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condor · All-Star Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 163 Location: Michigan

Ducks bringing Cup home with opening games in London

July 11, 2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports

NEW YORK -- The Anaheim Ducks will take the Stanley Cup back to its birthplace when they open the NHL's 90th season and begin defense of their first championship in London against the rival Los Angeles Kings.

The two-game series highlights the 2007-08 schedule, released by the league Wednesday.

Anaheim, which became the NHL's first West Coast champion by beating Ottawa in the Finals in June, will show off the Cup in England on Sept. 29-30. The oldest trophy in North American sports was purchased at the Regent Street shop of silversmith G. R. Collis & Co. 115 years ago.

This matchup will be the first regular-season NHL games played in Europe. Each team will serve as the home club for one of the games.

Anaheim will then be part of traditional opening night when the Ducks visit fellow Western Conference finalist Detroit on Oct. 3 as part of a four-game slate. The Ducks will also serve as the home-opening opponent for Columbus on Oct. 5 and Pittsburgh the following night. They will play their first game as champions at the former Pond on Oct. 10 against Boston.

The first Saturday of the season, Oct. 6, will mark the busiest day on the schedule when 28 of the league's 30 teams will be in action. Only Colorado and San Jose will sit out that day.

New Jersey will have to endure a nine-game road trip before opening the still-under construction Prudential Center in Newark on Oct. 27 against Eastern Conference champion Ottawa.

Teams will play each of their divisional rivals home and away during two periods of the season. The first is between Nov. 3-22 and the second will take place March 20 through the end of the regular season on April 6.

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin April 9, and Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals would be played by June 9. A rematch of this year's championship series, won by the Ducks in five games, will be held March 3 when Ottawa returns to Anaheim.

Celebrating the upcoming induction of longtime captain Mark Messier, the New York Rangers will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the annual Hall of Fame game on Nov. 10. Messier, along with fellow players Ron Francis, Al MacInnis and Scott Stevens and and builder Jim Gregory, will enter the Hall two nights later.

All-Star festivities return to the weekend -- after one year as a midweek event -- in Atlanta on Jan. 26-27. All-Star Saturday will feature the NHL YoungStars game and SuperSkills events. The 56th version of the midseason classic will follow the next day.

Atlanta had been scheduled to host All-Star events in 2005 but those were canceled during the yearlong NHL lockout.

AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service

Jim · Gym Leader Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 471 Location: PA

great NHL post! we were due for a hockey injection. i never knew the cup was purchased in London. hmmm... learn something new every day, i guess. and what does "the former pond" mean? my hockey knowledge is still so limited. sad, really. Laughing

stereo steve · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:06 am Post subject:

"lord" stanley was a "lord" wasn't he? yu don't get that in tibedo, miss.

i can post hockey??

Sabres may play Penguins at Ralph Wilson
Wire and staff reports
July 12, 2007 4:54 am — BUFFALO — Things appear to be falling into place for an outdoor National Hockey League game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres on New Year's Day at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The Sabres and Penguins are scheduled to play at 1 p.m. Jan. 1 at HSBC Arena, and there is widespread speculation that it will be played outdoors if logistical details can be worked out.
Sabres officials declined comment on the possibility of the outdoor game on Wednesday, the day the league announced its schedule.
The Buffalo Bills play their regular-season finale on Dec. 30 in Philadelphia and the earliest a possible playoff game would be played in Orchard Park is Jan. 6.
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"two flamingos an' a pig, REAL RACIN'!!!"

Jim · Gym Leader Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 471 Location: PA

i thought it might have fallen from heaven. i never knew Him as Stanley, though, so i wasn't sure.

and no... only condor can post hockey. Laughing

condor · All-Star Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 163 Location: Michigan

condor · All-Star Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 163 Location: Michigan

Steve,

I just can't imagine sitting OUTSIDE ... FOR HOURS ... IN BUFFALO ... ON NEW YEAR'S DAY!

Very Happy

And that goes for both the Sabres and the Bills!

stereo steve · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:

i have it on good authority jan 08 temps will be in the 70's!! well maybe not??

this year we had a green xnas an' then got 60 inches of snow in less than 30 days!!

i dunno but at my age bein' part of history is gettin' slim this could be fun an' COLD!!! it's the pens jim'll drive up HUNH????
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"two flamingos an' a pig, REAL RACIN'!!!"

Jim · Gym Leader Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 471 Location: PA

now THAT sounds like a party! i will be there... if i can work out "the logistical details," depending on, of course, if they can, first. Rolling Eyes