AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announce 2004-05 schedule

Published on August 10, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


WILKES-BARRE, PA - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced their 2004-2005 regular season schedule today. The Penguins will open their sixth American Hockey League season on Wednesday, October 13 as they host the Manitoba Moose at 7:05 p.m. at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. The Penguins' 80-game regular season schedule will conclude on Sunday, April 17 at home against the Syracuse Crunch.

For the fifth straight year, the AHL's regular season opens in Wilkes-Barre as the Penguins host the Moose in the first-ever meeting between the two clubs. The game is the first of four regular season meetings between the Penguins and Moose. Manitoba will visit Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza again later in the season on Wednesday, February 23 and the Penguins will make their first-ever visit to Winnipeg for games against the Moose at the new MTS Centre on Tuesday, January 18 and Thursday, Jan. 20.

Following the season opener against Manitoba, the Penguins will play four straight road games, including two against the Norfolk Admirals. The Penguins travel to Manchester on Saturday, Oct. 16 to open their road portion of the 2004-05 schedule and then visit Lowell on Sunday (Oct. 17) to complete the first of nine sets of back-to-back games for the Pens this season. The Penguins finish the road trip with two games against the Admirals at Scope on Wednesday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 22.

The home schedule features 30 weekend games. A breakdown of the Penguins' home games by days of the week is as follows: Sunday, 10; Monday, 0; Tuesday, 0; Wednesday, 10; Thursday, 0; Friday, 7; and Saturday, 13.

The Penguins' longest homestand of the season lasts five games, from February 2 through February 12. During the homestand, the Penguins will play host to Bridgeport, Hershey (twice), Philadelphia and the Lock Monsters before heading into the All-Star break. The Manchester Monarchs will host the 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Feb. 13-14.

The longest Penguins' road trip of the season lasts four games, which occurs three times. Along with the early season road trip to Manchester, Lowell and Norfolk in October, the Penguins will play four consecutive road games from November 26 through December 3 when they visit Syracuse, Hartford, Philadelphia and Bridgeport, and then in March, the Penguins play straight four road games during a week-long trip (March 18-25) to Syracuse, Hershey, Hamilton and Bridgeport.

This season, all weekday evening games at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza will start at 7:05 PM, except on Friday, December 31, when the Penguins entertain the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 5:05 PM on New Year's Eve. All Saturday night games will begin at 7:05 PM and all Sunday games will start at 5:05 PM, except for October 31, when the Penguins host the Binghamton Senators at 3:05 p.m. in a Halloween matinee game.

The Penguins will play 52 of 80 regular season games against their East Division rivals (Albany River Rats, Binghamton Senators, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Hershey Bears, Norfolk Admirals and Philadelphia Phantoms) over the course of the 2004-05 regular season. The Penguins will play the Bears, Admirals and Phantoms a total of 10 times each (five home, five road) throughout the season.

The Penguins have eight games (four home, four road) scheduled against both the Senators and Sound Tigers and six games (three home, three road) against the River Rats.

Highlights of the Pens' schedule include eight games (four home, four road) against the Syracuse Crunch and four games (two home, two road) against the Manitoba Moose.

The schedule also includes two games (one home/one road) against each of the seven teams in the Atlantic Division (Hartford, Lowell, Manchester, Portland, Providence, Springfield and Worcester).

Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Edmonton, Grand Rapids, Houston, Milwaukee, Rochester, St. John's, San Antonio and Utah will not be on the Penguins' 2004-05 schedule.

The television and promotional schedule for the Penguins' 2004-05 regular season games has not been announced. Both should be available shortly.

For information about season tickets, please contact the Penguins at 208-PENS or visit the team online at www.wbspenguins.com.

A complete schedule will follow this release. Following is a breakdown of the Penguins' 2004-2005 schedule:

BY MONTH BY DAY
October - 11 (6 home, 5 away) Sunday - 19 (10 home, 9 away)
November - 10 (5 home, 5 away) Monday - 0 (0 home, 0 away)
December - 11 (8 home, 3 away) Tuesday - 1 (0 home, 1 away)
January - 14 (5 home, 9 away) Wednesday - 14 (10 home, 4 away)
February - 11 (6 home, 5 away) Thursday - 2 (0 home, 2 away)
March - 13 (5 home, 8 away) Friday - 22 (7 home, 15 away)
April - 10 (5 home, 5 away) Saturday - 22 (13 home, 9 away)

