DALLAS – Many major sporting events have been played over the years at Honda Center, but the NHL All-Star game hasn’t been one of them.

That could change, at least if the Ducks get their way.

The team that has been in existence since 1993 has submitted a formal bid with the National Hockey League to host its midseason showcase event, raising the possibility that Anaheim will be awarded a future game and its accompanying All-Star weekend.

It will not happen next year, as the league announced in January that San Jose will host 2019 All-Star game. And it is not clear which year the Ducks is seeking, whether it is 2020 or beyond. But the chances are strong that the event is coming in upcoming years.

Tim Ryan, the Ducks’ chief operating officer and CEO of Honda Center, confirmed that a presentation was made to the NHL, which is believed to have taken place last fall. And he struck a promising tone, one he felt he could have after many talks with top league officials.

“We are definitely in the queue for an All-Star game in the coming years,” Ryan told the Southern California News Group on Friday. “It’s definitely part of the conversation on a regular basis.”

The Ducks are one of four teams that have never hosted either an All-Star game or the league’s entry draft that occurs every June. But it is clear that their preference is to have fans and sponsors in Orange County during a weekend at the end of January, sometime in the near future.

It is believed that one of the reasons why Anaheim never hosted during the Ducks’ early years is because the team did not put in a bid while it was under the ownership of Disney. But it has made previous bids since Henry and Susan Samueli bought the team in 2005.

“Our ownership is 100 percent supportive,” Ryan said.

League commissioner Gary Bettman told the Southern California News Group on Thursday that there is no issue that is keeping the Ducks or the city of Anaheim from serving as a host. The most likely potential impediment is Honda Center landing another major sporting event where the dates would be a conflict.

“It’s just a question of prioritization from the club’s standpoint and our standpoint,” Bettman said Thursday.

But the Ducks have taken the first major step toward bringing the weekend back to Southern California. Last year, Staples Center served as host for the second time. With it being in the Golden State within a three-year span, the NHL may want to hold off on Anaheim and work other cities into the mix.

New arenas in Detroit and Las Vegas, home to the NHL’s newest team, could play into that. There is also the possibility of another work stoppage in 2020, and the league’s players could return to the Winter Olympics for Beijing in 2022.

But Ryan said the pieces are in place for a successful bid, which he said was made in coordination with the Orange County Sports Commission.

“From hotels to everything that’s involved to making an event like this as grand as you can make it, I have to give props to them,” Ryan said.

SEEKING TERRY

The Ducks will closely monitor how Troy Terry’s junior season at the University of Denver progresses – or culminates. They’ll be expected to put on a full-court press toward signing the forward prospect once it is done.

Neither the Ducks nor Kurt Overhardt, Terry’s Denver-based adviser, would comment on whether any communication is taking place between the two. It is believed that Todd Marchant, the Ducks’ director of player development, has visited with Terry on occasion, as he does with all of their college prospects.

Terry, a fifth-round pick in 2015, was one of four college players on the U.S. Olympic team, and became one of its top forwards by the time the tournament ended.

Denver is playing rival Colorado College in the best-of-3 National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs this weekend. Terry has 11 goals and 26 assists in 32 games for the Pioneers this season.