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SteelHounds Release 2006-07 Schedule

August 7, 2006 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Youngstown SteelHounds News Release


YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - The Youngstown SteelHounds and General Manager Joe Gregory announced the team's 2006-07 Central Hockey League (CHL) schedule today. The Hounds open the season on the road versus conference foe Memphis, before facing Rocky Mountain, one of the CHL's two expansion teams, in their home opener at the Chevy Centre on October 27th and 28th.

Two six-game home-stands, three Sunday games and a second-half schedule heavy in conference play highlights this year's season. The Hounds will play 19 of their 32 home games after January 19th

The SteelHounds face 16 different opponents with division rivals Memphis (12 games), Bossier-Shreveport (10 games) and Tulsa (six games) occupying the bulk of the 64-game schedule. Included in this year's agenda are match-ups against the CHL's two expansion teams, the Rocky Mountain Rage (four games) and the Arizona Sundogs (two games), and two games versus the New Mexico Scorpions who return to the league after a year of voluntary suspension.

Youngstown plays 28 of its 64 games within the Northeast Division and 45 total games inside the Northern Conference. The SteelHounds play just 19 games against the Southern Conference, including one-game match-ups against Southern Conference members Laredo, Odessa and Lubbock, all three games on the road.

The Hounds play 39 back-to-back games and lace up the skates for three consecutive games on 11 occasions. Last season, the SteelHounds played 25 back-to-back games and had just two three-games-in-three-nights scenarios.

The schedule is balanced month-to-month for the Hounds, starting with four games in October, 12 in November, 12 in December, 12 in January, 11 in February and 13 in March. Eight of the 13 games in March are against conference rivals. The SteelHounds will be on the road seven times in both December and January, and will play eight games at home in March, marking the team's busiest month for home contests. Youngstown plays 36 games after January 1st.

The Hound's longest home stand is a six-game stretch, which falls on the schedule on two separate occasions. The first is in mid November and the second runs from February 8-18. The SteelHounds also host three five-game, one three-game and one two-game home stands.

Youngstown has a season-high eight-game road trip starting at the end of November and lasting through mid December. The trip covers games in five different cities, including two games in Tulsa and two in Oklahoma City. The Hounds also have a six-game, five-game, three three-game, and two two-game road trips.

The busiest day of the week for the Hounds is Saturday, which will see the SteelHounds playing 23 games (11 at home). Not far behind is Friday with 22 games (11 at home). Wednesday and Sunday carry five games each, Tuesday claims two games and Thursday hosts seven games (4 at home).

The SteelHounds will host a special Kid's Day HockeySchool game on Thursday, March 6th versus Oklahoma City. The game, which begins at a special time, 10:30 a.m., caters to Mahoning Valley students.

Season tickets for the 2006-07 season are available by calling 330-747-7825 and individual tickets for the Hounds 32 home games will go on sale in early October.

2006-07 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN

Total Games: 64

Home Games: 32

Away Games: 32

Games on:

Tuesday: 2 (1 home, 1 away)

Wednesday: 5 (2 home, 3 away)

Thursday: 7 (4 home, 3 away)

Friday: 22 (11 home, 11 away)

Saturday: 23 (11 home, 12 away)

Sunday: 5 (3 home, 2 away)

Games in:

October: 4 (2 home, 2 away; 2 conference)

November: 12 (6 home, 6 away; 4 conference)

December: 12 (5 home, 7 away; 6 conference)

January: 12 (5 home, 7 away; 3 conference)

February: 11 (6 home, 5 away; 5 conference)

March: 13 (8 home, 5 away; 8 conference)

Games vs:

Northern Conference (45)

Northeast Division: 28 (15 home, 13 away)

Northwest Division: 17 (10 home, 7 away)

Southern Conference (19)

Southeast Division: 11 (9 home, 2 away)

Southwest Division: 8 (0 home, 8 away)

2006-07 SCHEDULE NOTES & HIGHLIGHTS

- The SteelHounds face 16 different opponents this season, including the CHL's two expansion teams and the New Mexico Scorpions who were not active in the league during the Hounds inaugural season (2005-06).

