2008 Hockey Fest

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You Call This A Celebrity Hockey Game?
Published 6/12/2008 by Brad Lee at St. Louis Game Time
By Brad Lee Hockeyfest sounds like such a nice idea on paper. The Blues have the fourth overall pick, so unless they trade down (exactly like they did last year), they’re going to hopefully get a good player at the top of the draft. So holding a draft party at the Drinkscotch Center instead of in a crowded, loud and sweaty sports bar like last year is a good idea. And making a whole weekend out of the event is even better. A bunch of the proceeds are going to charity, ...

Puck Headlines: Alexander Ovechkin knows how to accessorize
Published 6/12/2008 at Puck Daddy
... ' "Hockeyfest" was to feature a celebrity game of hockey-playing Hollywood stars. Small problem: It appears most of the stars originally announced - D.B. Sweeney, Michael Vartan, Dave Coulier -- have ducked out, leaving Alan Thicke as the more prominent name and seriously jeopardizing the use of the term "celebrity" in promoting the event. What, exactly, does Uncle Joey have to do that trumps skating in an exhibition hockey game? [ ...

This Will Put Asses in the Seats
Published 6/17/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... The Blues will be celebrating this year's draft with what their calling "Hockeyfest", a weekend including hockey games, autograph signings and celebrity appearances on their home ice at Scottrade Center this weekend.  High profile Blues prospects T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller, Patrik Berglund, and the Blues' eventual 2008 first round draft pick are scheduled to play in the All-Star Hockey Game on Sunday.  ...

Video: Dad from 'Growing Pains' has unorthodox shootout moves
Published 6/23/2008 at Puck Daddy
Alan Thicke was one of the only featured celebrities at the St. Louis Blues' Hockeyfest, which was held last weekend in conjunction with the NHL Draft. While Brad Lee of St. Louis Game Time mercilessly mocked the event for its inability to present the celebrity team that was first advertised -- openly wondering if Dave "Uncle Joey" Coulier feared a fan backlash for his allegiance to the Detroit Red Wings -- it's rather clear from this clip that the dad from "Growing Pains" had enough hockey skill ...