Last year, the first annual Party in the Park made history. Will it repeat again this Friday?
Last year, the Dallas Stars announced their first annual Party in the Park, slotted for an early July Friday night. As close as the party came to the NHL's big summer work timeline -- draft, free agency, trades -- the Stars managed to make a little history in addition to hosting the event for the first time.
They broke their own news of a team trade. Live streamed on Periscope. (Pretty certain that was the first time news had been broken like that in the NHL.