NHL releases 2010-11 schedule for Blackhawks

Posted June 21, 2010 11:00 pm

The puck will drop on Oct. 7 to start the 2010-11 NHL season, and the Blackhawks will open defense of their Stanley Cup Championship on the road that night against the Colorado Avalanche, where Hawks head coach Joel Quenneville won his first Stanley Cup as an assistant coach.

The Detroit Red Wings will host the Anaheim Ducks at Joe Louis Arena on Oct. 8, then travel to Chicago on Oct. 9 to watch the Blackhawks raise their Stanley Cup banner to the United Center rafters in the home opener.

While Detroit will be the only Original Six club to visit the United Center next season, the Blackhawks will host the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Flyers in January and the 2009 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penquins in February.

Twenty-two of the club's 41 contests in Chicago take place on weekends, which includes 12 Sundays and six Fridays. The Hawks will host the Flyers at the United Center on Sunday, Jan. 23 in a rematch of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final, and the Penguins on Sunday, Feb. 20.

Five of Chicago's first eight games (Oct. 7 to 20) and eight of their first 12 (Oct. 7 to Oct. 29) will be played on home ice. The Blackhawks' will skate in a season-high five-game home stand from Dec. 15 to 26.

The two longest road trips of the season for the Blackhawks include a six-game swing from Nov. 17 to 27 and a six-contest run from Feb. 1 to 12. Eleven of the club's final 17 tilts of the 2010-11 regular-season come away from the United Center.

The Blackhawks will match up against each of their four Central Division rivals six times (Columbus, Detroit, Nashville and St. Louis) and their remaining 10 Western Conference foes four times apiece. Chicago will play each team in the Eastern Conference at least one time in 2010-11.

For the third consecutive season, all 82 Chicago Blackhawks games will be televised in HD on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN-TV. The complete television broadcast schedule will be released at a later date.

Information about full season packages and group tickets for regular-season games are available by calling (312) 455-7000. Tickets for single games will be available at a date to be determined.

Blackhawks 2010-11 schedule

All times Central and subject to change. Home games in CAPS.

Thu, Oct. 7 at Colorado 9 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 9 DETROIT 7:30 p.m.

Mon, Oct. 11 at Buffalo 6 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 13 NASHVILLE 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 15 at Columbus 6 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 16 BUFFALO 7:30 p.m.

Mon, Oct. 18 ST. LOUIS 7:30 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 20 VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 22 at St. Louis 7 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 23 COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 27 LOS ANGELES 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 29 EDMONTON 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 30 at Minnesota 7 p.m.

Mon, Nov. 1 at N.Y. Rangers 6 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 3 NEW JERSEY 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 6 at Atlanta 6 p.m.

Sun, Nov. 7 EDMONTON 6 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 10 PHOENIX 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 13 at Nashville 7 p.m.

Sun, Nov. 14 ANAHEIM 6 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 17 at Edmonton 8 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 19 at Calgary 8 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 20 at Vancouver 9 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 24 at San Jose 9:30 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 26 at Anaheim 3 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 27 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.

Tue, Nov. 30 ST. LOUIS 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Dec. 3 VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Dec. 5 CALGARY 6 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 8 DALLAS 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 11 at San Jose 9:30 p.m.

Mon, Dec. 13 at Colorado 8 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 15 COLORADO 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Dec. 17 DETROIT 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Dec. 19 LOS ANGELES 6 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 22 NASHVILLE 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Dec. 26 COLUMBUS 6 p.m.

Tue, Dec. 28 at St. Louis 7 p.m.

Thu, Dec. 30 SAN JOSE 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 2 at Anaheim 7 p.m.

Mon, Jan. 3 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 5 DALLAS 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 7 OTTAWA 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 9 N.Y. ISLANDERS 6 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 12 COLORADO 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 15 at Nashville 7 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 16 NASHVILLE 6 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 22 at Detroit 1 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 23 PHILADELPHIA 3 p.m.

Tue, Jan. 25 MINNESOTA 7:30 p.m.

Tue, Feb. 1 at Columbus 6 p.m.

