"Someone show him how to tie his skates" "Didn’t know he had hands like that": NHL fans react to Justin Bieber's hockey skills at pick-up game

In Saturday's Twitter post, the NHL shared a video of Justin Bieber showing off his hockey skills during a pickup game at the Toyota Sports Performance Center, the Los Angeles Kings' practice facility. Playing for the South Bay Bullies, Bieber skated end-to-end, made a slick move on a defenseman, and scored a goal. The NHL captioned the post:

"Not too shabby, Justin."

Soon, NHL fans jumped into the comment section and shared their opinions on Bieber’s hockey skills.

"Didn’t know he had hands like that," one fan wrote.

"Someone show him how to tie his skates," another fan said,

"Could be bedards line mate" one fan said, bringing Chicago Blackhawks 2023 first overall draft picks' name in the conversation.

"I bet most of the people in the comment don't even skate," one fan defended Bieber.

Some fans didn't like Justin Bieber's hockey move. Here are some more reactions from fans on X:

"The greatest hockey movie is "Youngblood" and it's not even close," one fan said,

"I swear a lower tier Saskatchewan player is 10x better than this," another fan said,

"This looks like Putin moving through the defense except those guys are intentionally acting like turnstyles," a fan said,

"Should of got bundled at the blue line," one fan reacted,

Justin Bieber's Instagram photos and videos from the local hockey pickup game

On Friday, Justin Bieber shared behind-the-scenes photos from the local hockey pickup game on Instagram. Denver photographer Rory Kramer, who was featured in late singer Avicii's music video of the song 'The Nights,' was tagged in the photos.

The photos show Bieber looking exhausted after the game, sitting on a bench and cooling down without his jersey while still in his hockey gear.

On July 18th, Justin Bieber shared the ice hockey skills video that the NHL posted. It caught the eye of Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews. Matthews praised Bieber’s performance with a comment saying "Filth" and added fire emojis to show his approval.

Bieber, a lifelong Leafs fan, has a close bond with Matthews, who was drafted by the team in 2016.