Nashville will host the NHL all-star game for the first time in 2016, sources told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.A formal announcement is expected to be made at a news conference Friday at Bridgestone Arena. Commissioner Gary Bettman and local politicians will be in attendance. Bettman said in April 2012 during a trip to Nashville that Music City will host an all-star game. But the commissioner said then he couldnt give a date with the event needing stars to line up.Nashville hosted the Womens Final Four in April and is a finalist to host again between 2017 and 2020 at Bridgestone Arena, home of the Predators since their inaugural season in 1998-99. The arena also is scheduled to host the Southeastern Conference mens basketball tournament nine of the next 10 years starting in March.A three-time all-star, Predators captain Shea Weber said the game is a lot of fun. Weber said it will be very exciting for Nashville and a nice reward for the Predators fans.They are the best fans in the league, Weber said after practice Wednesday. For it to come to a city here where they are going to enjoy it, the festivities are great. The cities I have been to in the past have done a great job of putting in other things for families and people to do. Theres so much for people to do here, its a great venue and I think people are going to enjoy it.The Predators hosted the NHLs entry draft in 2003 and have been on a short list to host the mid-season showcase. But Nashville needed a bigger downtown convention centre to host all the festivities connected with the all-star game.The Music City Center opened in May 2013.This is the latest event to be announced by the National Hockey League as it plans out its showcase stops over the next few years. The Winter Classic will take place at Nationals Park in Washington on Jan. 1, and later that month Columbuss Nationwide Arena will hold the 2015 all-star game.Junes draft will be at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., and the 2016 event will be at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.We put on more events than ever before, Bettman said recently while in Toronto. We create more content, the players are so tremendously accessible. ... Theres just more and more and more because were bigger and bigger and bigger.With the Maple Leafs set to celebrate their 100-year anniversary during the 2016-17 campaign, Toronto has been linked to the return of the World Cup of Hockey, Winter Classic, all-star game and the draft.Its not clear how many of those events might be held in the city that season.———With files from The Associated Press. Josh Richardson Jersey .A. Happ capped a challenging season with one of his best efforts of the year. Cheap Miami Heat Jerseys . "Weve given ourselves now a tougher task," said Carlyle after the Friday practice, the Toronto head coach notably chipper and upbeat throughout. "But the bottom line is we just have to win our share of games [and] not worry about what anybody else is doing. http://www.cheapheatjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-edrice-adebayo-jersey . Webb birdied the 18th hole to take the outright lead, then watched as Choi, who shot a course-record 62 on Saturday to take a share of the third-round lead, pushed a 10-foot putt wide of the hole at 18 to miss the chance for a playoff. Cheap Heat Jerseys .com) - The Los Angeles Kings peppered Ryan Miller with shot after shot. Chris Bosh Jersey . Seager had another triple, a home run and a double in a rare feat not seen in more than 40 years, leading Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past the New York Yankees 10-2. "It was a weird play," Seager said of the triple in the fourth inning.The Edmonton Eskimos took a hit to keep their perfect record intact against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. Slotback Fred Stamps sustained a hit to the chest late in the fourth quarter of the Eskimos 26-3 victory Thursday night and was taken to hospital for precautionary tests after experiencing shortness oof breath following the game.dddddddddddd He was released from hospital and returned to Edmonton Friday morning, according to the teams web site. He will continue to be monitored by medical staff. Defensive end Marcus Howard also broke his left thumb Thursday night. He will be out indefinitely. ' ' '