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AHL PRESEASON SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
September 14, 2009

AHL PRESEASON SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Warm-Up for 2009-10 Season Begins Saturday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today its composite 2009 preseason schedule, which comprises 41 games to be played between Sat., Sept. 19 and Wed., Sept. 30.

The preseason schedule includes the Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies heading to Edinburgh, Scotland, to join the Edinburgh Capitals and the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League to compete for the 2009 Gardiner Cup. The tournament marks a celebration of Scotland’s contributions to the invention of the game of ice hockey.

The 2009 preseason is also the first opportunity for fans in three new AHL cities to see their teams. The Adirondack Phantoms host the Albany River Rats in their debut at the Glens Falls Civic Center on Sept. 25; the Abbotsford Heat play a two-game preseason series with the Manitoba Moose at the Entertainment & Sports Centre on Sept. 25 and 27; and the Texas Stars take to the Cedar Park Center ice to battle the San Antonio Rampage on Sept. 27.

Twenty-four of the 41 games on the AHL’s preseason schedule are set to be played at local community and neutral-site rinks. The 2009 preseason will also feature two games between AHL clubs and their NHL affiliates, as Norfolk hosts the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sept. 25 and Texas entertains the Dallas Stars on Sept. 30.

The American Hockey League’s 74th regular season begins on Fri., Oct. 2, as 29 teams begin competition for the prestigious Calder Cup. In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives and broadcasters of all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 84 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the eighth year in a row, more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2008-09.

2009 AHL PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Sat., 9/19	W-B/Scranton vs. Binghamton	Broome Community College Ice Center Binghamton, N.Y.	7:30 ET

Sun., 9/20	Binghamton vs. W-B/Scranton	Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Wilkes-Barre, Pa.	5:05 ET

Wed., 9/23	Worcester vs. Hartford	Koeppel Community Sports Center Hartford, Conn.	7:00 ET
	Springfield vs. Providence	New England Sports Center Marlborough, Mass.	7:00 ET
	Chicago vs. Rockford	Carlson Arctic Ice Arena Loves Park, Ill.	7:00 CT

Thu., 9/24	Toronto vs. Hamilton	Murrayfield Ice Rink Edinburgh, Scotland	7:00 pm local/ 2:00 pm ET
	Lowell vs. Providence	Iorio Arena Walpole, Mass.	6:05 ET
	Texas vs. San Antonio	Ice Center at Northwoods San Antonio, Texas	7:30 CT

Fri., 9/25	Bridgeport vs. Hartford	Champions Skating Center Cromwell, Conn.	7:00 ET
	W-B/Scranton vs. Hershey	Giant Center Hershey, Pa.	7:00 ET
	Binghamton vs. Syracuse	Campus Center Oswego, N.Y.	7:00 ET
	Tampa Bay (NHL) vs. Norfolk	Scope Norfolk, Va.	7:00 ET
	Worcester vs. Springfield	MassMutual Center Springfield, Mass.	7:30 ET
	Albany vs. Adirondack	Glens Falls Civic Center Glens Falls, N.Y.	7:35 ET
	Chicago vs. Milwaukee	Wilson Ice Arena Milwaukee, Wis.	7:00 CT
	Rockford vs. Peoria	Carver Arena Peoria, Ill.	7:00 CT
	Manitoba vs. Abbotsford	Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Abbotsford, B.C.	7:30 PT

Sat., 9/26	Gardiner Cup semifinal: Toronto vs. Edinburgh (EIHL)	Murrayfield Ice Rink Edinburgh, Scotland	1:30 pm local/ 8:30 am ET
	Gardiner Cup semifinal: Hamilton vs. Belfast (EIHL)	Murrayfield Ice Rink Edinburgh, Scotland	5:30 pm local/ 12:30 pm ET
	Adirondack vs. Albany	Times Union Center Albany, N.Y.	5:00 ET
	Lowell vs. Portland	Portland Ice Arena Portland, Maine	5:00 ET
	Hartford vs. Bridgeport	The Rinks at Shelton Shelton, Conn.	7:00 ET
	San Antonio vs. Houston	Sugar Land Ice & Sports Center Sugar Land, Texas	6:00 CT
	Rochester vs. Lake Erie	Hoover Arena Strongsville, Ohio	7:00 ET
	Providence vs. Springfield	MassMutual Center Springfield, Mass.	7:00 ET
	Hershey vs. W-B/Scranton	Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Wilkes-Barre, Pa.	7:05 ET
	Syracuse vs. Binghamton	Broome Community College Ice Center Binghamton, N.Y.	7:30 ET
	Milwaukee vs. Chicago	Hoffman Estates Park District Ice Arena Hoffman Estates, Ill.	7:00 CT
	Peoria vs. Rockford	Rockford MetroCentre Rockford, Ill.	7:05 CT

Sun., 9/27	Gardiner Cup consolation	Murrayfield Ice Rink Edinburgh, Scotland	1:30 pm local/ 8:30 am ET
	Gardiner Cup championship	Murrayfield Ice Rink Edinburgh, Scotland	5:30 pm local/ 12:30 pm ET
	Portland vs. Manchester	Notre Dame Arena Berlin, N.H.	2:00 ET
	Worcester vs. Hartford	International Skating Center Simsbury, Conn.	3:00 ET
	San Antonio vs. Texas	Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, Texas	3:00 CT
	Norfolk vs. Hershey	Giant Center Hershey, Pa.	5:00 ET
	Syracuse vs. Rochester	ESL Sports Centre Rochester, N.Y.	6:00 ET
	Manitoba vs. Abbotsford	Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Abbotsford, B.C.	5:00 PT

Mon., 9/28	Houston vs. Texas	Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, Texas	7:00 CT

Tue., 9/29	Rochester vs. Syracuse	War Memorial at Oncenter Syracuse, N.Y.	7:00 ET

Wed., 9/30	Hamilton vs. Toronto	General Motors Centre Oshawa, Ont.	7:00 ET
	Dallas (NHL) vs. Texas	Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, Texas	7:00 CT

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