North American squad wins NHL All-Star Game

Bill Guerin, Doug Weight and Tony Amonte painted the highest-scoring All-Star Game in NHL history red, white and blue.

Guerin of the Boston Bruins recorded the 12th hat trick in All-Star history and added a pair of assists to lead the North American Stars to a 14-12 triumph over the World Stars at the Pepsi Center in Denver Sunday.

Three of only five Americans in the game, Guerin, Amonte and Weight combined for six goals and seven assists. They helped the North American squad avenge last year`s 9-4 loss and extend its advantage in the series to 3-1.

The 26 goals shattered the previous All-Star record of 22, set in 1993 at Montreal.

Theo Fleury of the New York Rangers, Luc Robitaille of the Los Angeles Kings and Simon Gagne of the Philadelphia Flyers chipped in two goals apiece for the North Americans. Mats Sundin of the Toronto Maple Leafs had two goals and two assists and Sergei Fedorov of the Detroit Red Wings also scored twice for the World All-Stars.

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