ECHL Announces Preseason Schedule
September 4, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Wednesday announced its preseason schedule of 25 games beginning Oct. 5 and continuing through Oct. 13.
The preseason opens on Saturday, Oct. 5 with the Wheeling Nailers hosting the Elmira Jackals at WesBanco Arena.
The Premier "ÃËAA' Hockey League will open its 26th season with six games on Friday, Oct. 18. Opening weekend continues with 10 games on Saturday, Oct. 19 and one game on Sunday, Oct. 20.
The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,695 fans per game in 2012-13, the highest single-season average since 1999-2000, and the ninth consecutive season and the 21st time in the last 23 years that the ECHL has averaged over 4,000 fans.
2013 ECHL Preseason Schedule
Saturday, October 5
Elmira at Wheeling 7 p.m. ET
Tuesday, October 8
Cincinnati at Alaska 7:15 p.m. AKT
Wednesday, October 9
Toledo at Kalamazoo 7 p.m. ET Fort Wayne at Wheeling 7 p.m. ET Las Vegas at Colorado 7:05 p.m. MT Cincinnati at Alaska 7:15 p.m. AKT
Thursday, October 10
Las Vegas at Colorado 7:05 p.m. MT Bakersfield at San Francisco 7:30 p.m. PT
Friday, October 11
Gwinnett at South Carolina 7:05 p.m. ET (Carolina Ice Palace in Charleston, S.C)
Wheeling at Reading 7:05 p.m. ET Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo 7:30 p.m. ET (The Annex in Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Orlando at Florida 7:30 p.m. ET Idaho at Utah 7 p.m. MT (Eccles Ice Center in Logan, Utah)
Bakersfield at Stockton 7:30 p.m. PT
Saturday, October 12
Orlando at Florida 7 p.m. ET
Greenville at South Carolina 7:05 p.m. ET (Carolina Ice Palace in Charleston, S.C.)
Reading at Elmira 7:05 p.m. ET
Kalamazoo at Toledo 7:15 p.m. ET Wheeling at Fort Wayne 7:35 p.m. ET
Utah at Idaho 7 p.m. MT
Las Vegas at Ontario 6 p.m. PT
Stockton at San Francisco 7:30 p.m. PT
Sunday, October 13
Ontario at Las Vegas 2 p.m. PT
Greenville at Gwinnett 5:30 p.m. ET (Duluth Ice Forum in Duluth, Ga.)
San Francisco at Bakersfield 4 p.m. PT
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