Fri, Feb. 4 at Vancouver 9 p.m.

Mon, Feb. 7 at Calgary 8 p.m.

Wed, Feb. 9 at Edmonton 8 p.m.

Fri, Feb. 11 at Dallas 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Feb. 12 at Phoenix 7 p.m.

Wed, Feb. 16 MINNESOTA 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Feb. 18 COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Feb. 20 PITTSBURGH 3 p.m.

Mon, Feb. 21 at St. Louis 1 p.m.

Thur, Feb. 24 at Nashville 7 p.m.

Sun, Feb. 27 PHOENIX 6 p.m.

Mon, Feb. 28 at Minnesota 7 p.m.

Wed, Mar. 2 CALGARY 8 p.m.

Fri, Mar. 4 CAROLINA 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Mar. 5 at Toronto 6 p.m.

Tue, Mar. 8 at Florida 6:30 p.m.

Wed, Mar. 9 at Tampa Bay 6:30 p.m.

Sun, Mar. 13 at Washington 11:30 AM

Mon, Mar. 14 SAN JOSE 7:30 p.m.

Thu, Mar. 17 at Dallas 7:30 p.m.

Sun, Mar. 20 at Phoenix 7 p.m.

Wed, Mar. 23 FLORIDA 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Mar. 26 ANAHEIM 7:30 p.m.

Mon, Mar. 28 at Detroit 6 p.m.

Tue, Mar. 29 at Boston 6 p.m.

Fri, Apr. 1 at Columbus 6 p.m.

Sun, Apr. 3 TAMPA BAY 6 p.m.

Tue, Apr. 5 at Montreal 6:30 p.m.

Wed, Apr. 6 ST. LOUIS 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Apr. 8 at Detroit 6 p.m.

Sun, Apr. 10 DETROIT 3 p.m.

NHL special dates

Hall of Fame Game: Buffalo at Toronto, Saturday, Nov. 6.

All-Star Break: Jan. 27-Feb. 1.

Hockey Day In Canada: Feb. 12 - Ottawa at Edmonton, Toronto at Montreal, Calgary at Vancouver.

Hockey Day In America: Feb. 20 - Washington at Buffalo; Philadelphia at NY Rangers; Pittsburgh at Chicago, Detroit at Minnesota.

Meeting of 2010 Stanley Cup Finalists: Philadelphia at Chicago - Sunday, Jan. 23.

Meeting of the past two Stanley Cup champions: Pittsburgh at Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 20, 3 p.m.

Regular season concludes: April 10, 2011.

Stanley Cup playoffs begin: April 13, 2011.

SCHEDULE NOTES: John MacLean makes his regular-season debut as the Devils' coach and Jason Arnott marks his return to the club Oct. 8 when New Jersey hosts Dallas - Scott Arniel makes his regular-season debut as the Blue Jackets' coach against San Jose in Stockholm Oct. 8 and makes his regular-season North America debut Friday, Oct. 15, against the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks - Guy Boucher makes his regular-season debut as head coach of the Lightning when Tampa Bay hosts Atlanta Saturday, Oct. 9 - GM Steve Yzerman and the Lightning are home to the Detroit Red Wings, Yzerman's long-time former team, Thursday, Feb. 17 - Tampa Bay owns the season's longest homestand, 12 games from Jan. 23-Feb. 25, while Los Angeles faces the season's longest road trip, 10 games from Feb. 1-23 - The cross-state rivalry between Florida and Tampa Bay gets under way Oct. 16 when the Lightning provide the opposition for the Panthers' home opener. The teams are led by new general managers - Yzerman in Tampa and Dale Tallon in Florida - The St. Louis Blues and former Canadiens G Jaroslav Halak host Montreal Thursday, March 10 - The Ottawa Senators play their concluding 26 regular-season games against Eastern Conference opponents - The Los Angeles Kings play their concluding 23 games against Western Conference, including the last five against Pacific Division opponents . . . The Calgary Flames and Phoenix Coyotes both play their concluding 20 games against Western Conference opponents. . . Carolina makes the latest North American home debut - October 27 against Washington.

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