2004-05 WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

DAY, DATE OPPONENT TIME
Wed., Oct. 13 vs. MANITOBA 7:05 PM
Sat., Oct. 16 at Manchester 7:35 PM
Sun., Oct. 17 at Lowell 4:00 PM
Wed., Oct. 20 at Norfolk 7:30 PM
Fri., Oct. 22 at Norfolk 7:30 PM
Sat., Oct. 23 vs. NORFOLK 7:05 PM
Sun., Oct. 24 vs. ALBANY 5:05 PM
Wed., Oct. 27 vs. SYRACUSE 7:05 PM
Fri., Oct. 29 at Albany 7:00 PM
Sat., Oct. 30 vs. BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM
Sun., Oct. 31 vs. BINGHAMTON 3:05 PM
Sat., Nov. 6 vs. NORFOLK 7:05 PM
Sun., Nov. 7 vs. NORFOLK 5:05 PM
Fri., Nov. 12 at Philadelphia 7:05 PM
Sun., Nov. 14 at Bridgeport 4:05 PM
Fri., Nov. 19 at Binghamton 7:05 PM
Sat., Nov. 20 vs. BINGHAMTON 7:05 PM
Sun., Nov. 21 vs. HAMILTON 5:05 PM
Wed., Nov. 24 vs. HARTFORD 7:05 PM
Fri., Nov. 26 at Syracuse 7:30 PM
Sat., Nov. 27 at Hartford 7:05 PM
Wed., Dec. 1 at Philadelphia 7:05 PM
Fri., Dec. 3 at Bridgeport 7:35 PM
Sun., Dec. 5 vs. NORFOLK 5:05 PM
Fri., Dec. 10 vs. ALBANY 7:05 PM
Sat., Dec. 11 vs. PHILADELPHIA7:05 PM
Wed., Dec. 15 vs. ALBANY 7:05 PM
Fri., Dec. 17 at Syracuse 7:30 PM
Sun., Dec. 19 vs. MANCHESTER 5:05 PM
Sun., Dec. 26 vs. PHILADELPHIA5:05 PM
Wed., Dec. 29 vs. PORTLAND 7:05 PM
Fri., Dec. 31 vs. BRIDGEPORT 5:05 PM
Sat., Jan. 1 at Springfield 7:00 PM
Wed., Jan. 5 at Worcester 7:05 PM
Fri., Jan. 7 at Binghamton 7:05 PM
Sat., Jan. 8 vs. PHILADELPHIA7:05 PM
Sun., Jan. 9 vs. SYRACUSE 5:05 PM
Fri., Jan. 14 at Binghamton 7:05 PM
Sat., Jan. 15 at Albany 7:30 PM
Tue., Jan. 18 at Manitoba 8:30 PM
Thu., Jan. 20 at Manitoba 8:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 22 vs. BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM
Wed., Jan. 26 vs. SYRACUSE 7:05 PM
Fri., Jan. 28 vs. HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Sat., Jan. 29 at Syracuse 7:30 PM
Sun., Jan. 30 at Providence 4:05 PM
Wed., Feb. 2 vs. BRIDGEPORT 7:05 PM
Fri., Feb. 4 vs. HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Sat., Feb. 5 vs. PHILADELPHIA7:05 PM
Fri., Feb. 11 vs. HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Sat., Feb. 12 vs. LOWELL 7:05 PM
Thu., Feb. 17 at Portland 7:05 PM
Fri., Feb. 18 at Bridgeport 7:35 PM
Sat., Feb. 19 at Hershey 7:00 PM
Wed., Feb. 23 vs. MANITOBA 7:05 PM
Sat., Feb. 26 at Hershey 7:00 PM
Sun., Feb. 27 at Philadelphia 5:05 PM
Fri. Mar. 4 vs. SPRINGFIELD 7:05 PM
Sat., Mar. 5 vs. PHILADELPHIA7:05 PM
Sun., Mar. 6 at Philadelphia 5:05 PM
Fri., Mar. 11 at Norfolk 7:30 PM
Sat., Mar. 12 at Norfolk 7:30 PM
Sun., Mar. 13 vs. BINGHAMTON 5:05 PM
Fri., Mar. 18 at Syracuse 7:30 PM
Sun., Mar. 20 at Hershey 5:00 PM
Wed., Mar. 23 at Hamilton 7:00 PM
Fri., Mar. 25 at Bridgeport 7:35 PM
Sat., Mar. 26 vs. PROVIDENCE 7:05 PM
Sun., Mar. 27 at Hershey 5:00 PM
Wed., Mar. 30 vs. HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Fri., Apr. 1 at Albany 7:00 PM
Sat., Apr. 2 vs. WORCESTER 7:05 PM
Sun., Apr. 3 at Philadelphia 5:05 PM
Wed., Apr. 6 vs. BINGHAMTON 7:05 PM
Fri., Apr. 8 vs. HERSHEY 7:05 PM
Sat., Apr. 9 at Binghamton 7:05 PM
Sun., Apr. 10 at Hershey 5:00 PM
Fri., Apr. 15 at Norfolk 7:30 PM
Sat., Apr. 16 vs. NORFOLK 7:05 PM
Sun., Apr. 17 vs. SYRACUSE 5:05 PM


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