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Tate McRae to Headline 2024 NHL All-Star Game

The event will take place in Toronto on February 3.

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Tate McRae is honouring her Canadian roots, as it was announced on Wednesday (Jan. 24) that she’ll be headlining the second intermission performance at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game on Feb. 3.

The event, which will take over Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, will also feature the “Greedy” pop star as the celebrity captain for Team McKinnon, led by Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan McKinnon and Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar as assistant captain. Her team will be sporting yellow jerseys. Fellow Canadians Justin Bieber, Will Arnett and Michael Bublé were also announced as celebrity captains, wearing blue, white and red, respectively.


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The weekend will kick off with NHL All-Star Thursday on Feb. 1, before NHL All-Star Skills presented by DraftKings Sportsbook will take place on Friday, Feb. 2, and the Honda (U.S.) / Rogers (Canada) NHL All-Star Game wraps up the weekend on Saturday, Feb. 3.

The 2024 NHL All-Star Game — which Bieber, Arnett, Bublé and McRae are taking part in — airs on ABC, ESPN+, Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 3.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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