Breaking: NHL made huge announcements for next season!

NHL Commissionner Gary Bettman announced today that the 2019 All-Star game will take place in San Jose! This will be the second time the Sharks will be hosting this annual event, as it also took place there in 1997.

Gary Bettman announced that San Jose will host the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. https://t.co/JsE6C64gvM pic.twitter.com/AVzyNLlVs8
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2018

The NHL also announced that the Winnipeg Jets, the New Jersey Devils, the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers will be playing game overseas! The Jets will be playing against the Panthers in Helsinki, Finland, and the Oilers will be playing against the Devils in Sweden.

From @frank_seravalli: Laine, Jets heading to Finland next season: https://t.co/KoQnylPdXK pic.twitter.com/Pkl4HTdXPZ
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 27, 2018

The @EdmontonOilers and @NJDevils are off to Switzerland, Germany and Sweden for the 2018 NHL #GlobalSeries!

Details: https://t.co/lpugYSogV2 pic.twitter.com/Rq93RoN5P3
— NHL (@NHL) January 27, 2018

There is still some work to do to finalize the details for games in China, but the Boston Bruins and the Calgary Flames are expected to be the participants!