- The SteelHounds open the season away from home for the second consecutive season. They will begin play at Memphis (Oct. 20-21).

- Youngstown will be a part of three home openers including their own on October 27th versus the Rocky Mountain Rage. The Hounds will also open the season for Memphis (Oct. 20th) and Arizona (Nov. 10th) playing the first ever game in the Prescott Valley Convention & Events Center.

- The SteelHounds longest home stand is six games, which occurs twice (Nov. 16-25 and Feb. 8-18).

- The SteelHounds longest road trip is eight games (Nov. 28-Dec. 16) covering 20 days.

- The Hounds will play 8 of 13 games at home during the month of March marking the busiest month of the season.

- Youngstown will finish its season with 10 of its last 15 games versus divisional opponents; 6 of those games are against Memphis.

- Last season, each CHL team made one trip into the Mahoning Valley. This season, Memphis and Bossier-Shreveport each make two trips into the Chevy Centre and all 5 teams from the Southwestern Conference as well as Laredo from the Southeastern Conference do not make the journey north.

- The Hounds will cover 25,332 miles of travel over the course of the season compared to 26,591 miles last season.

2006-07 DATES TO REMEMBER

October 20 - Youngstown opens its 2006-07 season on the road versus the Memphis RiverKings

October 27 - SteelHounds home opener versus the Rocky Mountain Rage

November 1 - The Hounds play the New Mexico Scorpions for the first time in franchise history.

November 10 - Youngstown plays the first ever game in the Prescott Valley Convention & Events Center when they meet the Arizona Sundogs.

November 16 - The Hounds drop the puck on the first of their two longest home stands at the Chevy Centre versus the Tulsa Oilers.

November 24 - The SteelHounds play a post-Thanksgiving Day game at home versus the Corpus Christi Rayz.

November 28 - The Hounds begin their longest road trip of the season (eight games) with a match-up against conference rival Tulsa.

December 30 - The Hounds play their last game of 2006 at home versus the Memphis RiverKings.

January 4 - The expansion Rocky Mountain Rage are the Hounds first opponents of 2007.

January 13 - The Hounds face the defending CHL Champion Laredo Bucks on the road in their only face-off of the season.

January 17 - The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs host the 2006-07 CHL All-Star Game at the CenturyTel Center.

January 19 - The SteelHounds welcome the Northern Conference defending champion and CHL runner-up Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs to the Chevy Centre for the first of five games in Youngstown.

March 6 - The SteelHounds play a special Kid's Day Game versus Oklahoma City with an early face-off time of 10:30 a.m.

March 18 - The SteelHounds close out their 2006-07 home schedule as they face the Colorado Eagles at the Chevy Centre.

March 25 - The Hounds face conference foe Bossier-Shreveport on the road in their final regular-season game.

2006-07 CHL DIVISIONAL ALIGNMENT & VENUES

Northern Conference

Northeast Division

Youngstown SteelHounds...Chevrolet Centre

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs...CenturyTel Center

Tulsa Oilers...Maxwell Convention Center

Memphis RiverKings...DeSoto Civic Center

Northwest Division

Colorado Eagles...Budweiser Event Center

Oklahoma City Blazers...Ford Center

Rocky Mountain Rage...Broomfield Event Center

Wichita Thunder ...Kansas Coliseum

Southern Conference

Southeast Division

Austin Ice Bats...Chaparral Ice Arena

Corpus Christi Rayz...AmericanBank Center

Laredo Bucks...Laredo Entertainment Center

Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees...Dodge Arena

Southwest Division

Amarillo Gorillas...Amarillo Civic Center

Lubbock Cotton Kings...Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

Odessa Jackalopes...Ector County Coliseum

Arizona Sundogs...Prescott Valley Convention & Events Center

New Mexico Scorpions...Santa Ana Star Center

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