Justin Bieber, Steve Carell to headline hockey event for LA wildfire relief

Justin Bieber will headline Skate for LA  Strong to raise funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund. FILE PHOTO – REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

LOS ANGELES – Justin Bieber and Steve Carell will headline a star-studded hockey event on Feb. 23 at Crypto.com Arena to benefit fire relief efforts.

Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings in partnership with the NHL, Skate for LA Strong will raise funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund. The event will be highlighted by a single-elimination hockey tournament featuring teams made up of celebrities, NHL alumni and first responders, organizers said.

Headlining the player participants will be Bieber and Carell, as well as former NHL greats and Hockey Hall of Fame members Rob Blake, Cammi Granato, Mark Messier and Jeremy Roenick.

Joining the four teams as honorary coaches will be Danny DeVito, Snoop Dogg, Will Ferrell, Al Michaels, Cobie Smulders, Hannah Stocking, Vince Vaughn and Andrew Whitworth.

“We have seen so much being done to help but the work doesn’t stop,” Kings President Luc Robitaille said in a statement. “We all believe we must keep doing everything in our power to help these victims and displaced families recover and rebuild their lives.”

The event will also feature musical performances by producer

and DJ Kaskade, singer/songwriter Jordan Davis and songstress Lauren Spencer-Smith.

Tickets are being distributed to firefighters, first responders, fire victims and their families, organizers said.

The two wildfires that ravaged Pacific Palisades and the Altadena-Pasadena areas in Los Angeles County killed 29 people, destroyed more than 16,000 structures and burned more than 37,000 acres.

Both erupted on Jan. 7 as the area was under a red flag warning for critical fire danger due to a historic wind event that saw gusts of 80 to 100 mph.

The event will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, and will be broadcast across multiple platforms, including ESPN2, ESPN+, Disney+, Hulu, truTV, Sportsnet, FanDuel Sports Network, KCAL9, Pluto TV and Samsung TV Plus. (CNS)