Report: Sabres expected to host 2017 NHL All-Star Game

The National Hockey League is expected to announce that the 2016-17 All-Star Game will be hosted by the Buffalo Sabres, according to James Fink of Buffalo Business First.

Fink's report:

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is expected, on Monday, to join elected leaders and Sabres’ representatives in announcing that the 2016-2017 all-star game will be played at First Niagara Center, sources said. 

The game will be played in late January 2017.

The Sabres last hosted the All-Star Game in 1978.