The NHL released it’s 2011-12 schedule today a day after they had their NHL Awards in Las Vegas.
The regular season opens up on Thursday, October 6th with games between the Flyers/Bruins, Habs/Leafs and Pens/Canucks. The league will have it’s all-star break from January 26th to January 30th and conclude it’s regular season on April 7th.
Here are some highlighted games this upcoming season…
SEASON OPENING NIGHT (THURSDAY, OCT. 6)
Flyers @ Bruins, Habs @ Leafs, Pens @ Canucks
COMPUWARE NHL PREMIERE GAMES
Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday Oct. 8
* Games featuring Rangers, Sabres, Kings and Ducks will be split between three European cities: Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin
PAST TWO STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS MEET
Boston @ Chicago — Saturday, Oct. 15
HALL OF FAME GAME
Boston @ Toronto, Saturday, Nov. 5
ALL-STAR BREAK
Jan. 26-30
2011 STANLEY CUP FINALISTS MEET
Vancouver @ Boston – Saturday, Jan. 7
BUSIEST DAY OF SEASON
Saturday, April 7 — 15 games
REGULAR SEASON CONCLUDES
April 7, 2012
The league will release it’s national TV schedules (CBC, NBC, NHL Network, TSN, RDS and VERSUS) sometime in August.
Source: NHL.com