January 24, 2017
The National Hockey League's brightest stars will convene at Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 62nd annual All-Star Game this weekend. The two-day affair, which will feature a bevy of entertainment on Saturday and Sunday, touches down in Los Angeles for the first time since 2002. And with that long drought now over, NHL All-Star Game tickets are drawing big demand on the resale market.
On TicketIQ, the average resale price for 2017 NHL All-Star Game tickets is now $407. That makes it the third most expensive NHL All-Star Game since 2011. Over that time, however, the league experienced the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season as well as 2014's cancellation of the game due to the Winter Olympics. Even so, this year's All-Star Game is considerably pricier on average than 2011's game at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina and 2015's game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
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Take a look at how prices stack up for both days at this year's All-Star Weekend below:
1/28/17 NHL All-Star Saturday Night | Average Resale Price: $245 | Get-in Price: $57
The National Hockey League will showcase its best stars on Saturday night at Staples Center in the All-Star Skills Competition. The league will crown new winners in several contests, including the fastest skater, accuracy shot and hardest shot. The most notable change for 2017 is the replacement of the breakaway challenge with the Four-Line Challenge. NHL All-Star Saturday Night tickets currently average $245 and the get-in price is $57, as Montreal Canadiens all-star Shea Weber looks for his third straight hardest shot competition victory in Los Angeles. The average 2017 NHL Saturday Night tickets are 34 percent less expensive than the 2016 ones, and the get-in price shows a 59 percent decrease from the previous year.
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1/29/17 NHL All-Star Game | Average Resale Price: $407 | Get-in Price: $129
On Sunday at Staples Center, the NHL will host the 62nd annual All-Star Game as a three-on-three tournament. The fans elected the captains of the four teams: Canadiens goalie Carey Price, Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, Penguins forward Sidney Crosby and Oilers forward Connor McDavid. NHL All-Star Game tickets on TicketIQ currently average $474, and the cheapest available tickets start from $144 each. The average price is more expensive than other recent NHL All-Star Games, except for the 2012 All-Star tickets average price of $498. Each team, which represents one of the four league’s divisions, is led by the coach of the team with the best points percentage as of January 10; the Atlantic Division has the only coach (Michel Therrien) and team captain (Price) from the same team, the Canadiens.
1/28-29/17 NHL All-Star Weekend 2-Day Pass | Average Resale Price: $918 | Get-in Price: $325
The NHL Saturday Night and the NHL All-Star Game are such exciting events, and tickets to both can be purchased with the 2-day pass. NHL All-Star Weekend 2-day passes currently average $918 and start from $325 each. The average price is 30 percent more than the previous year, but the get-in price is just a six percent increase from 2016. The league will be hosting this special weekend for the third consecutive year for the first time since 2009.
Below is the Eastern and Western Conference rosters:
Eastern Conference:
Atlantic Division
| Carey Price (G) | Montreal Canadiens |
| Tuukka Rask (G) | Boston Bruins |
| Nikita Kucherov (F) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Brad Marchand (F) | Boston Bruins |
| Auston Matthews (F) | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Frans Nielsen (F) | Detroit Red Wings |
| Kyle Okposo (F) | Buffalo Sabres |
| Vincent Trocheck (F) | Florida Panthers |
| Victor Hedman (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Erik Karlsson (D) | Ottawa Senators |
| Shea Weber (D) | Montreal Canadiens |
Metropolitan Division
| Sergei Bobrovsky (G) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Braden Holtby (G) | Washington Capitals |
| Sidney Crosby (F) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Taylor Hall (F) | New Jersey Devils |
| Evgeni Malkin (F) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Alex Ovechkin (F) | Washington Capitals |
| Wayne Simmonds (F) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| John Tavares (F) | New York Islanders |
| Justin Faulk (D) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Seth Jones (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Ryan McDonaugh (D) | New York Rangers |
Western Conference
Central Division
| Corey Crawford (G) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Devan Dubnyk (G) | Minnesota Wild |
| Patrik Laine (F) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Patrick Kane (F) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Nathan MacKinnon (F) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Tyler Seguin (F) | Dallas Stars |
| Vladimir Tarasenko (F) | St. Louis Blues |
| Jonathan Toews (F) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| P.K. Subban (D) | Nashville Predators |
| Ryan Suter (D) | Minnesota Wild |
| Duncan Keith (D) | Chicago Blackhawks |
Pacific Division
| Martin Jones (G) | San Jose Sharks |
| Mike Smith (G) | Arizona Coyotes |
| Connor McDavid (F) | Edmonton Oilers |
| Jeff Carter (F) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Johnny Gaudreau (F) | Calgary Flames |
| Bo Horvat (F) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Ryan Kesler (F) | Anaheim Ducks |
| Joe Pavelski (F) | San Jose Sharks |
| Brent Burns (D) | San Jose Sharks |
| Drew Doughty (D) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Cam Fowler (D) | Anaheim Ducks |
