Islanders Pre-Season Schedule Released
August 24th, 2007 by murph
The Islanders have released their Pre-Season schedule which has them playing 9 games in 14 days, all over southeast Canada and northeast U.S.A. There is even a game vs. the Rangers at the Coliseum on Monday night September 24th.
This season, the Islanders training camp will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, where Ted Nolan coached the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL to a league championship. After nearly a week of practicing and intra-squad scrimmaging at camp, the Islanders will faceoff against opposing NHL teams.
Starting on Monday, September 17, the Islanders play games on three consecutive nights in three different Canadian Provinces. First, they take on the up and coming Atlanta Thrashers at Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario. On Tuesday, the Islanders continue their pre-season rivalry against the Boston Bruins, traveling to Mile One Stadium in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Finally, the Islanders return to Moncton and clash against the Montreal Canadiens at the Moncton Coliseum.
Following a day off, the Islanders visit their fourth province of the week to re-match against the Canadiens in Montreal at the Bell Centre.
On Saturday, September 22, the Islanders return to Long Island not even halfway through their exhibition schedule.
Monday the 24th sees the return of hockey to the Nassau Coliseum, when the Islanders take on their archrivals, the Rangers. The Blueshirts then host a contest at Madison Square Garden on September 28. Between those two games, the Islanders travel to Lowell, Massachusetts on the 26th and take on New Jersey at the Paul Tsongas Arena.
DATE TIME OPPONENT LOCATION ARENA 9/17 7:00pm Atlanta North Bay, ON Memorial Gardens 9/18 5:30pm Boston St. John’s, NL Mile One Stadium 9/19 6:00pm Montreal Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum 9/21 7:30pm Montreal Montreal, QC Bell Centre 9/24 7:00pm NY Rangers Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum 9/26 7:00pm New Jersey Lowell, MA Paul Tsongas Arena 9/28 7:00pm NY Rangers New York, NY Madison Sq. Garden 9/29 7:00pm New Jersey Bridgeport, CT Arena@Harbor Yard 9/30 4:00pm Boston Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
In somewhat related note, I’m still waiting for the official announcement of single game ticket availability (gotta get my home opener and Al Arbour game tickets!). There is no on-sale date yet, but the Islanders’ home games are now listed on TicketBastard.com TicketMaster.com, so I think we are getting closer. Ticket sales usually start on a Saturday - it’s a safe bet that they don’t go on sale tomorrow, and I doubt they would go on sale the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, so maybe you want to circle Saturday September 8th on your calendar…in pencil…at least until an official announcement.
