Rod Brind’Amour of the Carolina Hurricanes (Metropolitan), Jim Montgomery of the Boston Bruins (Atlantic), Peter DeBoer of the Dallas Stars (Central) and Bruce Cassidy of the Vegas Golden Knights (Pacific) will coach their respective divisions at the 2023 Honda NHL All-Star Game at FLA LIVE Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Feb. 4 (3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, CBC, SN, TVAS).
Their teams have the highest points percentage (points earned divided by total possible points) in their respective divisions through Wednesday.
Brind’Amour will be coaching his second All-Star Game after coaching the Metropolitan Division last season. He’s guided the Hurricanes (25-9-7, .695 points percentage) to first in the division. Brind’Amour won the 2021 Jack Adams Award voted as the top coach in the NHL after Carolina went 36-12-8.
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Montgomery will be coaching his first All-Star Game. He’s led Boston to the best record in the NHL (32-4-4, .850 points percentage) after he was hired July 1 to replace Cassidy, who was fired June 7. Under Montgomery, the Bruins rank in the top five in the NHL in goals per game (3.85, second), goals-against per game (2.13, first), power-play percentage (28.2, third) and penalty-killing percentage (85.8, first), and leads the NHL with a plus-69 goal differential; the Dallas Stars rank second (plus-36). Boston has not lost a home game in regulation this season, going 19-0-3 including a 2-1 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on Jan. 2.
DeBoer will be making his third All-Star Game appearance as a coach, including last season when he was with the Golden Knights. The Stars’ first-year coach has them first in the Central Division (25-11-6, .667). DeBoer also coached the Pacific Division in 2017, when he was with the San Jose Sharks.
Cassidy will be making his second appearance, and first since he coached the Atlantic Division in 2020 with the Bruins. Hired by Vegas on June 14, he has the Golden Knights first in the Pacific (27-13-2, .667) after they failed to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.
The All-Star Game will feature a three-game tournament played in a 3-on-3 format and showcasing teams from each NHL division. Each of the four teams will include nine skaters and two goalies.
The initial 32 players were chosen for the All-Star Game by the NHL hockey operations department Jan. 5. The remaining 12 (two skaters, one goalie per division) will be chosen by a fan vote, which will take place online (NHL.com/vote) through Jan. 17, and on Twitter from Jan. 12-14. Details on the voting process can be found here.
The 12 players selected via fan voting be revealed Jan. 19.
The 2023 NHL All-Stars Skills presented by DraftKings Sportsbook will take place Feb. 3 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS).