The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend will be expanded to a three-day event, the league announced Monday. Here’s what you need to know:
- The festivities will begin Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, from the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Scotiabank Arena.
- Thursday’s events feature the return of the All-Star player draft. Four captains will choose their teams with the help of a celebrity co-captain.
- NHL Alumni Man of the Year (honoring the 1967 Maple Leafs team) and the PWHL three-on-three showcase will also take place on Feb. 1.
- The All-Star skills competition will take place Friday, Feb. 2, and the weekend will close with the All-Star Game Saturday, Feb. 3.
The 2024 #NHLAllStar Weekend will be expanded to a three-day event, which will feature “NHL All-Star Thursday” on Feb. 1.
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— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 28, 2023
Significance of PWHL’s involvement
The inclusion of women’s hockey at NHL All-Star Weekend isn’t exactly new in 2023-24.
In 2018, members of the U.S. national team were on hand to demonstrate drills for the skills competition. In 2019, Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star skill competition when she took part in the fastest skater event. In 2020, the league…
