The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins begin their ninth season in the American Hockey League against their East Division rivals, the Hershey Bears on Wednesday, October 3. The full Penguins regular season schedule was released today by the AHL.
The Penguins will play an 80-game unbalanced schedule, facing off against teams from the East Division 54 times during the season (27 home games/27 road games), North Division opponents 14 times (7 home/7 road) and Atlantic Division foes 12 times (6 home/6 road). The Penguins will not play any teams from the West Division.
The majority of the Penguins’ home games will once again take place on weekends, with 13 Friday, 13 Saturday and one Sunday contest on the schedule (27 games, 67.5% of home games). The remainder of the Pens’ home contests will take place on Wednesdays (12), with one game taking place on a Monday, that coming as a New Year’s Eve contest against the Norfolk Admirals.
Other highlights to the schedule include the first-ever Wachovia Arena visits from the Worcester Sharks (Wednesday, November 21), the Lake Erie Monsters (Wednesday, January 9) and the Lowell Devils (Wednesday, March 19), as well as a visit from the Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs (Friday, March 28).
The Penguins’ longest homestand of the season runs five games from March 19-28, while the team’s longest road trip will consist of a six game swing from January 18-26. The team will play three games in three days six times (November 23-25; December 14-16; January 18-20; February 29-March 2; March 14-16; April 4-6), and will play four games in five days a total of four times (November 21-25; February 29-March 4; March 12-16; April 2-6).
All Penguins’ home games will begin at 7:05pm, with the exceptions of the Sunday, November 18 game against Binghamton (5:05pm), the New Year’s Eve game on Monday, January 31 (6:05pm) and the Saturday, February 2 game against the Norfolk Admirals, which will take place at a special start time of 3:05pm.
Season ticket packages for the 2007-2008 season of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey are on sale now, and available by contacting the Penguins’ ticketing office at 570-208-7367.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS FULL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Wednesday October 3 HERSHEY 7:05 PM Saturday October 6 SYRACUSE 7:05 PM
Sunday October 7 @ Philadelphia 5:05 PM Saturday October 13 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM
Sunday October 14 @ Philadelphia 6:05 PM
Saturday October 20 @ Bridgeport 7:00 PM Friday October 26 ALBANY 7:05 PM Saturday October 27 BINGHAMTON 7:05 PM Friday November 2 TORONTO 7:05 PM Saturday November 3 NORFOLK 7:05 PM
Friday November 9 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM
Saturday November 10 @ Springfield 7:00 PM
Wednesday November 14 @ Philadelphia 11:05 AM
Saturday November 17 @ Albany 7:00 PM Sunday November 18 BINGHAMTON 5:05 PM Wednesday November 21 WORCESTER 7:05 PM Friday November 23 BINGHAMTON 7:05 PM
Saturday November 24 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM
Sunday November 25 @ Hershey 5:00 PM
Wednesday November 28 @ Hamilton 7:30 PM
Friday November 30 @ Syracuse 7:30 PM
Saturday December 1 @ Hershey 7:00 PM Friday December 7 HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Saturday December 8 @ Norfolk 7:15 PM
Friday December 14 @ Worcester 7:05 PM
Saturday December 15 @ Albany * 5:00 PM
Sunday December 16 @ Philadelphia 5:05 PM Friday December 21 MANCHESTER 7:05 PM Saturday December 22 ALBANY 7:05 PM Wednesday December 26 SYRACUSE 7:05 PM
Thursday December 27 @ Syracuse 7:00 PM Saturday December 29 BINGHAMTON 7:05 PM Monday December 31 NORFOLK 6:05 PM Wednesday January 2 SYRACUSE 7:05 PM
Friday January 4 @ Toronto 7:30 PM Wednesday January 9 LAKE ERIE 7:05 PM Friday January 11 HERSHEY 7:05 PM Saturday January 12 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM
Friday January 18 @ Norfolk 7:15 PM
Saturday January 19 @ Norfolk 7:15 PM
Sunday January 20 @ Hershey 5:00 PM
Wednesday January 23 @ Lowell 7:05 PM
Friday January 25 @ Portland 7:05 PM
Saturday January 26 @ Manchester 7:05 PM Friday February 1 BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM Saturday February 2 NORFOLK 3:05 PM
Wednesday February 6 @ Norfolk 7:15 PM Friday February 8 PORTLAND 7:05 PM Saturday February 9 HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Wednesday February 13 @ Norfolk 7:15 PM Friday February 15 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM
Saturday February 16 @ Bridgeport 7:00 PM
Monday February 18 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM Wednesday February 20 HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Saturday February 23 @ Syracuse 7:30 PM
Sunday February 24 @ Hershey 5:00 PM Wednesday February 27 SYRACUSE 7:05 PM Friday February 29 BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM Saturday March 1 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM
Sunday March 2 @ Binghamton 5:05 PM
Tuesday March 4 @ Philadelphia 7:05 PM
Friday March 7 @ Lake Erie 7:30 PM
Saturday March 8 @ Syracuse 7:30 PM Wednesday March 12 NORFOLK 7:05 PM
Friday March 14 @ Bridgeport 7:30 PM
Saturday March 15 @ Albany 7:00 PM
Sunday March 16 @ Providence 4:05 PM Wednesday March 19 LOWELL 7:05 PM Friday March 21 ALBANY 7:05 PM Saturday March 22 PROVIDENCE 7:05 PM Wednesday March 26 BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM Friday March 28 HAMILTON 7:05 PM
Saturday March 29 @ Bridgeport 7:00 PM Wednesday April 2 ALBANY 7:05 PM Friday April 4 SPRINGFIELD 7:05 PM Saturday April 5 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM
Sunday April 6 @ Hershey 5:00 PM Wednesday April 9 BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM
Friday April 11 @ Albany 7:00 PM Saturday April 12 NORFOLK 7:05 PM
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