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Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Announce 2003-04 Schedule Format

July 16, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cincinnati RailRaiders News Release


CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, in conjunction with the American Hockey League, announced on Wednesday the schedule format for the 2003-2004 season. Each of the 28 teams will play an unbalanced 80-game schedule, including 40 home dates and 40 road dates and featuring traditional and regional rivalries.

Only 13 of the other 27 AHL teams will be on the Mighty Ducks schedule. Of the 80 regular-season games, 52 are against West Division opponents (10 with Chicago and Grand Rapids, eight with Houston, Milwaukee, San Antonio and Utah).

Cincinnati will also face traditional rival Cleveland eight times and Canadian foes Hamilton, Manitoba and Toronto four times each.

The Mighty Ducks, who remained in the Western Conference when the AHL realigned last week, will face only Philadelphia from the Eastern Conference.

The official schedule will be released in early August. The AHL's regular-season begins October 8 and ends April 11.

The following is a breakdown of the opponents and number of games with each team for the Mighty Ducks during the 2003-2004 season:

Western Conference

North Division
Cleveland Barons (4 home, 4 road)
Hamilton Bulldogs (2 home, 2 road)
Manitoba Moose (2 home, 2 road)
Rochester Americans (1 home, 1 road)
St. John's Maple Leafs (0 home, 0 road)
Syracuse Crunch (1 home, 1 road)
Toronto Roadrunners (2 home, 2 road)

West Division
Chicago Wolves (5 home, 5 road)
Grand Rapids Griffins (5 home, 5 road)
Houston Aeros (4 home, 4 road)
Milwaukee Admirals (4 home, 4 road)
San Antonio Rampage (4 home, 4 road)
Utah Grizzlies (4 home, 4 road)

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division Hartford Wolf Pack (0 home, 0 road)
Lowell Lock Monsters (0 home, 0 road)
Manchester Monarchs (0 home, 0 road)
Portland Pirates (0 home, 0 road)
Providence Bruins (0 home, 0 road)
Springfield Falcons (0 home, 0 road)
Worcester IceCats (0 home, 0 road)

East Division
Albany River Rats (0 home, 0 road)
Binghamton Senators (0 home, 0 road)
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (0 home, 0 road)
Hershey Bears (0 home, 0 road)
Norfolk Admirals (0 home, 0 road)
Philadelphia Phantoms (2 home, 2 road)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (0 home, 0 road)

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