The brothers Bure steal the show Some teams had already thought they saw enough of the Bures this season, well, Sunday they saw even more of the most electrifying talent hockey has to offer. Pavel Bure has the Florida Panthers in first place in the Southeast Division with a league-leading 37 goals, while Valeri Bure has the Calgary Flames in surprising contention for a playoff berth in the Western Conference with his team-leading 28 goals. Sunday, the two played together for the first time since they were in the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, and Pavel led the World All-Stars to its first victory in the three years that the NHL has pitted the World stars vs. the North American stars, scoring three goals and adding one assist. Twice he was set up by younger brother, Valeri. In fact, the two could have combined for another goal, when they broke in alone on a 2-on-1 late in the third period but Valeri passed up a shot trying to help Pavel get his fourth goal. "After the second period I told Val if we got open that I would get him the puck," Pavel laughed. "You know younger brothers," he said of his chance to get an All-Star goal, "they never listen to the older one." By scoring the 11th hat trick in All-Star Game history, Pavel was named Most Valuable Player. "Too bad I only had them for one game," Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman said. "Pavel doesn’t need many chances or much room and Valeri is getting to be the same in Calgary." "Pavel’s always been a very electrifying player," Valeri said. "I had to watch myself for fear that I might stand around and watch him with my mouth wide open." What could the Bures do if they played one another on a regular basis? "Don’t even ask," St. Louis defenseman Al MacInnis said. "It would drive defensemen and goaltenders out of their minds. They both have that extra gear they shift into when they are heading to the net." New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur, who was victimized for two second-period goals by Pavel overheard the question to MacInnis and said, "It would be great for hockey. But I wouldn’t like it unless they were together in the other conference, so I wouldn’t have to face them too often." Boston defenseman said the way the Bures worked so well together reminded him of Peter, Anton and Marian Stastny, when they played together for the old Quebec Nordiques. "The talent must be in the genes," Bourque joked. What made the performance even better is that Pavel and Valeri’s mother, Tatanya, had traveled from Moscow to see her boys play in the same game for the first time in several years. "I’ve never seen them both so happy," Tatanya said through an interpreter. . . . The night before the All-Star Game, Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph said he didn’t want to embarrass himself while playing the first period for the North American team. "All I want is to get through it semi-unscathed," he said. Three goals on 20 first-period shots was a little more scathed than Cujo wanted to be, especially after he yielded a goal to defenseman Dmitri Yushkevich (after getting just two goals for the Maple Leafs in 52 regular-season games). "He’s been setting me up in practice," Joseph laughed. "I’ve faced him all year and never once did he shoot at me on the low side." Maple Leafs coach Pat Quinn joked, "I’ve been trying to get him to play his position. Now, he gets a goal and I don’t know what I’m going to do him to get back on defense when the season gets underway again." What kind of discipline did Bowman ask for from the World All-Stars to get them their first win in three All-Star Games? "I told them I don’t want to hear another word of Russian, Czech, Slovak, Swedish or Finn," Bowman said. "Then I turned to Olie Kolzig and I asked him what he was, and he said German. I told the guys and German, too. I think at first they thought I was serious." Seriously, Bowman said with the Russians and Swedes in Detroit he has learned that everyone speaks a universal language. "It’s called hockey," Bowman said. . . . The NHL officially retired Wayne Gretzky’s uniform No. 99 from ever being worn by any player in the league in a special banner raising before the game. Afterwards he got a chance to speak:,p>Gretzky on the state of the game: "What we need is more kids playing hockey and not just asking what position they play. Jean Beliveau and Bobby Orr went out there as a kid to enjoy the game and it allowed them to improve on their creativity and imagination. That’s what our kids should be learning so by the time they’re 16 there are more players ready for the NHL than there are now." Gretzky’s suggestion: While he likes 5-on-5 in the NHL because of tradition (although 4-on-4 to decide regular-season ties is OK), he thinks kids would have more fun if they played 4-on-4. . . . Blues defensemen Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis regularly play over 30 minutes per game in the regular season. In the All-Star game, MacInnis played 17:51, while Pronger played 15:18. World defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom of the Red Wings, Sergei Zubov of the Dallas Stars and Peter Svoboda of the Tampa Bay Lightning all played the most -- more than 18 minutes. . . . Pavel Bure had eight shots on goal to lead everyone. Mariusz Czerkawski of the New York Islanders and Pavol Demitra of the Blues each had five. Demitra is the only other player to have more than one goal in the game -- he had two. . . . Just wondering, but is there are more effortless star in the NHL than Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr? He shrugs off checks, rags the puck to keep it away from the opposition and had such great moves and tremendous touch. He’s got to be the league’s MVP through 50 games. . . . I know Blues goalie Roman Turek did not get selected to play in the All-Star Game originally and only made it after Dominik Hasek announced he couldn’t play, but I think it’s time to start talking about whether Turek -- with a 27-11-5 record and 2.04 goals-against average this season has surpassed Hasek, who is 1-4-3 with a 2.88 average, as the best goalie from the Czech Republic. . . . Watching Olie Kolzig use his great size and consistently face up to shooters, it’s clear to see why the Washington Capitals are on their best role since going to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998. . . . Insiders say Detroit defenseman Chris Chelios is going through a touch stretch. It looked like it Sunday, too. He and the Calgary defensemen were both minus-5 for the game. . . . Even when he doesn’t look like he’s working hard, Pronger has become adept at knocking down shots from the blue line on the power play and clearing them back down the ice. I’ve never seen anyone do it better, in fact. . . . Last year we had Mark Recchi and Theo Fleury auditioning for new teams in the All-Star Game on a line with Wayne Gretzky. This season, the most attractive potential free agent in the game was Detroit left winger Brendan Shanahan. The Red Wings, however, are so close to making a run at their third Cup in four years, that there’s no way they would consider trading Shanahan now. . . . After being ill with the flu for the skills contest Saturday, Philadelphia center Eric Lindros played 11 shifts in the All-Star Game, although he appeared to be less than his usual robust self. ... There was only one penalty in the game -- Colorado defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh was called for hooking at 5:51 of the third period. ... The All-Star Game next year will be held at the new Dr. Pepper Arena in Denver.