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NHL releases preseason schedule

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Only a month and a half until preseason hockey. It’s not quite as good as regular season hockey, but it sounds better than “two months until hockey.” In the middle of summer, hockey fans will take what they can get. It may not be as appealing as playoff hockey—but it’s not baseball either.

This year’s preseason schedule features a few NHL visits to American non-NHL cities like Baltimore, Orlando, Albany, Charlotte, Kansas City, Bridgeport, and Las Vegas. (That is the first and last time that Bridgeport, CT and Las Vegas, NV will ever be mentioned in the same sentence). Canada will be spreading the love as well when Quebec City, St. John’s, Halifax, London (Ontario, not England), and Saskatoon get to check out NHL action in their fair cities. Some of the teams that are traveling across the pond for the NHL Premiere will engage in preseason contests with the locals (as has become tradition): the Rangers, Sabres, Ducks, and Kings are all scheduled to take on European competition before they drop the puck on the regular season.

Here’s the full preseason schedule from the NHL’s official release:

2011-12 NHL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

MONDAY, SEPT. 19

Nashville at Florida (split-squad doubleheader), 3 p.m.
Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Florida (split-squad doubleheader), 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 20

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Columbus (split squads), 7 p.m.
Nashville vs. Washington, at Baltimore, Md. (1st Mariner Arena), 7 p.m.
Dallas at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago vs. Edmonton (split squad), at Saskatoon, Sask. (Credit Union Centre), 8 p.m.
Columbus at Winnipeg (split squads), 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Edmonton (split squad), 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary (split squads), 9 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver (split squads), 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay, at Orlando, Fla. (Amway Center), 7 p.m.
New Jersey vs. NY Rangers, at Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center), 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix (split squads), 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles (split squads), 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 22

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Detroit vs. Philadelphia, at London, Ont. (John Labatt Centre), 7 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 23

NY Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 25

Chicago at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Buffalo at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Carolina vs. Winnipeg, at Charlotte, N.C. (Time Warner Cable Arena), 5 p.m.
Boston vs. Montreal, at Halifax, N.S. (Metro Centre), 6 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 26

Ottawa vs. Winnipeg, at St. John’s, Nfld. (Mile One Centre), 4 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 27

Dallas at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Pittsburgh, at Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center), 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
NY Islanders at Calgary, 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28

Washington at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 29

NY Rangers vs. Sparta Prague, at Prague, Czech Republic (TESLA Arena), 1 p.m.
Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30

NY Rangers vs. Frolunda, at Gothenburg, Sweden (Scandinavium), 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 1

Dallas at St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. Tampa Bay, at Quebec City, Que. (Colisée Pepsi), 7 p.m.
Boston vs. NY Islanders, at Bridgeport, Conn. (Webster Bank Arena), 7 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Las Vegas, Nev. (MGM Grand), 9 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 2

NY Rangers vs. HC Slovan, at Bratislava, Slovakia (SLOVNAFT Arena), 11 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 3

NY Rangers vs. EV Zug, at Zug, Switzerland (Bossard Arena), 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 4

Anaheim vs. Jokerit, at Helsinki, Finland (Hartwall Arena), 12 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Hamburg, at Hamburg, Germany (02 World Hamburg Arena), 1 p.m.
Buffalo vs. Adler Mannheim, at Mannheim, Germany (SAP Arena), 1:30 p.m.