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Marlies Announce 2007-08 Regular Season Schedule
August 7, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
August 7, 2007
MARLIES ANNOUNCE 2007-08 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Amerks visit Ricoh for October 6 home opener; Schedule highlighted by 32 weekend home dates
A proud member of the American Hockey League, the Toronto Marlies announced today their 80 game
regular season schedule which begins on Saturday, October 6 at Ricoh Coliseum versus the Rochester
Americans – AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres & Florida Panthers – at 4:30 p.m. The Marlies will play at
home on all but two occasions in the month of October as the team plays seven of their first eight contests on
home-ice.
Weekend games dominate the Marlies’ home schedule this season as the team will play 32 of their 40
home games on weekend dates. This figure rises by two games from last season’s total of 30 weekend dates.
The home schedule predominantly features Saturday games, which will include twelve 4 p.m. games, two 4:30
p.m. starts and an additional five Saturday evening games, four of which will begin at 7 p.m. with a lone 8 p.m.
puck-drop on October 27 versus the Calder Cup champion Hamilton Bulldogs. The Marlies will also play 13
Sunday home games, all of which will commence at 4 p.m. Remaining home games are comprised of seven
games on Wednesdays and one game on Thursday. All weekday games begin at 7:30 p.m. with the lone
exception being the Marlies’ inaugural regular season school day game on November 28 versus Grand Rapids
at 11:30 a.m.
The Marlies’ longest road trip of the season will take place in January. The eight-game trip will see the
club face seven of eight West Division opponents as the club visits Milwaukee, Rockford, Chicago, Iowa, Quad
City, Houston and San Antonio between January 10 – 20. The trip will conclude on Friday, January 25 when
the Marlies visit Utica, NY to take-on the Binghamton Senators. The team has four season-high four-game
homestands which begin in October, November, December and February respectively.
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The Marlies will face a league high 19 of 28 possible opponents in 2007-08, including defending
champion Hamilton – AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens – as they make their first of six visits to Toronto
on Saturday, October 27. The Marlies travel to Hamilton for the first time on Friday, November 23. The Marlies
host the Hartford Wolf Pack – AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers – and the Albany River Rats – AHL
affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes – for the first time in their history on October 21 and December 30
respectively. Both games will begin at 4 p.m. Toronto will also oppose each of the league’s three new
franchises as Lake Erie (October 12, November 21, November 30 & March 30), Rockford (November 18) and
Quad City (January 26) join the AHL for the league’s 72nd season.
The Marlies will close-out the 2007-08 schedule by hosting Rochester on Saturday, April 12 and
Manitoba on Sunday, April 13 at Ricoh Coliseum.
Ticket packages for the club’s regular season schedule are now on sale. For more information, visit
www.torontomarlies.com or call the team’s ticket line at 416-597-PUCK.
