Bridgestone NHL Premiere 2008 schedule of events

The National Hockey League is celebrating another landmark as the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators to travel to Europe in anticipation of the League’s first regular-season games of the 2008-09 season.

The following is the schedule of events for Bridgestone NHL Premiere Stockholm and Bridgestone NHL Premiere Prague.


BRIDGESTONE NHL PREMIERE – STOCKHOLM
(All times are local and subject to change)

Sunday, September 28
2:00 p.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Practice, Hovit Arena

Monday, September 29
11:00 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Practice, Hovit Arena
2:00 p.m. – Ottawa Senators Practice, Scandinavium Arena (practice rink), Gothenburg

Tuesday, September 30
10:30 a.m. – Ottawa Senators Practice, Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg
11:00 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Practice, Globe Arena

Wednesday, October 1
10:30 a.m. – Ottawa Senators Practice, Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg
11:00 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Practice, Globe Arena

Thursday, October 2
11:00 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Game-Day Skate, Globe Arena
11:30 a.m. – Ottawa Senators, Game-Day Skate, Scandinavium Arena
6:30 p.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Jokerit, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
7:00 p.m. – Ottawa Senators vs. Frolunda, Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg

Friday, October 3
3:30 p.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Open Practice, Globe Arena
4:45 p.m. – Ottawa Senators Open Practice, Globe Arena

Saturday, October 4
10:30 a.m. – Ottawa Senators Game-Day Skate, Globe Arena
11:30 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Game-Day Skate, Globe Arena
8:30 p.m. – Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, Globe Arena (CBC, RDS, FSN Pittsburgh, NHL Network US)

Sunday, October 5
10:30 a.m. – Pittsburgh Penguins Game-Day Skate, Globe Arena
11:30 a.m. – Ottawa Senators Game-Day Skate, Globe Arena
8:30 p.m. – Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, Globe Arena (CBC, RDS, VS, FSN Pittsburgh)


BRIDGESTONE NHL PREMIERE – PRAGUE
(All times local and subject to change)

Saturday, September 27
1 p.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Practice/media availability, O2 Arena

Sunday, September 28
9 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning optional practice, O2 Arena
4 p.m. – Tampa Day Lightning vs. Berlin Eisbaren exhibition game, Berlin

Tuesday, September 30
6 p.m. – New York Rangers vs. SC Bern, Bern, Switzerland
7:30 p.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. HC Slovan exhibition game, Bratislava

Wednesday, October 1
11 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Practice, O2 Arena
7:45 p.m. – New York Rangers vs. Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Bern, Switzerland

Thursday, October 2
11 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Practice, O2 Arena
1 p.m. – Commissioner Bettman media availability, O2 Arena
2:30 p.m. – New York Rangers Open Practice, O2 Arena
4 p.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Open Practice, O2 Arena

Friday, October 3
10:30 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Practice, O2 Arena
11:45 a.m. – New York Rangers Practice, O2 Arena

Saturday, October 4
10 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Game-Day Skate, O2 Arena
11:15 a.m. – NY Rangers Game-Day Skate, O2 Arena
6 p.m. – New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, O2 Arena
(CBC, RDS, MSG, Sun Sports, NHL Network U.S.)

Sunday, October 5
10 a.m. – New York Rangers Game-Day Skate, O2 Arena
11:15 a.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning Game-Day Skate, O2 Arena
6 p.m. – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers, O2 Arena
(RDS, VERSUS, MSG, NHL Network Canada)