Thursday, July 3, 2008

2008-09 NAHL Schedule Released

http://www.nahl.com/schedule.cfm

-Only non-division games after the showcase are home and home series with St. Louis and Springfield.
-58 games total - 27 home games/27 road games/4 at the Showcase
-Home opener is October 3
-Only 1 "home" game in March

Opponents:
North Iowa - 13 games - 6 home/7 away
Albert Lea - 12 games - 6/6
Bismarck - 12 games - 6/6
Alexandria - 9 games - 5/4
Springfield - 4 games - 2/2
St. Louis - 4 games - 2/2
Mahoning Valley, USNTDP, Marquette, Kenai River - 1 game each at the Showcase

By the month:
September - 6
October - 6
November - 11
December - 7
January - 10
February - 9
March - 9

Day of the Week:
Wednesday - 4
Thursday - 2
Friday - 24
Saturday - 23
Sunday - 5

Of the 58 regular season games, 44 will be played at home or within roughly an hour of Owatonna (Albert Lea, North Iowa, Blaine)

Nights in hotel rooms for the boys have been drastically reduced this year.

Not as many 2 game weekend series against the same opponent. Lots of Friday vs. Albert Lea, Saturday @ North Iowa kind of thing.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Boring!

Anonymous said...

Hey maybe the boys can drive their own cars. That would save a lot of money.

Anonymous said...

Not allowed, need to bus.

Anonymous said...

kinda feels like high school playing so close by with same teams all the time, ugh!

Anonymous said...

Thank goodness the website will be redone soon. Its so cold and unfriendly.