LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber and Steve Carell laced up their skates together with Hockey Corridor of Famers Rob Blake, Mark Messier, Cammi Granato and Jeremy Roenick on Sunday afternoon to assist aid funds from the Los Angeles fires.
The Los Angeles Kings and Nationwide Hockey League held “Skate for LA Robust” at Crypto.com Area to profit restoration efforts from the devastating wildfires in Southern California. The Palisades Fireplace was probably the most damaging in Los Angeles’ historical past.
“We’re looking to have a good time and show when we come together, good things happen,” Bieber mentioned.
The four-team exhibition event was the brainchild of Hockey Corridor of Famer and Kings President Luc Robitaille.
“We’ve all been touched by what occurred final month. All of us have pals, households or completely different (folks) which have been impacted, so for us to have the ability to make a distinction and to do one thing, we’re gonna elevate as a lot as doable and make a distinction,” Robitaille mentioned.
The staff coached by actors Vince Vaughn and Cobie Smulders gained each of its video games to take the exhibition event.
Roenick had two targets on the day after which playfully dropped the gloves with Bieber throughout one of many video games.
“This was an amazing celebration of hockey and first responders. It was a lot of fun, seeing everyone that showed up and some of the LA firefighters playing was a good feeling,” Roenick mentioned.
The opposite groups had been coached by Will Ferrell and Snoop Dogg; Danny DeVito and Al Michaels; and Hannah Stocking and Andrew Whitworth.
“When the Kings asked me to do this, I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ I don’t care if I’d never thrown on a pair of skates before, this is where I want to be,” said actor Skylar Astin. “I’m a resident of Malibu, so I really have the firefighters to thank for even containing it as much as they were able to. I even took PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) over here for the first time, and it was the first time I actually saw all the destruction first-hand and it was really chilling. It’s going to be a while for us to really build back properly, but LA is a resilient community, and I think we’ll get it done.”
Apart from the sport being proven domestically on tv in Los Angeles, it aired nationally on ESPN2. As a substitute of tickets being bought, they had been distributed to first responders and those that have been displaced by the fires.
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