The Fonbet All-Star Week is the most lavish show of the season: the best players take to the ice, the brightest stars of the KHL and JHL, show off the talents in skills challenges and excite the fans with entertaining games. In 2025, this stellar week is heading to Novosibirsk.
This hockey festival adopted its current week-long format for the first time in 2017 in Ufa. Since then, it has visited five Russian cities, plus Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

The stars of the Junior Hockey League are up first in Novosibirsk. On Feb. 1, 2025, they will compete for the JHL Challenge Cup. These games are always full of drama and excitement: the youngsters battle as if it was game seven of the playoff final.

The Skill Show and the Fonbet KHL All-Star Game take place on Feb. 8 and 9, with the league’s superstars gathering for a special weekend. The precise rosters at the brand new Sibir Arena will depend on the public: as usual, the first round of selection for the All-Star Game is a fan poll. As well as the hockey, fans can look forward to a wealth of activities in the arena, a lively pre-game show and performances from special guest artists.

This is one of the most hockey-loving regions of the country: fans here are famous for the way they get behind their team, filling the arena for every game. The city of Novosibirsk, and the wider region, have waited a long time for this, and now the 2025 Fonbet All-Star Week is on the way.

This is the homeland is several top players, from Soviet times to the present day. Famous names include Valentin Kuzin, Vitaly Stain and Vasily Bakin, plus Andrei and Vladimir Tarasenko and many more. Among current KHLers, Konstantin Okulov stands out. Sibir’s best result to date came in 2014/2015, when the team reached Eastern Conference final.

Novosibirsk is Siberia’s biggest business, cultural and trading center. In 2020 it was named a “City of Valiant Labor.” Its biggest attractions include the zoo, Akademgorodok, the opera and ballet theatre, Bugrinsky Burdge and more. Another local highlight is the picturesque countryside: Novosibirsk itself lies on the banks of the Ob, and in the region tourists flock to the Bersky Rocks, the Buchilo waterfall, the Abrashinsky quarry and Lake Karachi.

Sibir Arena was opening on Aug.13, 2023. Its capacity is 10,518. This is one of the most up-to-date ice arenas in Russia. It is the home of Sibir, staging its first KHL game on Sep. 7, 2023, with Sibir beating Barys in a shoot-out.

The arena’s distinguishing features include a striking façade, designed to create maximum effect while using minimal amounts of aluminum. The unusual result is unique, not only in Russia but in the world. The roof of the arena is already a much-loved landmark in the city, clearly visible on both sides of the river Ob.

The arena décor is inspired inside and out by Sibir’s colors of light blue, dark blue and white. The club’s symbols, including the snowflake from the team logo, form a decorative motif throughout the building.