LOS ANGELES - The NHL announced today that pop superstars Nick Jonas, Fifth Harmony and Carly Rae Jepsen will join the lineup of performers and special guests for the 2017 Honda NHL® All-Star Weekend, including previously announced Academy Award and 10-time Grammy Award winner John Legend, Robin Thicke, John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, as well as THE NHL100™ presented by GEICO host Jon Hamm.

The LA Kings - who are celebrating their 50th anniversary - and the city of Los Angeles will play host to the 2017 Honda NHL® All-Star Weekend, Jan. 26-29.

"You always talk about seeing someone special, you love your team, but you remember seeing the stars"

Luc Robitaille, President of Business Operations, joined Bloomberg Markets to talk about growing the NHL, marketing to GenZ and what to expect from the upcoming NHL All-Star in LA.

Listen here. Robitaille starts at 1:30 mark.

Ahead of the 2017 NHL All-Star weekend, FOX Sports West, the telecast home of the LA Kings, is pleased to offer a week-long programming lineup complemented by an on-site presence at the 2017 NHL Fan Fair from the Los Angeles Convention Center.
 
Leading off the schedule tonight, Jan. 23, FOX Sports West will air one classic game per night throughout the week, beginning with the 2014 Stanley Cup Final Game 5, featuring the New York Rangers vs LA Kings; on Thursday, Jan. 26, an all new "Kings Weekly" will highlight former LA King, Doug Smith, a close-up on the LA Kings high school hockey league and more; and on Saturday, Jan. 28, FOX Sports West will deliver a live show entitled, "NHL All-Star Saturday." Broadcasting from L.A. Live on the FOX Sports West desk, Patrick O'Neal will be joined by Bob Miller, Daryl Evans, Jon Rosen and more as the 90-minute show offers interviews with current and former LA Kings players and local celebrities, while also featuring sights and sounds from the 2017 NHL All-Star week.
 
 

Here are the LA Kings Top 5 plays of the week from January 15 - January 22:

No. 5

Carter scores a backhanded power play goal against the NY Islanders early on in the third period, cutting the LA Kings deficit to 2-1.

Video: LAK@NYI: Carter backhands home nifty PPG

Pregame.

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Tweet from @akreda: Annual @LAKings visit to Brooklyn. #nyi #lakings #barclayscenter pic.twitter.com/bOR5ATV1jE

Hockey has always been a perfect combination of elements. Physicality, skill, speed not to mention pageantry and tradition. While some traditions are hard wired into the game we all love there are some that have developed "organically" over the years. One such tradition is the playoff beard. Hockey fans in 2017 are all too familiar with photos of their favorite players festooned with scraggly beards that in any other setting would be cause for concern.

As part of the NHL All-Star Game's return to Los Angeles, the LA Kings and the Kings Care Foundation are hosting three volunteer events for fans to participate in to give back to the community in the week leading up to All-Star Weekend.

"Reinvesting in the community is an extremely important part of the LA Kings culture. From our owners, to players, staff and fans -- there is a real sense of loyalty to the city we play for," says Amanda Ellis, Manager of Community Relations and the Kings Care Foundation.

The events range from building an interactive and edible garden, multiple beach cleanups, and a home playhouse and framing build day.

Fury over fan voting. The "threat" of an unconventional All-Star. A never-before-seen playing format.

It's not 2016 and John Scott and the 3-on-3 All-Star Game - no, it's 1979 and Joe Lindgere and the NHL All-Stars vs. the Soviet Union in the Challenge Cup.

That year, for the first time, the NHL asked the fans to vote on the All-Star starting line-up. In previous seasons, coaches or the Professional Hockey Writers Association picked the teams.

"It's a joke," snapped Butch Goring.

Matt Price explains the science behind Alec Martinez' power skating in a new episode of Fit To Be King: Science of Hockey Presented by Lenny and Larry's. 

NEW YORK (Jan. 19, 2017) - Academy Award and 10-time Grammy winner John Legend, and Grammy-nominated recording artists Robin Thicke and John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting will join host Jon Hamm, 2017 NHL® All-Star players and famous hockey fans for THE NHL100™ presented by GEICO, a star-studded event in which the entire collection of the 100 Greatest NHL® Players will be unveiled. Billed as the largest gathering ever of hockey legends, THE NHL100 presented by GEICO will be broadcast live from Microsoft Theater on Friday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN in the U.S. and Sportsnet and TVAS in Canada.

Tickets to the event are available now!