NHL All-Stars & Country Music Icons to Headline NHL ALL-STAR FRIDAY NIGHT

NBC Sports begins its comprehensive 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend coverage in Nashville, Tenn., in three days with a primetime special featuring NHL All-Star players and performances from top country music stars, when NBCSN presents NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City this Friday at 8 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Group's Kathryn Tappen will co-host Friday night's one-hour special alongside Kimberly Perry, lead singer of the Grammy Award and CMA Award-winning group The Band Perry, from Bridgestone Winter Park in downtown Nashville.

The event will feature interviews and appearances from numerous NHL All-Stars, including Steven Stamkos (TBL), P.K. Subban, Matt Duchene (COL), Johnny Gaudreau (CGY), Brandon Saad (CBJ), as well as a trio of All-Star representatives from the hometown NASHVILLE Predators - Roman Josi, Pekka Rinne and Shea Weber.

In addition, country music legend and All-Star Game celebrity coach Vince Gill and Predators defenseman Roman Josi will give viewers a tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory.

NHL All-Star Weekend coverage continues on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. ET, with the NHL Skills Competition, followed by the debut of the 3-on-3 format of the NHL ALL-STAR GAME on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET. Three-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike 'Doc' Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire, and 500-goal scorer Jeremy Roenick call the back-and-forth action from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Following is NBCSN's All-Star Weekend coverage schedule:

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Fri., January 29	NHL Top 10 - 3-on-3 (Premiere)	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
	NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sat., January 30	NHL Skills Competition	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	NHL Overtime*	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., January 31	NHL Skills Competition (Encore)	NBCSN	2 p.m.
	NHL Live	NBCSN	4:30 p.m.
	2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game	NBCSN	5 p.m.
	NHL Overtime*	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	NHL All-Star Game (Encore)	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
	NHL Skills Competition (Encore)	NBCSN	11:30 p.m.

*immediately following game coverage

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA

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2015-16 REGULAR SEASON COVERAGE ON NBC & NBCSN

NBC Sports Group will deliver coverage of 105 NHL regular-season games during the 2015-16 season, featuring 12 games on NBC and 93 games on NBCSN. All games will be streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra. This year's coverage includes 24 Wednesday Night Rivalry games, 6 Wednesday Nightcaps, 12 Sunday Night Hockey contests, and NHL All-Star coverage.

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