Springfield, Massachusetts …National Hockey League announces BMO presents 2026 AHL All-Star Classic will be broadcast live on television to a national audience National Hockey League Network in the United States and TSN in Canada, and streaming coverage AHLTV on FloHockey.
Producer: Chicago Sports Network The BMO Center in Rockford, Illinois, will also broadcast the event live on CHSN and is expected to Tuesday, February 10 at 8:00 ET / 7:00 CT for AHL All-Star Skills Competitionand Wednesday, February 11 at 8:00 ET / 7:00 CT for AHL All-Star Challenge.
New York Islanders broadcaster and AHL alumnus Alan Flynn (Play-by-play coverage) Former Rockford IceHogs captain and current Hershey Bears analyst to join conference call Garrett Mitchell (color commentary) and IceHogs broadcast sounds Dana Gray (ice rink).
AHL fans will be able to watch both nights of action as well as 2026 AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony exist Wednesday, February 11 at noon ET/11 am CTlive on FloHockey on AHLTV, or free on the FloHockey social channels on YouTube, Facebook and X. The ceremony will introduce Chris Bourque, Alexander Giroud, Jim Wimmer and Wendell Young Inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame and will celebrate captain's career with All-Star Classic honors Patrick Sharp and Chris Versteeg. FloHockey will also be on hand to cover all Rockford games and provide original coverage of athletes, key storylines and an extensive social media program.
Throughout the weekend, the NHL will take fans behind the scenes on its social media platforms: on Instagram (@TheAHL), Facebook (fb.com/TheAHL), Bluesky (@theahl.com), Threads (@TheAHL) and X (@TheAHL), and use #AHLAllStar Be part of the conversation.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Skills Competition will pit All-Star players from the two Eastern Conference divisions against All-Star players from the two Western Conference divisions in a seven-skill competition. In the 2026 AHL All-Star Challenge, four teams will compete in a 3-on-3 round-robin format with 6 games of 8 minutes each. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round robin will compete for the championship in a 3-on-3 game in the last 8 minutes. For ticket information, fans can visit icehogs.com/asc26.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO will feature the NHL’s top young talent: Since 1995, more than 94% of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to play in the National Hockey League, including Yaroslav Askarov, Derek Basson, Jordan Binnington, John Carlson, Brent Clark, Lucas Dostal, Dalibor Dvorsky, Riker Evans, Ethan Frank, Thomas Harley, Connor Helleback, Joel Hofer, Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Marchessault, Jacob Markstrom, JT Miller, Brandon Montour, William Nyland, Kyle Palmieri, Mikko Rantanen, Dylan Strome, Devon Toews, Tyler Toffoli, Linus Ullmark, Dustin Wolf and Mats Zuccarello.
The American Hockey League has been in operation since 1936 and is the top developmental league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League teams. Today, nearly 90 percent of NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honorary members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent their careers in the AHL.
