Bulldogs Begin Training Camp In Scotland This Week
September 21, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
HAMILTON, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs will travel to Edinburgh, Scotland tomorrow to open their 2009-2010 training camp. The Bulldogs will participate in The Gardiner Cup, a four-team tournament to celebrate "Ice Hockey's Homecoming".
The 'Dogs will compete for the Gardiner Cup against the AHL's Toronto Marlies and the UK Elite League's Edinburgh Capitals and Belfast Giants. The Bulldogs will meet their archrival, the Marlies, in an exhibition contest at 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 24th. Hamilton will begin the four-team tournament with a semi-final game against the Belfast Giants at 12:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, September 26th. The two winning teams from Saturday's semi-final games will play for the Gardiner Cup in the Championship game at 12:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, September 27th while the two losing teams will face-off in the consolation final on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. EST.
The 'Dogs will travel back to Hamilton on September 28th before they head to Oshawa, Ontario for a pre-season match-up against the Marlies on September 30th at 7:00 p.m. at General Motors Centre. Tickets for the exhibition game between Hamilton and Toronto are available at General Motors Centre Box Office by phone at 1-877-436-8811 or online at www.generalmotorscentre.com. Individual tickets can be purchased for as low as $15 and family 4-packs are only $55.
Fans can listen to every 'Dogs pre-season, regular season and post-season game in 2009-2010 on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, Talk 820. Fans can also listen to or watch every game online on www.hamiltonbulldogs.com. All regular season radio and online broadcasts will begin with a pre-game show 30 minutes prior to the game's scheduled start time. Ellery Award-winning broadcaster Derek Wills will call the play-by-play of all 80 regular season games, while Al Craig will provide the colour commentary for all home games and select road games.
The 'Dogs will open the 2009-2010 regular season on Sunday, October 4th when they battle the Toronto Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum at 4:00 p.m. On Friday, October 9th the Bulldogs will host their first home game of the season when they welcome the Rockford IceHogs to Copps Coliseum for a 7:30 p.m. game.
Join the Bulldogs fan page on Facebook to find news and information on the team and players throughout the pre-season and regular season by following this link: http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=hamilton+bulldogs&init=quick#/pages/Hamilton-Bulldogs/162878425588. Anyone that signs up to become a fan of the Bulldogs on Facebook by October 3rd, 2009 will be entered into a draw to win an autographed 2008-2009 Bulldogs game-worn jersey. Fans can also follow the 'Dogs home and away all season long with "tweets" from the team's Director of Broadcasting and Communications / Play-by-Play Announcer Derek Wills beginning this week when the club opens training camp in Scotland. Fans can sign up to follow Derek Wills on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dogsplaybyplay. Anyone that signs up to follow Derek Wills on Twitter by October 3rd, 2009 will be entered into a draw to win a 2008-2009 team autographed stick and a certificate to join Derek Wills and Colour Commentator Al Craig in the broadcast booth at a Hamilton Bulldogs 2009-2010 home game.
Tickets for all Hamilton Bulldogs home games (with the exception of the November 8th and February 21st games at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec) are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster Outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666. For more information on 'Dogs season tickets, flex packs, mini packs and group tickets call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.
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