The NHL’s biggest names, together with celebrities from music, stage and screen, will unite for a spectacular celebration of hockey at the star-studded 2009 NHL Awards on Thursday, June 18, at the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2009 NHL Awards will be broadcast in high definition on Versus in the United States at 7:30 p.m. ET and on CBC in Canada at 8:30 p.m. local time.

Award-winning multi-platinum recording artist Robin Thicke and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Chaka Khan will perform. The NHL Awards house band will be led by Saturday Night Live bandleader Katreese Barnes. Canadian buzz band Arkells will perform a set at the NHL Awards Party at the Palms Pool and Rain Nightclub following the Awards broadcast.

Notable hockey fans Snoop Dogg, Michael Bublé, William Fichtner (Prison Break, Blades of Glory), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galatica, Burn Notice), Lauren Holly (NCIS, Dumb & Dumber), Colin Ferguson (Eureka) and others are scheduled to appear alongside NHL stars...