Things to Do in Fort Lauderdale: NHL All-Star Week 2023 Event Guide

For hockey followers globally, it is now a marquee week that occurs every year. And, in 2023, it is all taking place proper right here in South Florida.

The National Hockey League’s All-Star Weekend, that includes gamers from all 32 league groups, brings occasions galore.

The festivities for All-Star Weekend go down Friday, February 3, and Saturday, February 4, at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise. On Friday from 7-10 p.m. is the NHL All-Star Skills competitors, with contests for the quickest skater, hardest shot, accuracy capturing, and extra. For the primary time, there will likely be 5 feminine gamers collaborating.

On Saturday at 3 p.m. is the NHL All-Star Game. For newbies, the sport encompasses a three-game event, performed utilizing a 3-on-3 format, with groups from every of the NHL’s 4 divisions. The winners of the primary two video games play one another for all of the glory within the last. Each workforce has 9 skaters and two goalies on its roster.

Notable gamers embrace Dallas Stars breakout left winger Jason Robertson and New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin of their first All-Star Game, legendary Washington Capitals ahead Alex Ovechkin, and Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk.

“We’ve been enthusiastic about bringing an occasion of this caliber and showcasing the league’s greatest in our yard,” says Panthers president and CEO Matt Caldwell. “For Panthers followers, enjoying host to an All-Star Game is a chance to indicate off our vibrant hockey tradition in Florida, and for NHL followers, it is an opportunity to go to our thrilling area and all it has to supply.”

As anticipation builds for All-Star Weekend, the festivities started Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, with Panthers internet hosting a “Beach Sweep” cleanup occasion for followers and native volunteers.

There are extra occasions scheduled in the course of the week. On Wednesday, February 1, there will likely be a Coral Springs Hockey Festival and Alumni Game on the Panthers IceDen (3299 Sportsplex Dr., Coral Springs). The 8 p.m. sport will pit Panthers legends, together with famed goalie Roberto Luongo, in opposition to icons from across the NHL. For skating newbies and execs alike, there will even be three on-ice clinics, the primary two beginning at 4:45 p.m.

On Thursday, February 2, Fort Lauderdale Beach Park (1100 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) serves because the week’s epicenter with a family-friendly seaside pageant. Open from midday to eight p.m. on Thursday, and 10 a.m. to six p.m. on Friday and Saturday, the pageant will embrace a cellular hockey museum, mascot dodgeball competitors, and a particular taping of the Enterprise Splash Shot, a element of the NHL Skills Competition being recorded early.

Other highlights embrace a “Saturday Sweat” health occasion at Holiday Park (1150 G. Harold Martin Dr., Fort Lauderdale) and a “Meet the Mascots” breakfast, benefitting the Florida Panthers Foundation, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5, at FLA Live Arena.

For a full slate of occasions and confirmed participant contributors, go to nhl.com/panthers and nhl.com.