BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The Binghamton Senators, in conjunction with the American Hockey League, announced today their schedule format for the 2010-11 AHL regular season.
The B-Sens face their East Division opponents for 56 of the 80 games in the 2010-11 season. They are joined in the division this season by the Albany Devils and Charlotte Checkers. The Senators will face each East Division team for a total of eight games.
Binghamton will take on six of the seven teams in the league’s Atlantic conference for a pair of games, while they will only see action versus three opponents from the AHL’s Western Conference this season, all from the North Division. The B-Sens battle the Rochester Americans a total of eight games, and will face the Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies each for a pair of games.
The breakdown of Binghamton’s 2010-11 season opponents is as follows with the amount of home/road games listed and NHL affiliates listed in parenthesis:
East Division
Adirondack Phantoms (Philadelphia Flyers): 4/4
Albany Devils (New Jersey Devils): 4/4
Charlotte Checkers (Carolina Hurricanes): 4/4
Hershey Bears (Washington Capitals): 4/4
Norfolk Admirals (Tampa Bay Lightning): 4/4
Syracuse Crunch (Anaheim Ducks): 4/4
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh Penguins): 4/4
Atlantic Division
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (New York Islanders): 1/1
Hartford Wolf Pack (New York Rangers): 1/1
Manchester Monarchs (Los Angeles Kings): 1/1
Portland Pirates (Buffalo Sabres): 1/1
Providence Bruins (Boston Bruins): 1/1
Springfield Falcons (Columbus Blue Jackets): 1/1
North Division
Rochester Americans (Florida Panthers): 4/4
Hamilton Bulldogs (Montréal Canadiens): 1/1
Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs): 1/1
The complete 2010-11 AHL schedule will be released next month.
In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 85 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the ninth year in a row, more than six million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2009-10.
2010-11 full-season, half-season tickets, and coupon books are on sale now. For more information on ticket packages please contact the Binghamton Senators’ executive office at 607-722-7367.
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