NHL All-Star Weekend

Location: Ottawa, ON
Venue: Scotiabank Place
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012

The 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend will be held at the midway point of the regular season and will feature the league's star players.

Weekend Package

Includes deluxe hotel accommodations, a ticket to the NHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition, event transfers, gifts and more.

Game Package

Includes deluxe hotel accommodations, a ticket to the NHL All-Star Game, event transfers, gifts and more.

Local Package

Includes a ticket to the NHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition, event transfers, gifts and more.

Event History

The National Hockey League All-Star Game is an exhibition ice hockey game traditionally held at the midway point of the regular season of the NHL, with many of the league's star players playing against each other. The game's proceeds benefit the pension fund of the players.

The starting lineup for the two teams, including the starting goaltender, is voted on by fans, while the remainder of the teams’ rosters is chosen by the NHL's Hockey Operations Department in consultation with the teams' General Managers. Since 1996, the head coaches for the two All-Star teams have been the coaches of the two teams that are leading their respective conferences in point percentage. Prior policy saw the two head coaches that appeared in the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals coaching the All-Star teams.

The All-Star Game is preceded by the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, a competition showing the various talents of the all-stars, and the NHL YoungStars Game, an exhibition game not exclusively featuring rookies, playing under slightly modified rules.