River Rats Announce 2009-10 Opponents

Published on July 7, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany River Rats News Release


Albany, NY - The Albany River Rats announced today the club's schedule format for the 2009-10 American Hockey League season. AHL President and CEO David Andrews also announced that the league has approved the conference and division alignment for next year.

Albany will play 42 games against East Division opponents, including 12 games against their Northway Rivals, the Adirondack Phantoms (six home games, six away games). They will also play eight games against new East Division member Syracuse (four home, four away). Outside of their division, the River Rats will play fourteen games against Atlantic Division clubs and four against the North Division's Rochester Americans. In all the River Rats will face fifteen opponents in 2009-10.

The complete breakdown of the River Rats 2009-10 schedule format and the new division alignment is as follows.

East Division

Adirondack (6H/6A)

Binghamton (4H/4A)

Hershey (4H/4A)

Norfolk (4H/4A)

Syracuse (4H/4A)

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4H /4A)

Atlantic Division

Bridgeport (2H/2A)

Hartford (1H/1A)

Lowell (1H/1A)

Manchester (2H/2A)

Portland (2H/2A)

Providence (1H/1A)

Springfield (2H/2A)

Worcester (1H/1A)

North Division

Abbotsford (0)

Grand Rapids (0)

Hamilton (0)

Lake Erie (0)

Manitoba (0)

Rochester (2H/2A)

Toronto (0)

West Division

Chicago (0)

Houston (0)

Milwaukee (0)

Peoria (0)

Rockford (0)

San Antonio (0)

Texas (0)

The AHL's 2009-10 regular season will begin on Oct. 2 with the complete schedule to be announced later this summer.

River Rats 2009-10 season and flex ticket packages are now on sale at the River Rats executive offices at the Times Union Center, by calling (518) 487-2244 or by logging onto www.albanyriverrats.com.

In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 84 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the eighth year in a row, more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2008-09.

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