Calgary Flames 2009-2010 Schedule Release
by CofRed on Jul 15, 2009 3:09 PM PDT
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Flames open up the season at home to the Vancouver Canucks on October 1st and we see only see Canadian teams for the first week of play (Oct 3 @ Edmonton, Oct 6 vs. Montreal, Oct 8 @ Edmonton) so it won't take long till we see Mr. Cammalleri in town. The longest home stand runs from October 16th to Halloween night those games are against (Vancouver, Columbus, Edmonton, Colorado and Detroit) There is an interrupted home stand which is actually the longest which is 7 games but the one that is in between is in Edmonton on December 28th and that is after the Flames longest road trip of 8 games which is also interrupted for one home game in between that being (Nov 25 vs. Phoenix).
On that road trip the Flames play all western opponents that opens in LA and ends in LA (Nov 21 Los Angeles, Nov 23 Anaheim, Nov 27th Detroit, Nov 28th Columbus, Nov 30th Nashville, Dec 3 Phoenix, Dec 5 San Jose, Dec 7 Los Angeles.
Possible HNIC matchups include (Thu Oct 1 vs. Vancouver, Oct 3 @ Edmonton, Oct 24 vs. Edmonton, Oct 31 vs. Detroit, Nov 7 vs. NY Rangers, Nov 14th @ Toronto, Nov 28th @ Columbus, Dec 5 @ San Jose, Dec 19th vs. Nashville, Jan 2nd vs. Toronto, Jan 9th @ Vancouver, Jan 30th vs. Edmonton, Feb 6th @ Tampa Bay, Feb 13th vs. Anaheim, Apr 10th @ Vancouver) January 30th is Hockey Day in Canada
Down the stretch from March 17th to the end of the year the Flames only play 5 divisional games (Mar 17th @ Colorado, Mar 21st @ Minnesota, Apr 2nd @ Colorado, Apr 8th vs. Minnesota, Apr 10th @ Vancouver. We only see Edmonton once in 2010 that being January 30th.
Interesting Dates (Jan 13th are first look at the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, Feb 5th Jay-Bo returns home as the Flames visit the Panthers, Feb 6th Flames first look at the big swedish rookie Victor Hedman, Feb 13th vs. Anaheim last game before the Olympic break, Mar 3rd first game back after the Olympics vs. Minnesota, Mar 5th New Jersey comes to the Dome for there first look at old coach Brent Sutter, Mar 25th Flames visit Long Island and take there first glimpse of John Tavares, Mar 28th & Apr 4th Washington and Chicago could be Calgary's first NBC regular season apperence big deal right!, Apr 12th season ends)
Overall the schedule plays much more into Calgary's hands this year we got very lucky with the road trips this season a lot better then are friends on the coast who play a record 14 game road trip just before the olympic break and shortly after the break.
Full Schedule here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?team=cgy
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I see we have 14 games as the second of a back-to-back. I don’t know how many that is compared to last year, but it seems like it’s a little high (Vancouver also has 14, Edmonton only 10)
We also play some tough and important games as those second of a B2B
Columbus x2
Edmonton x2
Detroit, Minnesota, Vancouver, San Jose, Dallas
others are:
Phoenix, Washington, Tampa, Toronto, St. Louis
and to be expected, 10 of the 14 b2b games are on the road. Ouch.
So maybe McElhinney can play 14 games this year? 4@home and 10 on the road?
Ouch for the Canucks
that is a LOOOOOONNNGGGG time to be on the road.
A few other things that interest me.
Flames are typically poor starters/finishers to the season.
6 of the first 10 are at home (11 of the first 20). In the first ten games we see divisional opponents 5 times – Van x 2 and Edm x 3!!!. Other games are Mtl, Dal, Chi, Clb x2. Likely Edmonton will be the weakest of those teams, but it’s always a tough game. Not an easy 10 game start.
6 of the last 10 are on the road (11 of final 20). In the final ten games we have what I assume will be tough opponents 4 times – Wash, SJ, Chi, Bos, and divisional 3 times – Van, Minn, Col. So, 7 of 10 are big games. We’ll be lucky to go .500 through that stretch of 10.
The easiest one month stretch in my mind starts when we return home on Dec. 9th until Jan. 9th. 16 games in 32 nights, 10 home, 6 away, 4 b2b’s, and we play the lesser likes of the league last year – 10 games against non-playoff teams, 6 div. Edm x2, Van, x2, Minn x2.
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