Best Shots of the NHL All Star Skills Competition and Celebrity Shoot-out

LOS ANGELES, CalIf. – The 2017 NHL All Star events included an all day Fan Fest, skills competition and a celebrity game. Here are some of the best shots from the days activities.

Staples Center – Photo by Jack Lima

Hockeywood sign outside of the Staples Center Photo by Jack Lima

Media day activities included opportunties to chat with players. All the players were excited to be there and looking forward to the activities and game tomorrow.

Carey Price Photo by Jack Lima

Auston Matthews Photo by Jack Lima

Kyle Okposa Photo by Jack Lima

Alex Ovechkin Photo by Jack Lima

The Celebrity Shootout included former players along with Connor McDavid and Patrick Kane, and a number of performers. Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzkey and Mario Lemieux were bench coaches. Here’s the line-up:
# Team Lemieux (Black) # Team Gretzky (White)
77 Ray Bourque 6 Justin Bieber
21 Peter Forsberg 88 Patrick Kane
91 Sergei Fedorov 4 Rob Blake
17 Jari Kurri 11 Mike Gartner
19 Larry Robinson 88 Eric Lindros
27 Scott Niedermayer 5 Nicklas Lidstrom
44 Chris Pronger 19 Joe Sakic
20 Luc Robitaille 18 Denis Savard
26 Peter Stastny 21 Borje Salming
24 David Boreanaz 12 Cuba Gooding Jr.
37 Taylor Kitsch . 19 Jerry Bruckheimer
91 Riker Lynch 25 Joe Nieuwendyk
32 Ross Lynch 44 Billy Flynn
7 Ron MacLean 7 Michael Rosenbaum
13 Steven R. McQueen 37 Tim Robbins
8 Teemu Selanne 20 Carter Thicke
22 Vincent Piazza 72 Ken Baker (goalie)
4 Angela Ruggiero 1 James Badge Dale (goalie)
2 Mr. Zhou (goalie

Justin Bieber skates in the Celebrity Shootout Photo by Jack Lima

Singer Justin Beiber takes a penalty shot Photo by Jack Lima

Actor Tim Robbins Photo by Jack Lima

Performer Snoop Dog was on hand for the opening ceremonies for the Competition as players were introduced.

Snoop Dogg DJing during pre-game ceremony Photo by Jack Lima

As the winning team of the Skills Competition the Atlantic Team elected to play in the second game of tomorrow’s 2017 All Star Game and will face the Metropolitan team, leaving the Pacific and Central Teams to play in the first game. The winner of each match will play each other for the final game.