Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the exhibition game schedule for the 2009-10 season.
The schedule features 51 games commencing Saturday August 29, 2009, with two games between the Niagara IceDogs and Erie Otters at 5:00 pm, as well as the Saginaw Spirit taking on the Plymouth Whalers in Brighton, Michigan at 7:00 pm. In addition to the Whalers’ off-site contest, the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors will host two games at alternate venues including the Owen Sound Attack on Thursday September 3 at 7:00 pm in Milton, ON, as well as the Peterborough Petes on Sunday September 6 at 2:00 pm in Oakville, ON. Other alternate venue contests take place on Friday September 11 at 7:00 pm when the Attack play the defending Eastern Conference Champion Brampton Battalion in Orangeville, ON. On Saturday September 12 at 7:00 pm the London Knights take on the Whalers in St. Thomas, ON.
The exhibition schedule also features two CHL inter-league matchups. The Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL take on the Ottawa 67’s for two games on Friday September 4 at 7:30 pm, and again on Sunday September 6 at 2:00 pm. The Kitchener Rangers will also travel to QMJHL territory where they will play two games against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Saturday September 5 at 7:30 pm and again on Sunday September 6 at 4:00 pm.
The defending OHL and MasterCard Memorial Cup Champion Windsor Spitfires begin their exhibition schedule on Thursday September 3 at 7:00 pm when they host the Sarnia Sting.
The full 2009 OHL Exhibition Schedule is as follows:
Sat. Aug. 29 Niagara at Erie 5:00
Sat. Aug. 29 Saginaw vs. Plymouth 7:00 at Brighton, MI
Sun. Aug. 30 Barrie at Guelph 2:00
Sun. Aug. 30 Ottawa at Kingston 2:00
Sun. Aug. 30 Brampton at Kitchener 2:00
Sun. Aug. 30 Peterborough at Oshawa 6:05
Mon. Aug. 31 Misssissauga at Owen Sound 7:00
Tues. Sept. 1 Sudbury at Sault Ste. Marie 7:00
Thurs. Sept. 3 Sudbury at Barrie 7:30
Thurs. Sept. 3 Guelph at Brampton 7:00
Thurs. Sept. 3 Owen Sound vs. Misssissauga 7:00 at Milton
Thurs. Sept. 3 Oshawa at Peterborough 7:00
Thurs. Sept. 3 Sarnia at Windsor 7:00
Fri. Sept. 4 Brampton at Guelph 7:30
Fri. Sept. 4 Belleville at Kingston 7:30
Fri. Sept. 4 Sarnia at London 7:30
Fri. Sept. 4 Gatineau (QMJHL) at Ottawa 7:30
Fri. Sept. 4 Saginaw at Sault Ste. Marie 7:30
Fri. Sept. 4 Oshawa at Sudbury 7:30
Sat. Sept. 5 Kingston at Belleville 7:05
Sat. Sept. 5 Erie at Niagara 7:00
Sat. Sept. 5 Windsor at Plymouth 2:00
Sat. Sept. 5 Kitchener at Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) 7:30
Sat. Sept. 5 Sault Ste. Marie at Saginaw 4:00
Sat. Sept. 5 London at Sarnia 7:30
Sun. Sept. 6 Peterborough vs. Misssissauga 2:00 at Oakville
Sun. Sept. 6 Ottawa at Gatineau (QMJHL) 2:00
Sun. Sept. 6 Erie at Niagara 2:00
Sun. Sept. 6 Barrie at Owen Sound 2:00
Sun. Sept. 6 Kitchener at Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) 4:00
Mon. Sept. 7 Owen Sound at Barrie 6:00
Mon. Sept. 7 Kitchener at Brampton 2:00
Mon. Sept. 7 London at Peterborough 2:00
Mon. Sept. 7 Misssissauga at Sudbury 2:00
Mon. Sept. 7 Plymouth at Windsor 2:00
Wed. Sept. 9 Ottawa at Belleville 7:05
Thurs. Sept. 10 Guelph at Niagara 7:30
Thurs. Sept. 10 Misssissauga at Peterborough 7:00
Thurs. Sept. 10 Saginaw at Sarnia 7:30
Fri. Sept. 11 Owen Sound vs. Brampton 7:00 at Orangeville
Fri. Sept. 11 Oshawa at Kitchener 7:30
Fri. Sept. 11 Plymouth at London 7:30
Fri. Sept. 11 Kingston at Ottawa 7:30
Fri. Sept. 11 Windsor at Sarnia 7:30
Fri. Sept. 11 Sault Ste. Marie at Sudbury 7:30
Sat. Sept. 12 Guelph at Barrie 7:30
Sat. Sept. 12 London vs. Plymouth 7:00 at St. Thomas
Sat. Sept. 12 Sudbury at Sault Ste. Marie 7:30
Sat. Sept. 12 Erie at Windsor 7:00
Sun. Sept. 13 Kitchener at Oshawa 6:05
Sun. Sept. 13 Belleville at Ottawa 2:00
