Danny DeVito, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn will headline a celebrity hockey event Sunday at Crypto.com Arena to benefit fire relief efforts.
Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings in partnership with the NHL, Skate for LA Strong will raise funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund. The event will be highlighted by a single-elimination hockey tournament featuring teams made up of celebrities, NHL alumni and first responders, organizers said.
Hockey legends set to take the ice include Mark Messier, Rob Blake, Cammi Granato, P.K. Subban, Dion Phaneuf, Jeff Carter, Matt Greene and Jarret Stoll.
“We have seen so much being done to help but the work doesn’t stop,” Kings President Luc Robitaille said in a statement. “We all believe we must keep doing everything in our power to help these victims and displaced families recover and rebuild their lives.”
Tickets for the event are being distributed to firefighters, first responders, fire victims and their families, organizers said.
The event will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, and it will be broadcast across multiple platforms, including ESPN2, ESPN+, Disney+, Hulu, truTV, Sportsnet, FanDuel Sports Network, KCAL9, Pluto TV and Samsung TV Plus.
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