Andy Lassner Set to be the Featured Celebrity Guest on Hockey Night in LA

Andy Lassner, Executive Producer of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," will serve as the special Celebrity Guest of Honor for Hockey Night in LA on December 29 when the LA Kings host the Vegas Golden Knights at STAPLES Center at 1 pm.

The special matinee edition on December 29 will be the fifth installment of Hockey Night in LA which the Kings, in conjunction with FOX Sports West, launched this past November.
Hockey Night in LA is a series of special weekend games in which club broadcasts and activations in and around STAPLES Center have a special feel, including celebrity guests, silver jerseys and outdoor fan fests featuring live music acts.
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Lassner joined the producing team of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" at its inception in 2003 and was promoted to Executive Producer in July 2005. In addition to having a recurring segment on the talk show called "Average Andy," Lassner and his fellow Ellen executive producers host the behind-the-scenes podcast, "Ellen on the Go."
Lassner has earned 20 Daytime Emmy® Awards, three Genesis Awards, and one GLAAD Award for his work on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

In addition, Lassner has won two Johnny Carson Producer of the Year Awards in Variety Television from the Producers Guild of America. Lassner currently serves as Executive Producer for NBC's fan-favorite game show "Ellen's Game of Games," NBC's hit series "Little Big Shots," as well as its spin-off series "Little Big Shots: Forever Young."
He previously executive produced the ABC reality show "Repeat After Me" and served as an Executive Consultant to Ellen DeGeneres at the 86th Academy Awards.

Lassner joins Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Kevin Ryder (KROQ) and Willie O'Ree (Hockey Hall of Famer) as the celebrity guests to date. On January 12, Snoop Dogg will be the guest of honor, with additional announcements to be revealed in the coming weeks.
The Kings conclude their two-game road trip today in Las Vegas as the Kings face the Golden Knights at 5 pm. That game will be broadcast on FOX Sports West, the
FOX Sports App
and the
LA Kings Audio Network on iHeartRadio
.