectrum All Stars'' (Norway) * December 9, 1994: 8-3 win vs

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(Sweden) * December 10, 1994: 5-2 win vs Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden) * December 12, 1994: 5-6 OT loss vs

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(Sweden) * December 14, 1994: 8-5 win vs ''German All Stars'' in Freiburg (Germany)

References

The World Cup of Hockey
1994 in ice hockey National Hockey League All-Star Games Wayne Gretzky

Ninety Nine All Stars Roster

List of games

See also

References