CBC will broadcast tonight’s NHL Award Show from Las Vegas beginning at 8:30 p.m. There once was a time when the annual gathering was held at the Convention Centre in Toronto but, seeing as the Ontario capital looks more like a war zone these days as it prepares to host the G20 Summit later this week, it’s probably a good idea that the NHL has selected an alternative site for this year’s festivities.
Now Las Vegas isn’t exactly the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of hockey superstars. Throw in names like Snoop Dog, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Mark Wahlberg – all of whom will be part of tonight’s “action” in some capacity – and one develops a firm understanding that the ceremony has little, if anything, to do with hockey. Even for the hockey diehards among us, the NHL Awards Show can be difficult to watch. Nonetheless, for the athletes who have worked hard all season long, there are some pretty impressive trophies waiting in the wings. Once all the hoopla has been cut away, it will be interesting to see who wins what. It will also be interesting to see who is watching and in what numbers.
Thankfully for those of us in Quebec (including me and, by extension, this blog), tomorrow’s St-Jean Baptiste Day means a day of vacation. Odds are, we’ll need it to recover from tonight’s “spectacle” in Vegas. The blog returns on Friday.
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