It’s looking like the 2018 NHL All-Star Game will be headed to Tampa, with the Lightning hosting the 63rd edition of the game next winter.
An official All-Star Game announcement for 2018 would be the final nail in the coffin for the NHL’s participation in the Olympics, which is probably the bigger story here, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about.
I’m here to say that it’s time Philadelphia gets an All-Star Game of our own.
The All-Star Game has been held in Philly twice. The first came in 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial events in Philadelphia, when the Wales Conference defeated the Campbell Conference, 7-5.