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Moose announce 2002-03 regular season schedule

August 1, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with the American Hockey League (AHL), released their 2002-03 regular season schedule today. The Moose will open their second season in the AHL on Friday, October 11 at home versus the Worcester IceCats. The home opener weekend will continue on Saturday, October 12 with a match against the IceCats.

Fans will quickly be exposed to new clubs visiting the Winnipeg Arena beginning at the start of the season as Springfield, Lowell and the new expansion club, San Antonio Rampage all visit before mid-November. The Moose home schedule will be fan-friendly as they play 28 of 40 home games on either Friday (14 dates), Saturday (11 dates) or Sunday (3 dates).

The club will play a balanced home schedule with the months of November, December and January each having eight home dates respectfully. The longest homestand will occur in December when the team is home for the holidays for eight games through December 11 to 31. During the season, the Moose embark on three separate six-game homestands (Nov. 15-30, Jan. 21-29 and Feb. 13-25).

The Moose host the annual New Year's Eve game against the Eastern Conference Champions, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at a special 4 p.m. start on Dec. 31. All Moose home games from Monday to Saturday will start at 7:30 p.m. Sunday games begin at 2:00 p.m.

DATES TO CIRCLE:

October 11 – Home Opener vs. the Worcester IceCats

October 12 – Home Opener Weekend continues vs. Worcester IceCats

October 25/26 – First visit by Springfield Falcons to Winnipeg Arena

November 8/9 – First visit by Lowell Lock Monsters to Winnipeg Arena

November 15/16 – First visit by San Antonio Rampage to Winnipeg Arena

December 11/13 – First visit by Manchester Monarchs to Winnipeg Arena

December 31 – Traditional New Year's Eve game versus Bridgeport Sound Tigers

January 28/29 – Calder Cup Champion Chicago Wolves return to Winnipeg

February 14 – Valentine's Day match versus Hamilton Bulldogs

March 14/16 – First visit by Portland Pirates to Winnipeg Arena

March 28/30 – First visit by Providence Bruins to Winnipeg Arena

April 5 – End of regular season on the road in Hamilton

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN

The Moose schedule includes ten homestands, 10 road trips and 22 back-to-back games. The club will play four three games-in-three nights, play four games-in-five nights on six occasions and a rare five games-in-six nights in mid-October. The Moose will play host mainly on the weekend as 28 out of 40 home dates will occur on the weekend (Friday to Sunday). Friday will be the busiest night for the club as they play 14 home games, Saturday the second busiest at 11 games. The rest of the schedule highlights the Moose at home six times on Tuesday, five on Wednesday, three on Sunday and once on Thursday.

The 80 game schedule will see Manitoba play 11 games in October, 12 in November, 12 in December, 16 in January, 12 in February, 14 in March and 3 in April. November, December and January have the club playing eight dates each at the Winnipeg Arena, the most in a month during the 2002-03 season.

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2002-2003 Manitoba Moose Schedule

Complete Schedule

Fri., Oct. 11 vs. Worcester - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 12 vs. Worcester - 7:30 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 14 @ Lowell - 1:00 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 18 @ Saint John - 5:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 19 @ Saint John - 5:00 p.m.

Sun. Oct. 20 @ Portland - 3:05 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 22 @ St. John's - 5:05 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 23 @ St. John's - 5:05 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 25 vs. Springfield - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 26 vs. Springfield - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 30 @ Hartford - 6:05 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 1 @ Portland - 6:05 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 2 @ Worcester - 6:05 p.m.

Sun., Nov. 3 @ Lowell - 3:00 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 8 vs. Lowell - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 9 vs. Lowell - 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Nov. 12 @ Grand Rapids - 11:00 a.m.

Fri., Nov. 15 vs. San Antonio - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 16 vs. San Antonio - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 22 vs. Saint John - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 23 vs. Saint John - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 29 vs. Utah - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 30 vs. Utah - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 4 @ Hartford - 6:05 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 6 @ Bridgeport - 6:35 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 7 @ Springfield - 6:35 p.m.

Sun., Dec. 8 @ Worcester - 3:05 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 11 vs. Manchester - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 13 vs. Manchester - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 14 vs. Grand Rapids - 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Dec. 17 vs. Grand Rapids - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 20 vs. St. John's - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 21 vs. St. John's - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 28 vs. Bridgeport - 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Dec. 31 vs. Bridgeport - 4:00 p.m.

Thur., Jan. 2 @ Utah - 8:00 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 4 @ Utah - 8:00 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 5 @ San Antonio - 5:00 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 8 @ Chicago - 7:00 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 10 vs. Hartford - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 11 vs. Hartford - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 15 @ San Antonio - 7:00 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 18 @ Houston - 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 19 @ Houston - 5:00 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 21 vs. Saint John - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 22 vs. Saint John - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 24 vs. Hamilton - 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 25 vs. Hamilton - 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 28 vs. Chicago - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 29 vs. Chicago - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 31 @ Hamilton - 6:30 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 1 @ Hamilton - 6:00 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 5 @ Manchester - 6:05 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 7 @ Manchester - 6:35 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 8 @ Springfield - 6:35 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 9 @ Providence - 3:05 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 13 vs. Hamilton - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 14 vs. Hamilton - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 19 vs. Houston - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 21 vs. Houston - 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 23 vs. St. John's - 2:00 p.m.

Tues., Feb. 25 vs. St. John's - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 28 @ Saint John - 5:30 p.m

Sun., Mar. 2 @ Hamilton - 1:00 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 5 @ Bridgeport - 6:05 p.m.

Fri., Mar. 7 @ Providence - 6:05 p.m.

Sat., Mar. 8 @ Saint John - 5:00 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 11 vs. Milwaukee - 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 12 vs. Milwaukee - 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Mar. 14 vs. Portland - 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 16 vs. Portland - 2:00 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 19 @ Milwaukee - 7:12 p.m.

Thu., Mar. 20 @ Grand Rapids - 6:00 p.m.

Sat., Mar. 22 @ Chicago - 7:00 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 23 @ Milwaukee - 5:12 p.m.

Fri., Mar. 28 vs. Providence - 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 30 vs. Providence - 2:00 p.m.

Wed., Apr. 2 @ St. John's - 5:05 p.m.

Fri., Apr. 4 @ St. John's - 5:05 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 5 @ Hamilton - 6:00 p.m.

ALL TIMES IN CENTRAL TIME

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