- Complete Regular Season Schedule Attached
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Media Contact: Chris Moore, Coordinator, Media Relations 416-263-3922
TORONTO MARLIES 2007-2008 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT TIME DATE OPPONENT TIME
Sat., Oct. 6 Rochester 4:30 Fri., Jan. 18 @ Houston 7:35
Fri., Oct. 12 Lake Erie 7:30 Sun., Jan. 20 @ San Antonio 5:00
Sun., Oct. 14 @ Lake Erie 5:00 Fri., Jan. 25 * @ Binghamton 7:05 UTI
Sat., Oct. 20 Manitoba 4:30 Sat., Jan. 26 Quad City 4:00
Sun., Oct. 21 Hartford 4:00 Fri., Feb. 1 @ Rochester 7:35
Sat., Oct. 27 Hamilton 8:00 Sat., Feb. 2 Rochester 4:00
Sun., Oct. 28 Syracuse 4:00 Wed., Feb. 6 San Antonio 7:30
Wed., Oct. 31 @ Albany 7:00 Sat., Feb. 9 Hamilton 4:00
Fri., Nov. 2 @ Wilkes-Barre 7:05 Sun., Feb. 10 Houston 4:00
Sat., Nov. 3 @ Hartford 7:00 Wed., Feb. 13 @ Hamilton 7:30
Sat., Nov. 10 @ Grand Rapids 7:00 Fri., Feb. 15 @ Hamilton 7:30
Sun., Nov. 11 @ Lake Erie 5:00 Sat., Feb. 16 @ Manitoba 7:30
Fri., Nov. 16 @ Syracuse 7:30 Sun., Feb. 17 @ Manitoba 2:00
Sat., Nov. 17 @ Lake Erie 7:30 Wed., Feb. 20 @ Binghamton 7:05
Sun., Nov. 18 Rockford 4:00 Sat., Feb. 23 Binghamton 4:00
Wed., Nov. 21 Lake Erie 7:30 Sun., Feb. 24 Hamilton 4:00
Fri., Nov. 23 @ Hamilton 7:30 Fri., Feb. 29 @ Syracuse 7:30
Sat., Nov. 24 Syracuse 4:00 Sat., Mar. 1 Iowa 7:00
Wed., Nov. 28 Grand Rapids 11:30 Sun., Mar. 2 Hershey 4:00
Fri., Nov. 30 Lake Erie 7:30 Wed., Mar. 5 @ Grand Rapids 7:00
Sun., Dec. 2 Philadelphia 4:00 Fri., Mar. 7 @ Syracuse 7:30
Fri., Dec. 7 @ Rochester 7:35 Sat., Mar. 8 Manitoba 7:00
Sat., Dec. 8 Binghamton 4:00 Sun., Mar. 9 Syracuse 4:00
Sun., Dec. 9 Milwaukee 4:00 Wed., Mar. 12 @ Grand Rapids 7:00
Fri., Dec. 14 @ Philadelphia 7:05 Sat., Mar. 15 Hamilton 4:00
Sat., Dec. 15 @ Hershey 7:00 Sun., Mar. 16 Grand Rapids 4:00
Wed., Dec. 19 Syracuse 7:30 Wed., Mar. 19 @ Grand Rapids 7:00
Fri., Dec. 21 @ Rochester 7:35 Fri., Mar. 21 @ Hamilton 7:30
Wed., Dec. 26 @ Rochester 7:05 Sat., Mar. 22 Hamilton 7:00
Thu., Dec. 27 Grand Rapids 7:30 Wed., Mar. 26 @ Syracuse 7:00
Sat., Dec. 29 @ Hamilton 7:00 Fri., Mar. 28 @ Lake Erie 7:30
Sun., Dec. 30 Albany 4:00 Sat., Mar. 29 Manitoba 7:00
Wed., Jan. 2 Rochester 7:30 Sun., Mar. 30 Lake Erie 4:00
Fri., Jan. 4 Wilkes-Barre 7:30 Wed., Apr. 2 Grand Rapids 7:30
Sat., Jan. 5 Hamilton 4:00 Fri., Apr. 4 @ Manitoba 7:30
Thu., Jan. 10 @ Milwaukee 7:00 Sat., Apr. 5 @ Manitoba 7:30
Fri., Jan. 11 @ Rockford 7:30 Wed., Apr. 9 Chicago 7:30
Sat., Jan. 12 @ Chicago 7:00 Fri., Apr. 11 @ Hamilton 7:30
Tue., Jan. 15 @ Iowa 7:07 Sat., Apr. 12 Rochester 4:00
Wed., Jan. 16 @ Quad City 7:05 Sun., Apr. 13 Manitoba 4:00
**ALL TIMES LOCAL
* UTI - @ Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY
OF NOTE:
Sun., Jan. 27 – 2008 AHL All-Star Skills Competition 7 p.m. @ Binghamton, NY
Mon., Jan. 28 – 2008 AHL All-Star Game 7 p.m. @ Binghamton, NY
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