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NLL announces new 2008 schedule

November 2, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Colorado Mammoth News Release


DENVER - The National Lacrosse League has announced its new schedule for the 2008 regular season, opening on Dec. 29, 2007 when the Colorado Mammoth hosts the Calgary Roughnecks at Pepsi Center.

The regular season schedule consists of 18 weeks and concludes on April 26.

The 2008 NLL All-Star Game will be held on Sunday, March 16 at Rexall Place, the home arena of the Edmonton Rush.

The original schedule for the 2008 season was lost when the league canceled the season on Oct. 16 when a deadline to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with its players' association was not met. On Oct. 24 it was announced that a new seven-year CBA had been reached, and that a new schedule would be created for the 2008 season, subject to availability of dates at each team's home arena. In the new schedule, 12 teams will each play a sixteen-game regular season schedule.

In light of the cancellation of the original 2008 season schedule, the Arizona and Boston franchises have opted not to play in 2008 due to a number of business issues. A dispersal draft will be held next week. Both franchises will resume operations in 2009.

"When we announced that the NLL was going to play in 2008, we advised everyone that there were going to be some challenges in creating the schedule," league commissioner Jim Jennings said. "I'd like to thank our teams and arena managers for all of their hard work over the past couple of weeks in creating a schedule that is as close to what we originally had as possible."

Announcements regarding format and dates for the 2008 NLL Playoffs will be made at a later date.

2008 Colorado Mammoth schedule

(All times Mountain)

Day Date Opponent Time

Saturday December 29 CALGARY 7 p.m.

Saturday January 12 EDMONTON 7 p.m.

Thursday January 24 at Portland 8:30 p.m.

Saturday January 26 SAN JOSE 7 p.m.

Thursday February 7 PORTLAND 7 p.m.

Friday February 15 PHILADELPHIA 7 p.m.

Sunday February 24 at Calgary 1 p.m.

Saturday March 8 SAN JOSE 7 p.m.

Friday March 14 at Calgary 7:30 p.m.

Sunday March 16 All-Star Game* TBD

Thursday March 20 at Portland 8:30 p.m.

Thursday April 3 ROCHESTER 7 p.m.

Saturday April 5 at Buffalo 5:30 p.m.

Saturday April 12 at New York 6 p.m.

Friday April 18 EDMONTON 7 p.m.

Saturday April 19 at Edmonton 7:30 p.m.

Friday April 25 at San Jose 8:30 p.m.

*At Edmonton, Alberta

Single-game tickets start at $5 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. Season tickets start at $72 and are on sale now. Call 303.405.1101 or visit ColoradoMammoth.com to order.

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