AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

AHL Announces Schedule Format for 2004-2005 Season

Published on July 6, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


WILKES-BARRE, PA. - American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league's Board of Governors has approved the schedule format for the 2004-05 regular season. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, along with the other 27 AHL clubs, will play an unbalanced 80-game schedule during the upcoming season.

The Penguins will play 52 of 80 regular season games against their East Division rivals (Albany River Rats, Binghamton Senators, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Hershey Bears, Norfolk Admirals and Philadelphia Phantoms) over the course of the 2004-05 regular season. The Penguins will play the Bears, Admirals and Phantoms a total of 10 times each (five home, five road) throughout the season.

The Penguins have eight games (four home, four road) scheduled against both the Senators and Sound Tigers and six games (three home, three road) against the River Rats.

Highlights of the Pens' schedule format include eight games (four home, four road) against the Syracuse Crunch and four games (two home, two road) against the Manitoba Moose. The Penguins will play the Moose for the first time in 2004-05.

The schedule format also includes two games (one home/one road) against each of the seven teams in the Atlantic Division (Hartford, Lowell, Manchester, Providence, Springfield and Worcester), except Portland, who will play four games (two home/two road) against the Penguins.

Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Hamilton, Houston, Milwaukee, Rochester, St. John's, San Antonio, Toronto and Utah will not be on the Penguins' 2004-05 schedule.

The AHL's 69th season will open on Wednesday, October 13th and conclude on Sunday, April 17th. The release of the Penguins' 2004-05 season schedule and the entire AHL schedule will be announced later this month.

Listed below is a breakdown of the number of games that the Penguins will play against each of the AHL clubs during the upcoming season:

Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Hartford Wolf Pack (1 home, 1 road)
Lowell Lock Monsters (1 home, 1 road)
Manchester Monarchs (1 home, 1 road)
Portland Pirates (2 home, 2 road)
Providence Bruins (1 home, 1 road)
Springfield Falcons (1 home, 1 road)
Worcester IceCats (1 home, 1 road)

East Division
Albany River Rats (3 home, 3 road)
Binghamton Senators (4 home, 4 road)
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (4 home, 4 road)
Hershey Bears (5 home, 5 road)
Norfolk Admirals (5 home, 5 road)
Philadelphia Phantoms (5 home, 5 road)

Western Conference
North Division
Cleveland Barons (0)
Hamilton Bulldogs (0)
Manitoba Moose (2 home, 2 road)
Rochester Americans (0)
St. John's Maple Leafs (0)
Syracuse Crunch (4 home, 4 road)
Toronto Roadrunners (0)

West Division
Chicago Wolves (0)
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (0)
Grand Rapids Griffins (0)
Houston Aeros (0)
Milwaukee Admirals (0)
San Antonio Rampage (0)
Utah Grizzlies (0)

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