Kiefer Sherwood and fiancee Ariela visit luxury Miami restaurant collaborating with Casablanca during Miami Open 2025

Vancouver Canucks forward Kiefer Sherwood and his fiancée, Ariela Smith, took a trip to Miami this offseason. On Wednesday, Ariela shared a photo from their visit to the upscale Miami restaurant Forte dei Marmi on her Instagram stories.

Kiefer Sherwood was seen outside the entrance of Forte dei Marmi in the photo, dressed casually in a white tee and pants. In the caption, Ariela wrote:

“Date night,” and tagged the restaurant.

Forte dei Marmi is an upscale Italian restaurant located at 150 Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in a restored 1938 Mediterranean-revival villa with its dining experience inspired by the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany.

In 2025, Forte dei Marmi partnered with luxury fashion brand Casablanca to celebrate the Miami Open. Together, they launched a special silk shirt with custom artwork of the famous Ocean Drive restaurant combined with Casablanca’s sporty fashion style.

Kiefer Sherwood’s fiancée shares her season recap

Kiefer Sherwood and the Vancouver Canucks wrapped up their season early after failing to make the playoffs. Last week, his fiancée, Ariela Smith, shared a carousel of photos on her Instagram featuring a recap of their past year..

Her post included pictures of their dog Luca walking in the woods, a sushi outing and Ariela going horseback riding.

“Same time next year? 🇨🇦🏒💃” she captioned the post.

The photo series also featured a sunset street view, a mirror selfie in a white dress, a decorated dining setup and a boat day with friends. One picture showed Kiefer holding Luca while wearing a beanie. Another click featured Ariela’s bachelorette celebration, where she held a cutout of Kiefer’s face with another friend.

The carousel continued with snaps of cherry blossom trees, a roadside photo with a small green car and Luca wearing a Canucks-themed bandana. A winter photo showed a snowy field with mountains in the background.

Ariela also posted a moment from her friend Lina’s baby shower and a photo of an empty horse arena. In the final slide, Kiefer was seen holding two puppies that the couple had adopted earlier this year.

Kiefer Sherwood had signed with Vancouver last summer. He would go on to propose to Ariela a few weeks later. On the ice, the forward has a decent showing as he finished the season with 19 goals and 21 assists in 78 games for his side.

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Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the spectator sports industry. Raised in Bahrain, Anjum grew up close to the Formula 1 and GP2 scene, but it was ice-sports that she truly had a chance to play at school.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for Oil on Whyte, Leafs Herald, the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

When not enjoying the game, Anjum can be found sailing, star-mapping or collaborating with fellow citizen scientists at NASA.

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