Penguins Announce Home Playoff Dates for Qualifying Series
April 3, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release
WILKES-BARRE, PA. - The American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today the home playoff dates in the event they host a best-of-three qualifying series.
If the Penguins host a best-of-three qualifying series, Game One of the series would begin on Thursday, April 10 at 7:05 p.m. at the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza. After an off day on Friday (April 11), the series would resume with Game Two on Saturday (April 12) at 7:05 p.m. and if necessary, Game Three would be held on Sunday (April 13) at 5:05 p.m.
The top 10 teams in each conference qualify for the upcoming 2003 Calder Cup Playoffs. The three division winners in each conference will be seeded 1-3 based on record, and the postseason will begin with a best-of-three qualifying round, pitting the seventh seed against the 10th seed and the eighth seed against the ninth seed in each conference, with the higher seed hosting all games in this round.
Current Western Conference standings as of today:
Points
1* y-Grand Rapids 106
2* y-Houston 102
3* x-Norfolk 90
4 x-Chicago 94
5 x-Hershey 84
6 x-San Antonio 83
7 Milwaukee 80
8 Utah 79
9 Wilkes-Barre/Scr. 79 10 Philadelphia 77
*division leader
x-Clinched playoff berth
y-Clinched division title
Tickets for the first three home games of the 2003 Calder Cup Playoffs (Games A-C) on now on sale and can be purchased at the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations and telephone outlets.
Tickets can be purchased at the First Union Arena Box Office, and at all Ticketmaster locations and telephone outlets. Payment accepted at the Arena Box Office includes cash, American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. The First Union Arena Box Office does not accept telephone orders or personal checks. There is no service fee for tickets purchased at the First Union Arena Box Office. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling Ticketmaster at (570) 693-4100, (215) 336-2000 and (607) 722-7272 and on the internet at www.ticketmaster.com.
Single-game ticket prices for the Penguins' first three home games of the 2003 Calder Cup Playoffs are $32.50 (Yellow zone), $22.00 (Red zone), $19.00 (Gold zone) and $15.25 (Blue zone).
The Penguins would also like to let fans know that playoff ticket packages are still available. A playoff ticket package allows fans to keep the same seat for all home playoff games.
Please note that ticket packages are available only at the Penguins Team Store in the Arena Hub Plaza or by phone at 208-PENS (7367).
The Penguins (34-32-6-5, 79 points; Third-place, South Division) host the Norfolk Admirals (37-24-11-5, 90 points; First-place, South Division) tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. at the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza.
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