Wildcatters Travel To Face Aces in Preseason
June 27, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Texas Wildcatters News Release
BEAUMONT, TX (June 27, 2007) - The Texas Wildcatters will travel to Anchorage, Alaska to play two preseason games versus the Alaska Aces at Sullivan Arena on October 10 and 11. Game time each night will be 10:15pm CDT.
The trip will be the Wildcatters' first to Alaska and the first time in the team's five-year history they will face the Aces.
Head Coach Malcolm Cameron said Friday that a preseason trip of this nature can be very helpful to a team that is just getting to know each other. "This will be a great team builder for us. Get the boys on the road and experience a different culture than what most of them are accustomed to. Trips like this have a significant impact on team chemistry early in the year."
The preseason games will follow a four-day training camp at Ford Arena in Beaumont taking place October 5-8.
Though it will not be Cameron's first trip to Alaska, he hopes that this one will mark the beginning of a championship season for the 07-08 Wildcatters. "It's a tremendous show of commitment from our ownership, and we are very excited to start our journey for the 2008 Kelly Cup in this manner."
The Texas Wildcatters are the ECHL affiliate of the AHL's Houston Aeros. Be part of the Wildcatter's Fifth Anniversary Season in Southeast Texas! The Wildcatters host the rival Florida Everblades for the 2007-08 Home Opener on Saturday, Oct. 27! Season tickets are on sale now. Log on to www.wildcattershockey.com or call (409) 951-5500.
Opening Day for the ECHL's 20th Anniversary Season will be Oct. 18 when the Johnstown Chiefs host the Wheeling Nailers at Cambria County War Memorial in a rematch of Game 7 from the first-ever ECHL Finals.
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary as the Premier 'AA' Hockey League in 2007-08, the ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in three states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league that will have 25 teams in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08. The 25 teams include the Mississippi (Biloxi) Sea Wolves, who return after missing two seasons in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the expansion Elmira (N.Y.) Jackals.
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