Jordan Kyrou will represent the St. Louis Blues at the 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas from Feb. 4-5.
Kyrou will be making his first career All-Star appearance. The 23-year-old forward was one of 10 players named to the Central Division All-Star roster on Thursday during the 5 p.m. hour of SportsCenter on ESPN.
NHL All-Star Weekend, which will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, will consist of the All-Star Skills competition on Feb. 4 (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN) and a three-game tournament featuring All-Star teams from all four divisions in a 3-on-3 format on Feb. 5 (2 p.m. CT, ABC).
As of Jan. 13, Kyrou led the Blues in goals (14) and points (36) through 32 games this season. He was named the NHL First Star of the Week after collecting seven points (three goals, four assists) in two games for the week ending Jan. 2, which included an NHL outdoor game record-setting performance with four points (two goals, two assists) in a 6-4 win against the Minnesota Wild in the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic.
Blink and you’ll miss him.
Jordan Kyrou, in his first career trip to NHL All-Star Weekend, will compete in the Verizon NHL Fastest Skater competition on Friday night.
The 23-year-old forward is having a career year thanks in no small part to his electrifying speed on the ice. His 17 goals and 42 points entering the All-Star break both lead the team.
Kyrou is no stranger to speed challenges. In 2019, he competed in the AHL’s Fastest Skater challenge as a member of the San Antonio Rampage. It took an AHL-record time of 13.251 to beat Kyrou, who placed second with a time of 13.520. Kyrou’s time would have placed fourth at the NHL contest that season.
Kyrou will hope to dethrone Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, the winner of three consecutive competitions from 2017-19. The star-studded field also includes Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor, Los Angeles’ Adrian Kempe, the New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider, Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov, Detroit’s Dylan Larkin and Colorado’s Cale Makar.
In addition to the Fastest Skater competition, the NHL All-Star Skills event on Friday will include the traditional save streak, hardest shot, breakaway challenge and accuracy shooting contests. Two brand-new events will also make their debut: the Discover NHL Fountain Face-off, taking place in the famous Bellagio Fountains, and the Las Vegas 21 in ’22, a blackjack-inspired shooting challenge.
Each event’s winner will receive a cash prize of $30,000.
Tune in Friday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN to watch Kyrou race around the ice against the League’s top speedsters. The All-Star Game itself will take place Saturday at 2 p.m CT and will air on ABC.
