The player draft will return to NHL All-Star Weekend this season as part of a new event: NHL All-Star Thursday.
Celebrities will be paired with captains, who will pick the teams for the NHL All-Star Game from a pool of players selected by the NHL and the fans.
The NHL Alumni Association will announce its Man of the Year in a tribute to the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto’s last Stanley Cup team. The Professional Women’s Hockey League will play a 3-on-3 game.
NHL All-Star Thursday will be held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto at 6 p.m. ET on Feb. 1, followed by the NHL All-Star Skills presented by DraftKings Sportsbook on Feb. 2 and the Rogers NHL All-Star Game on Feb. 3 in the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend.
Tickets for NHL All-Star Thursday will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 5 via Ticketmaster. In Canada, the event will be televised on Sportsnet. In the United States, the player draft will be on ESPN, the rest on ESPN+.
“We’ve decided to add a third night to an already vibrant weekend,” NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said. “We felt like this was a year to make some changes, and Thursday night is one of many other changes that you’re going to hear about in the coming weeks.”