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I figured it's about time to get this started since the season kicks off tomorrow night.

Games for the first week of play:

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Washington at Boston
Montreal at Toronto
San Jose at Colorado
Vancouver at Calgary

Friday, October 2, 2009
Florida at Chicago (Helsinki, Finland)
Detroit at St. Louis (Stockholm, Sweden)
Philadelphia at Carolina
NY Rangers at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Chicago at Florida (Helsinki, Finland)
St. Louis at Detroit (Stockholm, Sweden)
Vancouver at Colorado
Carolina at Boston
Montreal at Buffalo
Philadelphia at New Jersey
Pittsburgh at NY Islanders
Ottawa at NY Rangers
Toronto at Washington
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Minnesota at Columbus
Nashville at Dallas
Calgary at Edmonton
San Jose at Anaheim
Phoenix at Los Angeles

Monday, October 5, 2009
NY Rangers at New Jersey
Columbus at Vancouver

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Ottawa at Toronto
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Montreal at Calgary
Anaheim at Minnesota
Dallas at Edmonton
San Jose at Los Angeles

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Phoenix at Pittsburgh
Montreal at Vancouver

shizawn

Finally!

astrochimp

Always nice to start off the season with a Leafs/Habs matchup.Be interesting to see all the changes in the two teams and i'm sure fans of both will decide their season's fate based on this 1st game

Dubya

Can't wait to head to the RBC Center Friday night!

LorenzoL

Is it too early to start calling for the Monster to start in Toronto?

astrochimp

Least we should wait till about half way thru the 1st period

badlieut

Go Blues!

I'm very pumped for this season. With the return to the playoffs last year and Erik Johnson returning (and Kariya too for that matter), this season is looking promising. I can't wait...I wish I could leave work early to watch the game at 3 tomorrow.

Dr_Evil

Last year for Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. It will be kind of sad to not have Pens games there after this year (although I'm sure the new arena will be great).

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Red Dog

FYI - I suppose to compensate for the lack of VS., DirecTV is offering a freeview of CI until the end of the month. Also, I've read that some people are calling up DirecTV and getting great deals for CI: ranging from half-price to free.

VinVega

Very cool video man. Even though I'm not a Pens fan, I really enjoyed that. The only constant in life is change and I'm sure you will enjoy your new building.

After personally drifting away from hockey for the past few years I'm going to make an effort to get back into it this year. I joined a fantasy hockey league, so at least I'll get a leg up on all the players and who's doing what this year. I'm excited about the 2009-10 NHL season.

B.A.

I posted this in the off-season thread, but it really belongs here:

Blues to Hold NHL Premiere Watch Parties
Fans can watch both Sweden games on the scoreboard at Scottrade Center

St. Louis Blues

The Blues announced Friday they will be hosting watch parties at Scottrade Center for both season-opening Blues games being held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Scottrade Center will opens its doors at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3. Fans can sit in select lower bowl sections and follow the action on the Scottrade Center scoreboard live from Stockholm.

Admission to the watch parties is free and seating is general admission. Several concession stands will be open so fans can purchase food and drinks during the game.

The puck drops at 2 p.m. for each game.

“The NHL Premiere games are a signature event for the League, our players and our fans,” said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. “Playing regular-season games overseas is an excellent way to further engage the passionate NHL fan base in Europe and encourage the growth of the game of hockey.”

Fans can check out stlouisblues.com throughout the week for coverage from Sweden, including travel blogs, photos, videos and more.

aktick

Ended up getting an offer of 50% off for myself, and a $20 credit for 6 months for my dad (so ~$40 total).

Not bad, but of course those exclusive VS games we'll still be missing...

SunMonkey

That vendor with the cotton candy - I will always remember him.

Dr_Evil

Cotton Candy guy is legendary.

SunMonkey

Did the Islanders finally just get their Lighthouse project approved?

http://lighthouseliblog.blogspot.com...t-reached.html

If not, are they moving?

TheNightFlier

The lease doesn't really mean much. The Nassau Country exec. Tom Suozzi is trying to force the Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray to get Wang an answer about the project. At this point, the state and the country are both for this project. It all depends on the long time rumored corrupt Town of Hempstead politicians and their lead jackass Kate Murray. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when the ok for a project of this magnitude is left to these people.

Dr_Evil

Good start to the game in Toronto. Boston/Washington is not quite as exciting. Krejci looks pretty good for Boston, I thought he was banged up and going to be out for a while.

astrochimp

Didnt take long for Orr and Laraque to drop the gloves.

Cant blame Toskala for the 1st couple goals.Leafs D has been sloppy so far.

Dr_Evil

They are going to hate Gill in Montreal. Especially if they play him with Mara.

astrochimp

He wasnt exactly loved when he played here in Toronto.I was surprised he ended up on the Pens and playing as much as he did in their Cup run.

Dr_Evil

Pens used him primarily on the PK and never had him pinch or do anything that would get him in a foot race.

Ovechkin with a 3 point night already. I hate him, but he is a scoring machine.

Shamus McAnally

Joe Sakic. Classy guy. Nice ceremony for him.

(And his wife Debbie? My God does she look extra hot tonight!)

Obligatory pic:

astrochimp

Certainly gonna miss Joe.

Leafs lose so now i know its hockey season Good game though for the 1st of the new season.

Dr_Evil

They should've had Harry Connick Jr sing the anthem.

Joe was one of the best. Glad they Avs didn't waste any time giving him a nice send off.

eXcentris

I hate him already.