Men's Ice Hockey NHL 2019 - 2020

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Men's Ice Hockey NHL 2019 - 2020

 

Multi-Stage Event - 2 October 2019 - TBD June 2020

 

 

Official Website

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Not much time has gone since the 2018/2019 season ended with St.Louis triumph in the Stanley Cup Finals...

 

But the NHL is already heading towards the new season...

 

here you can find the full match schedule:

https://www.nhl.com/schedule/2019-10-02/ET

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The 2019/2020 season starts on October, 2nd with the traditional quadruple-header, with 2 games dedicated to the US market (including the STL Blues banner raising soirèe, hosting the previous NHL champions, the Washington Capitals) and 2 dedicated to the Canadian market (but this time, no TOR vs MTL classic)...

 

3 regular season games will be played in Europe (Chicago vs Philadelphia, October 4th in Prague, CZE and Buffalo vs Tampa Bay, November 8th & 9th in Stockholm, SWE)...

 

3 games will be played outdoor:

- Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic (Calgary vs Winnipeg, October 26th in Regina, Sask., CAN)

- Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic (Nashville vs Dallas, January 1st in Dallas @ Cotton Bowl Stadium)

- NHL Stadium Series (Los Angeles vs Colorado, February 15th in Colorado Springs @ Falcon Stadium, US Air Force Academy)

 

the 2020 Honda NHL All-Star weekend will be celebrated in St.Louis from January 24th through January 26th

 

more key dates, here:

https://www.nhl.com/info/nhl-events/2019-20

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Apparenty Seattle will join in the NHL

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It's been known for a while Seattle will join the NHL from the 21/22 season. Now both conferences will have 16 teams each. The new team will play at the old SuperSonics NBA arena (obviously renovated).

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1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

It's been known for a while Seattle will join the NHL from the 21/22 season. Now both conferences will have 16 teams each. The new team will play at the old SuperSonics NBA arena (obviously renovated).

 

more than renovated...it's being completely rebuilt...only the old iconic roof will survive after all the works are completed...

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6 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

more than renovated...it's being completely rebuilt...only the old iconic roof will survive after all the works are completed...

 

I still don't understand why would they want to renovate this arena so much but they refused to build a new one for the Sonics?

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2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

I still don't understand why would they want to renovate this arena so much but they refused to build a new one for the Sonics?

 

That's because they found an ownership group willing to do it. Howard Schultz is a jackass

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Just now, Monzanator said:

 

I still don't understand why would they want to renovate this arena so much but they refused to build a new one for the Sonics?

 

because that venue and its iconic roof is considered a monument, a legacy of the World Expo they hosted quite a few years ago (in 1962)...

 

and it's located in a sort of "protected area"...

 

it's just like the San Siro Stadium in Milan...there's a too strong part of the local population that doesn't want to touch a structure that's considered an eternal part of the city landscape...

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3 minutes ago, ofan said:

 

That's because they found an ownership group willing to do it. Howard Schultz is a jackass

 

that's also another reason...together with the local people's refusal to pay more taxes to help financing a completely new project...

Edited July 21, 2019 by phelps