Unlikely 1990s NHL all-stars

The title above says it all. This post is dedicated to players that participated in NHL all-star games in 1990s that you may not believe were all-stars. They could be players that had one great season, they could be there as the representative of a bad team, or they could be there since there was a lack of depth in the position for the team (i.e. World team defence). But just because they are unlikely all-stars, they are still all-stars in one of the toughest sports on Earth.

1990: Paul Cavallini, defenceman, St. Louis (Campbell Conference). Cavallini scored eight goals and 47 points in the 1989-90 season, and would lead the league with +38 rating. 

1991: Garry Galley, defenceman, Boston (Campbell Conference). Gallery scored 6 goals and 27 points during the season, and would play in a second all-star game in 1994.

1992: Don Beaupre, goalie, Washington (Wales Conference). 1992 was actually Beaupre's second all-star game, following an appearance in the 1981 game as rookie. In 1991-92 he recorded 29 wins and finished fourth in NHL with a 3.20 goals against average.

1993: Peter Sidorkiewicz goalie, Ottawa (Wales Conference) and Kelly Kisio, cent, San Jose (Campbell Conference). Sidorkiewicz led the league in losses (46), goals against (250) and recorded only eight win with expansion Ottawa. Kisio on other hand had a pretty good season scoring 26 goals and 78 points in 78 games. Both players were the representatives of their historically bad expansion teams.

1994: Alexei Kasatonov, defenceman, Anaheim (Western Conference). The Soviet legend had four goals and 24 points in 63 games during the Mighty Ducks' expansion season. He was traded to St. Louis two months after the all-star game.

1996: Mathieu Schneider, defenceman, NY Islanders (Eastern Conference).  Schneider had a decent offensive output in 1995-96, scoring 13 goals and 54 points split between Islanders and Maple Leafs.

1997: Scott Lachance, defenceman NY Islanders (Eastern Conference). The former fourth overall pick scored only three goals and 13 points during the 1996-97 season, and qualifies as one of the most obscure all-star game participants of the 1990s.

1998: Dmitri Mironov, defenceman, Anaheim (Team World). The Russian defenceman scored eight goals and 43 points along with 119 penalty minutes during the season. He was traded to Detroit in March and would win the Stanley Cup

1999: Mattias Norstrom, defenceman, Los Angeles (Team World). The Swedish defenceman scored two goals and seven points in 78 games during the 1998-99 season. The defensive defenceman would play in a second all-star game in 2004.

628 - Trevor Linden

Linden played in two all-star games (1991 and 1992), recording a goal and assist in the 1992 game.

629 - Jeremy Roenick

JR played in nine all-star games, recording six goals and 13 points. He scored points in all but his last two all-star game appearances, and was named a starter at the 2003 game. Roenick twice won the accuracy shooting competition, sharing the title in 1998 with Ray Bourque and Brendan Shanahan (4 for 6) and winning with a perfect 4 for 4 in 2003.

630 - Theoren Fleury

The diminutive star played in seven all-star games, scoring six goals and recording 12 points, along with two penalty minutes. Fleury was named a starter for the 2001 all-star game.

631 - Sergei Fedorov

Fedorov surprisingly played in only six all-star games, but made the most of his limited appearances, scoring four goals and 10 points. The Russian superstar best displayed his varying talents in the skills competition, twice winning fastest skater (the inaugural contest in 1992, and again in 1994), then won the hardest shot competition in 2002 with a blast of 101.5 miles per hour. He became only the second forward to win the competition at that point in time, joining Fredrik Modin, who won the year prior in 2001.

632 - Al MacInnis

Speaking of hardest shot competition, MacInnis played in 12 all-star games, making his first appearance in 1985. He was named a starter five times, and recorded two goals and four points, including scoring a goal in his last appearance in 2003. The most feared shooter of the 1980s and 1990s, MacInnis won the hardest shot competition seven times in his career, including four in a row from 1997 to 2000. 

633 - Ray Bourque

Bourque sits second all-time behind Gordie Howe in all-star game appearances, having played in 19 games. During this time he was named a starter 13 times, scoring four goals and 17 points, the top point total all-time for a defenceman. Bourque was named the MVP of the 1996 game held in Boston, scoring the game-winning goal for the Eastern Conference with less than 40 seconds to play.

He was also an eight time winner of the accuracy shooting competition, winning the inaugural competition in 1992. Bourque won the competition five straight years (1997 to 2001), and twice recorded a perfect 4 for 4 (1992 and 1993).

634 - Mike Richter

Richter appeared in three all-star games (1992, 1994 and 1999). He won the MVP in 1994, saving 19 of 21 shots in the second period as the Eastern Conference would hold on for a 9-8 victory over the Western Conference.