NHL Network begins All-Star coverage Jan. 26

As the NHL's best prepare for the league's midseason showcase, NHL Network is set to cover the 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend in Tampa Bay with 11 hours of live, on-site comprehensive coverage starting Friday, January 26. Hosts Tony Luftman, Jackie Redmond and Jamie Hersch will join analysts E.J. Hradek, Mike Johnson, Barry Melrose, Mike Rupp and Kevin Weekes to bring viewers behind-the-scenes and onto the ice with interviews with All-Star players and coaches, plus news, highlights, analysis and live pre- and postgame coverage surrounding the 2018 GEICO NHL All-Star Skills Competition and 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Game.

"The atmosphere this year at AMALIE Arena has already been off-the-charts, so I'm pumped to see how everything unfolds when some of the best athletes in the world lace up the skates in Tampa Bay next weekend," said Kevin Weekes. Previewing the NHL All-Star Game's 3-on-3 matchups, Weekes said, "Don't sleep on the Atlantic Division. Kucherov, Stamkos and Vasilevskiy will be in their own barn, and the passing ability by the Atlantic's forwards is vastly underrated."
NHL Network's All-Star programming from Tampa Bay includes:
Friday, January 26:
6:00 p.m. ET:NHL Tonight: 2018 NHL All-Star Special
7:00 p.m. ET:Top Shelf: Best of the First Half
Saturday, January 27:
11:30 a.m. ET:NHL Tonight: NHL All-Star Media Day
4:00 p.m. ET:NHL Tonight: NHL All-Star Skills Competition Preview
Following 2018 GEICO NHL All-Star Skills Competition:NHL Tonight: NHL All-Star Skills Competition Recap
Sunday, January 28:
1:00 p.m. ET: NHL Tonight:NHL All-Star Pre-Game
Following 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Game:NHL Tonight: NHL All-Star Post Game
NHL Network will also bring fans behind-the-scenes at All-Star Weekend across its
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and Snapchat platforms with photos, videos, quotes, information from its All-Star coverage and social takeovers by NHL Network personalities. At the 2018 NHL All-Star PreGame outside Tampa Bay's AMALIE Arena, NHL Network and DIRECTV NOW will offer fans the unique opportunity to test their hockey stick skills with a target practice shooting drill set up on a mini-rink.