Jul 14 Montreal Canadiens 2009-2010 Schedule Released

The NHL has released the 2009-2010 schedule including, of course, the much anticipated Habs schedule. 

Particular home games and dates of note, since the Canadiens will seemingly face many interseting matchups with most of their UFA's signing elsewhere across the league:

Sat Oct 17, 2009 : The return of Alex Kovalev as an Ottawa Senator

Sat Oct 24, 2009 : Chris Higgins Vs Scott Gomez (or Brian Gionta who took Higgins' # 21)

Sat Oct 31, 2009 : Mike Komisarek, let the boo-birds rejoice.

Sat Nov 7, 2009 : Will Vinny still be the apple of Montreal fans' eye?

Tue Nov 10, 2009 : Redemption for Mike Cammilleri when the Flames come to town?

Tue Nov 17, 2009: With the arrival of the Canes, will Tom the Bomb finally win a fight? Against his former team?

Fri Dec 4, 2009: First home game pitting the new look Habs vs Steve Bégin's Bruins

Sun Mar 7, 2010 : The only game that has Montreal reuniting with ex-captain Saku Koivu, but it's in Anaheim. But hey, there's always the Stanley Cup Finals, right?

Have a great season !

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Official Press release:

The Montreal Canadiens and the NHL today released the schedule for the 2009-10 season. For a ninth consecutive year, the team will open the season on the road, facing the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, October 1st.

The Canadiens’ home opener at the Bell Centre will be on Wednesday, October 15 against the Colorado Avalanche. The Canadiens’ regular season will end on Saturday, April 10 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, at the Bell Centre, wrapping up an 82-game schedule over 192 days (including a 16-day Olympic Break between February 14 and March 1st).

All weeknight games at the Bell Centre will start at 7:30 p.m., with the exception of three games presented at 7:00 p.m.; October 22 vs NY Islanders, December 17 vs Minnesota and March 31 vs Carolina.

The traditional Saturday night home games will start at 7:00 p.m. with the exception of three weekend afternoon games; Sunday, January 3 against Buffalo, as well as the two matinee games during the traditional Super Bowl Weekend on Saturday, February 6 against Pittsburgh and Sunday, February 7 against Boston. These three games will start at 3:00 p.m.

In 2009-10, the Canadiens will face their division rivals (Boston, Buffalo, Ottawa and Toronto) six times (24 games). Four games will be played against each of the other 10 teams from the Eastern Conference (40 games). The remaining 18 games will be played versus Western Conference teams for a minimum of one game against each of the 15 Western teams, plus three (3) games featuring Canadian rivals (Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton).

The Canadiens will play seven preseason games between September 17-26, including five (5) games at the Bell Centre, as the team will host Florida, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Boston and Buffalo. Two preseason games will be also be played in Ottawa (September 19) and at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City (September 20 vs Boston).

All Canadiens regular season games will be broadcasted on RDS-HD, CJAD and CKAC. RDS will once again feature a number of Canadiens games for their Tuesday night broadcasts Les Méchants Mardis (15).

Canadiens home games will be played at least once on each day of the week. Saturday remains the busiest day on the schedule with 24 games, including 15 home contests.

Centennial Game: On this Centennial Year, the Canadiens will play a home game against the Boston Bruins on December 4th, 2009, the official date of the foundation of the Club. The game will take place at the Bell Centre, at 8:00 p.m.

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