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Whalers Release 2009-10 Schedule

June 11, 2009 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Plymouth Whalers News Release


PLYMOUTH - The Ontario Hockey League's Plymouth Whalers will start their 2009-10 season with a bang.

The Whalers open the 2009-10 season on Thursday, September 17 at Windsor Family Credit Union Centre in Windsor against the OHL and Canadian Hockey League Champion Spitfires. Plymouth hosts the Oshawa Generals in the home opener on Saturday, September 19 at 7:05pm at Compuware Arena.

The Whalers' entire 2009-10 preseason and regular season schedule can be found online at http://www.plymouthwhalers.com/schedule.html.

Saturday remains the primary home date for the Whalers, with 20 Saturday nights leading the way. Plymouth plays nine home games on Friday, two on Wednesday, two on Monday afternoon and one on Sunday afternoon.

Game time remains 7:05pm for all but three of Plymouth's 34 home dates. The Whalers will play three matinees at Compuware Arena in 2009-10, all starting at 2pm - Monday, December 28 against Erie in Plymouth annual Kids Day game; Monday, January 18 against Windsor; and Sunday, March 14 against Saginaw in the Whalers' regular season finale.

Ticket prices at Compuware Arena for Plymouth Whalers games are considered among the most affordable in the OHL. Single game ticket prices remain $15 for Center Ice Seating and $11 for Executive Reserved and Bench Seating. Season tickets for the 34-game home schedule start at $269. In addition, the Whalers offer a host of affordable Group ticket plans, Mini and Flex Ticket Packages and Family Value Packs. More information can be found by calling (734) 453-8400 or by going online to http://www.plymouthwhalers.com/tickets.html.

Plymouth's schedule features 48 games against teams within the Western Conference, with 28 of those games within the West Division (eight each against Saginaw and Windsor; six each against Sault Ste. Marie and Sarnia) and 20 against Midwest Division opponents. The remaining 20 games are against Eastern Conference teams.

The Whalers - who started play in the OHL in 1990-91 - are preparing for their 20th season and have the longest active playoff streak of any team in the league. After missing the playoffs as an expansion team in 1990-91, Plymouth has made the playoffs in 18 consecutive seasons.

Last season, the Whalers went 37-26-5-0 and finished fourth overall in the OHL's Western Conference. After eliminating Sarnia in five games the OHL Western Conference Quarter-Finals, Plymouth was eliminated in six games in the Western Conference Semi-Finals by the OHL Champion Windsor Spitfires.

The bulk of last season's team returns, including goaltender Matt Hackett, defensemen Leo Jenner, Michal Jordan (a Carolina-draft), Beau Schmitz (Howell), Josh Bemis (Clarkston) and Austin Levi (Farmington Hills) and forwards Tyler Seguin, AJ Jenks (a Florida-draft), Ryan Hayes, Tyler J. Brown (Westland), RJ Mahalak (Monroe) and Jamie Devane, among others.

Earlier this week, the Whalers announced their exhibition schedule. They will open up the pre-season with a neutral-site game against Saginaw in Brighton, MI. They will have a home-and-home series against the Windsor Spitfires with the Whalers hosting the Spits at Compuware Arena on Saturday, September 5. They will conclude their exhibition games with a pair against the London Knights in London and St. Thomas.

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