2011 NHL Pre-Season Schedule
August 9, 2011 1 Comment
NEW YORK (August 9, 2011) –The return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg and
seven overseas games against international opponents highlight the National
Hockey League’s 2011-12 pre-season schedule from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.
Winnipeg fans will have the first opportunity to cheer their team on
Tuesday, Sept. 20 when the Jets make their pre-season debut with
home-and-home, split-squad games against the Columbus Blue Jackets (7 p.m.,
ET in Columbus, 8:30 p.m., ET in Winnipeg).
Four clubs — the Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings
and New York Rangers — will play seven pre-season games in six different
countries against international competition as they prepare to open the
regular season with the 2011 Compuware NHL Premiere series, featuring games
in Berlin, Stockholm and Helsinki on Oct. 7 and 8.
The Rangers have the busiest pre-season tour, playing four games in
four countries in a five-day span. They will face Sparta Prague in the
Czech Republic capital Sept. 29, followed by games in Gothenburg, Sweden
(vs. Frolunda, Sept. 30); Bratislava, Slovakia (vs. HC Slovan, Oct. 2) and
Zug, Switzerland (vs. EV Zug, Oct. 3).
The Sabres, Kings and Ducks will play their lone pre-season games in
Europe on Oct. 4. The Sabres and Kings will be in Germany, visiting Adler
Mannheim and Hamburg Freezers, respectively, while the Ducks travel to
Helsinki to take on Finnish club Jokerit.
The people of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, winners of the
Canada-wide Kraft Hockeyville competition, will celebrate the grand prize
when the Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets visit their community Sept. 26.
In order to accommodate ticket demand that far exceeded the 600-seat
capacity Robert French Memorial Stadium, the Senators and Jets will face
off in nearby St. John’s at Mile One Centre.
The schedule features several other contests that will be played
outside NHL cities, including Albany, N.Y. (New Jersey vs. NY Rangers,
Sept. 21); Baltimore, Md. (Nashville vs. Washington, Sept. 20); Bridgeport,
Conn. (Boston vs. NY Islanders, Oct. 1); Charlotte, N.C. (Carolina vs.
Winnipeg, Sept. 25); Halifax, N.S. (Boston vs. Montreal, Sept. 25); Kansas
City, Mo. (Los Angeles vs. Pittsburgh, Sept. 27); Las Vegas, Nev. (Colorado
vs. Los Angeles, Oct. 1);
London, Ont. (Detroit vs. Philadelphia, Sept. 22); Orlando, Fla. (St. Louis
vs. Tampa Bay, Sept. 21); Quebec City, Que. (Montreal vs. Tampa Bay, Oct.
1) and Saskatoon, Sask. (Chicago vs. Edmonton, Sept. 20).
The 2011-12 NHL regular season opens Oct. 6.
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