{"id":116974,"date":"2024-02-02T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/02\/michael-buble-says-being-part-of-nhl-all-star-game-makes-him-feel-like-a-12-year-old\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:03:13","slug":"michael-buble-says-being-part-of-nhl-all-star-game-makes-him-feel-like-a-12-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/02\/michael-buble-says-being-part-of-nhl-all-star-game-makes-him-feel-like-a-12-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bubl\u00e9 says being part of NHL All-Star Game makes him feel like a 12-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-01\/M_Michaelbubleongma_032522.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>ABC\/Lou Rocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, but Grammy-winning Canadian music superstars\u00a0<strong>Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Justin Bieber<\/strong>\u00a0might not make it. That&#8217;s because on Saturday, they&#8217;ll be at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/events\/2024-nhl-all-star-weekend\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NHL All-Star Game<\/a>, serving as celebrity captains \u2014 which Michael says makes him feel like a kid again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love hockey,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/michael-buble-is-thrilled-to-be-a-celebrity-captain-for-the-nhl-all-star-game-exclusive-8557413\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he tells\u00a0<em>People<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI&#8217;m a big fan of the game and I always love representing my country and my passion for the sport. I was thrilled to say yes to this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael has hung out with famous hockey players for years \u2014 in 2011, his favorite team, the Vancouver Canucks, even gave him a special one-day contract \u2014 but this is his first time at the All-Star Game, which is being hosted by the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>Michael tells\u00a0<em>People\u00a0<\/em>that for him and the other celebrity captains, &#8220;We\u2019re like 12-year-olds getting to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-18\">\u201cThis is like every kid\u2019s dream&#8230; [a]re you kidding me? Every kid who loves the NHL. Imagine you get to go and sit with the greatest players in the world,&#8221; he adds. &#8220;We get to be part of choosing the all-Star team that is going to be competing against each other? That\u2019s crazy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The selection will take place Thursday night, February 1, during a mock draft\u00a0that\u00a0marks the start of a full weekend of festivities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all want to win, I\u2019m sure,&#8221; Michael says. &#8220;But what I am excited for is having drinks and enjoying each other\u2019s company. I\u2019m competitive, but win or lose, I\u2019m going to have a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 All-Star Game airs February 3 on ABC and ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC\/Lou Rocco The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, but Grammy-winning Canadian music superstars\u00a0Michael Bubl\u00e9\u00a0and\u00a0Justin Bieber\u00a0might not make it. That&#8217;s because on Saturday, they&#8217;ll be at the\u00a0NHL All-Star Game, serving as celebrity captains \u2014 which Michael says makes him feel like a kid again. \u201cI love hockey,\u201d\u00a0he tells\u00a0People. \u201cI&#8217;m<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/02\/michael-buble-says-being-part-of-nhl-all-star-game-makes-him-feel-like-a-12-year-old\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Bubl\u00e9 says being part of NHL All-Star Game makes him feel like a 12-year-old - Magic 104.9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/02\/michael-buble-says-being-part-of-nhl-all-star-game-makes-him-feel-like-a-12-year-old\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Bubl\u00e9 says being part of NHL All-Star Game makes him feel like a 12-year-old - Magic 104.9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ABC\/Lou Rocco The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, but Grammy-winning Canadian music superstars\u00a0Michael Bubl\u00e9\u00a0and\u00a0Justin Bieber\u00a0might not make it. 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