The 2023 NHL Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville and hosted by country music artist Dierks Bentley this month.
Hosted by country music superstar, @DierksBentley, the 2023 NHL Awards™ is coming up. You going? 🏒https://t.co/bfPDfW1qsm
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On June 26, Bridgestone Arena will host a celebration of the NHL’s best regular-season performances. The broadcast will reveal the winners of 13 regular-season awards across a wide range of categories.
The awards that will be distributed at the event include:
- Most valuable player (Hart Trophy)
- Outstanding goaltender (Vezina Trophy)
- Outstanding defenseman (Norris Trophy)
- Outstanding rookie (Calder Trophy)
- Ted Lindsay Award, which is presented annually to the “most outstanding player” in the NHL as voted by fellow members of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA).
“We can’t wait to celebrate the NHL’s best and brightest with the best of country music in Nashville,” NHL Chief Content Officer and Senior Executive Vice President Steve Mayer said in a statement. “Dierks has rocked our stage over the years as a headline performer, and we’re so happy to welcome him as host of this year’s NHL Awards.”
Dierks Bentley recently released his 10th studio album and has received three CMA Awards, 14 GRAMMY® nominations, and is a Grand Ole Opry member.
The country music star says that hockey plays a “big part” in his daily life, as his son is a travel hockey player.
“Hockey plays a big part of my daily life. I’ve been to rinks all over the country with my travel hockey son. I coach his spring league games and spend hours in the local hockey store, telling him, ‘No, you do not need a new stick!’ We love watching YouTube highlight reels, the whole family loves going to Nashville Predators games and watching the Stanley Cup Final together. And, I am a proud member of a beer league team here in Nashville. To get to add NHL Awards host to this list is truly an honor,” Bentley stated.
The 2023 NHL Awards will kick off a week of NHL activities in Nashville leading up to the 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft™ at Bridgestone Arena from June 28-29.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Dierks Bentley” by Dierks Bentley.
