Report: Sabres expected to host 2017 NHL All-Star Game
Timothy T. Ludwig / USA TODAY Sports
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.
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