I thought the schedule was due to come out today. I can't find it anywhere.

Maybe tomorrow, I guess.

Tomorrow at noon, from what I understand.

Los Angeles @ Montreal Saturday Jan 31st 3:00PM

Los Angeles @ Buffalo Friday Dec 19th 7:30PM

Just letting you know.

The final game of the regular season will be on April 11 against the Stanley Cup finalist Pittsburgh Penguins.

Nice, early Christmas present to myself. Definitely going to that game.

We'll see what the schedule looks like, but I want to make a game at Buffalo this year.

5 and a half hour drive for me to Buffalo now!

God, I'm going to love being in a city that's actually close to other cities, LOL.

I'm in for this Pens/Sabres game.

We'll see what the schedule looks like, but I want to make a game at Buffalo this year.

Any Friday or Saturday night game, hit me up, I'll definitely come out.

5 and a half hour drive for me to Buffalo now!

God, I'm going to love being in a city that's actually close to other cities, LOL.

I'm in for this Pens/Sabres game.

Any Friday or Saturday night game, hit me up, I'll definitely come out.

5 and a half hour drive for me to Buffalo now!

God, I'm going to love being in a city that's actually close to other cities, LOL.

I'm in for this Pens/Sabres game.

It's a lot longer of a trip for me to Buffalo now that I live 5 hours south of Pittsburgh, but like others if schedule permits I'll try to make it happen. Last time I was up there I crushed the 1/2 game at Seneca Niagara.

EDIT:

http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?service=p...bseasonSchedule

Looks like the games are Friday, November 28th and Monday December 22nd. The 28th works best for me as there's a decent chance I'll be out of the country on December 22nd.

I'm not so sure the 11/28 will work since it's the day after Thanksgiving.

Ya that does kinda put a damper on things.

But I'll definitely be at the two games Sunday afternoon @ 3pm in DC.

Sun Feb 22, 2009
Sun Mar 8, 2009

Thanksgiving is in October you donks.

Does anyone know when tickets usually go on sale? Season, packages, or individuals?

Six-game mini-plans will go on sale to members of the season ticket waiting list on Sept. 4. Only fans on the waiting list will have the chance to purchase these six-game plans.

Individual game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Sept. 20.

The club also plans to select four games for special “Student Rush” promotions. For those games, college and high school students will be able to purchase discounted tickets for $20. A total of 400 tickets will be available for each of the four games.

The Penguins have sold out 67 straight games at Mellon Arena. In 2007-08, the Penguins sold out every home game for the first time in franchise history.

I guess Canadians are happy with only have 3 day weekends as their Thanksgiving is on the 2nd Monday in October. In the US of A Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday in November which assures a good % of US'rs the 4 day weekend.

We get a 4 dayer for Easter, that I'm pretty sure you don't get in the US.

Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday.

And when I was in like Grade 1-8, we'd get a PA Day on the Thursday. That was soooo sick.

Not all random holidays but have the following...some that may or may not be observed in Canada.

Martin Luther King Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Verterans Day

We often celebrate the same days -- just what we have different names for them.

The following are 10 games not to miss, and while it’s not a complete list, it will be a good jumping-off point for discussions on the rest of the marquee matchups in 2008-09.

1. October 9, 2008: Anaheim at San Jose – Two of the top teams in the Western Conference, and one of the most heated rivalries in the NHL. Newcomers Dan Boyle for San Jose and Brendan Morrison of the Anaheim Ducks will get their first taste of the rivalry, while new San Jose bench boss Todd McLellan will coach his first NHL game.

2. October 11, 2008: Carolina at Tampa Bay – The Lightning will play two games in Prague, Czech Republic, prior to this intra-divisional matchup, but this will be the first time the Lightning faithful will have the chance to see new Lightning members Ryan Malone, Radim Vrbata, Adam Hall, Gary Roberts, Matt Carle and Steven Stamkos in person. It also will be the first time the home crowd gets a taste of new coach Barry Melrose.

