A star-studded hockey event with Justin Bieber and Steve Carell as headliners at the Crypto.com Arena to benefit fire relief efforts is being heralded as a success Monday.
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Team Red coached by Vince Vaughn and Cobie Smulders emerged victorious.
Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings in partnership with the NHL, Skate for LA Strong raised funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund.
The event took place at 3 p.m. Sunday and was highlighted by a single- elimination hockey tournament featuring teams made up of celebrities, NHL alumni and first responders, organizers said.
Headlining the player participants were Bieber and Carell, as well as former NHL greats and Hockey Hall of Fame members Rob Blake, Cammi Granato, Mark Messier and Jeremy Roenick.
The four teams were joined by honorary coaches Danny DeVito, Snoop Dogg, Will Ferrell, Al Michaels, Cobie Smulders, Hannah Stocking, Vince Vaughn and Andrew Whitworth.
Team Red, which featured 15 skaters and one goaltender, won the event by a combined score of 9-0. The members included former professional ice hockey player and actor Terry Ryan, former LA Kings assistant captain Jeremy Roenick, Former LA Kings forward Derek Armstrong and former NHL forward Dany Heatley with Billy Blasé as Goaltender.
The event saw an audience turn-out of 12,167 fans, the organizers added.
"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 also featured musical performances by producer and DJ Kaskade, singer/songwriter Jordan Davis and songstress Lauren Spencer-Smith.
Tickets were distributed to firefighters, first responders, fire victims and their families, organizers said.
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