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NHL schedule changes accent variety
John Kreiser | NHL.com columnist Nov 29, 2007, 10:07 PM EST
The NHL Board of Governors approved a scheduling change Thursday that will produce more inter-conference matchups, increasing the variety of teams fans can expect to see next season.
Under the new format, approved at the League meetings in Pebble Beach, Calif., and scheduled to begin in 2008-09, teams will play each club in their division six times, a total of 24 games, and the 10 other clubs in their conference four times, a total of 40 games.

The remaining 18 games in the 82-game schedule will involve each club playing all 15 clubs in the other conference at least once, home or away. The three remaining games will be devoted to inter-conference

 

The Wings announcers were laughing last night about some of the complaints about next year's schedule. As you know the Wings have to do more traveling than any other NHL team with numerous west coast trips; enough that they have to have their own plane. They were joking about New Jersey would only want travel limited to bus trips in the same time zone.

 

 

I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the Red Wings with the current division focused schedule (look at the NW conference teams - the Wild have to fly 1800 miles to play the Canucks 4 times a year, and vice versa), but your point is still valid. The Atlantic and NE conference teams are a couple hour bus ride from 2/3 of their games.

 

Saw the Hawks play the Lightning at the United Center on Wed. Fun game and I really liked the Hawks fans. Knowledgeable, vocal but not boors.

Good times.

 

Now they just need an owner who doesn't constantly fock it up!

 

stars v flyers tomorrow night

 

on my way to the game