3. October 16, 2008: Washington at Pittsburgh – Call me crazy, but I can’t get enough of this matchup. There’s so many reasons, and not just Ovechkin vs. Crosby. What about the two Russian superstars, No. 1 and No. 2 in scoring, respectively, in the 2007-08 scoring race, Ovechkin and Malkin? With Washington’s Southeast Division title and the Pittsburgh’s trip to the Stanley Cup Final, each seems poised to continue its development into the League’s elite in 2008-09. The first meeting between these team may not be the best, or even have the most impact during the season series, but it is the first chance in a long time for fans of the NHL to watch the last two Hart Trophy winners on the same ice surface.

4. October 17-18, 2008: Calgary at Edmonton – The Battle of Alberta resumes with a home-and-home matchup in the season’s first 10 days, with each team looking slightly different than the 2007-08 incarnation, and each looking to make more noise in the Western Conference than last season. The Oilers narrowly missed the playoffs while the Flames took the Sharks to seven games in the first round, but neither team – nor the city each represents – was satisfied. The big guns will be looking to make early-season statements as soon as possible. It’s always an explosive meeting when you mix Flames with Oilers.

5. October 20, 2008: Dallas at New York Rangers – Super-pest Sean Avery makes his return to Madison Square Garden, where he enjoyed so much success as a member of the Rangers during the past year and a half. Things are different now, as Avery’s Star burns in Dallas and the Rangers are quite a bit different, but home crowds have long memories and it will be interesting to see how Avery is received by the New York faithful, especially if he brings – and you know he will – his fire back to the Garden with him.

6. October 22, 2008: Florida at Ottawa – When the Panthers and the Senators went looking for coaches this summer, they both went to the same well – the Ontario Hockey League, where the Panthers grabbed former Kitchener Rangers coach Peter DeBoer and the Senators hired ex-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds coach Craig Hartsburg. They met in the OHL’s Western Conference final, with DeBoer and the Rangers emerging victorious in five games before going on to defeat the Belleville Bulls in seven games in the OHL final.

7. November 11, 2008: Pittsburgh at Detroit – The 2008 Stanley Cup finalists will face off for the first time since the Red Wings paraded the Cup around Mellon Arena in the final game of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It also marks the first time Marian Hossa will face his former teammates since leaving Pittsburgh to sign in Detroit.

8. November 13, 2008: Montreal at Boston – Even if the years of history, the Original Six angle, and one of the most storied, thrilling and – at times – bloody rivalries in the game doesn’t thrill you, there is still the fact that these teams just plain don’t like one another. The teams played an emotional seven-game first-round playoff series in April, and since then, Michael Ryder has left Montreal for Boston, while the Canadiens added physicality and toughness in Georges Laraque.

9. January 6, 2009: Philadelphia at Washington – When last season’s playoff seeds were finalized, many pointed to the first-round matchup of Washington and Philadelphia as one with the most potential for offense, and neither team disappointed. The series was without a doubt one of the most exciting of the entire 2008 playoffs, and these teams developed a healthy dislike for one another. This rivalry has all the makings of one of the NHL’s best.

10. January 19, 2008: Dallas at Tampa Bay – When the Lightning traded superstar center Brad Richards to the Stars, it signified a change of direction for Tampa and a new, aggressive commitment by Dallas to remain among the League’s best. This will be the first return of Richards to Tampa Bay, where he may not recognize many of the current players, but he will recognize the crowd – and they him. How he is received may depend on his performance, but he’ll always be remembered for his major role in the Lightning’s 2004 Stanley Cup victory.

Per Sabres.com:

This season, the NHL has revised its scheduling format. Each team will continue to play an 82-game schedule, but the breakdown of opponents has changed. Each team will play their divisional opponents six times (24 games in total), four games against each non-divisional conference opponent (40 games in total), one game against each of the 15 non-conference opponents and three “at large” games.
I'm glad they finally decided that it's important for every team to face every other team in the league at least once per season. I'll gladly give up 8 divisional games per year in favor of the above system, it's really quite perfect IMO.

I liked the other way for selfish reasons.

I am not happy about giving up games against Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Islanders and Flyers for Vancouver, Nashville, Calgary etc. ( I would normally include Pheonix in that lits but I have a vested interest in that team )

The bad news is Montreal will have fewer games against Toronto. The good news is they'll play Vancouver twice.

Hey, lol, I had real Montreal poutine in late May... man was it good! Can't wait to get to Ottawa, as I'm sure it'll have close to authentic Quebec poutine!