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Vancouver, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks, in conjunction with the National Hockey League, released their 2010.11 regular season schedule today. Vancouver will launch the season long celebration for their 40th anniversary at home, Saturday, October 9th versus the Los Angeles Kings, 40 years to the day they played the Kings at the Pacific Coliseum in the franchise’s first game in the NHL.

The Canucks will celebrate their 40th anniversary throughout the entire 2010.11 season with a series of signature nights that will honour and celebrate the club’s history, engage and encourage fan participation and salute the loyal and passionate Canucks fans.  

“This season promises to be very special for our fans and our organization,” said Mike Gillis, Canucks President and General Manager. “We have a number of exciting initiatives planned and we look forward to sharing these experiences with Canucks fans all season long.”

The first signature night for the Canucks will be opening night when Vancouver plays host to their 2010 Stanley Cup Playoff opponent, the LA Kings. The Kings and Canucks also met 40 years to the day in Vancouver’s inaugural season. Further information about many of the initiatives planned for the Canucks 40th anniversary, including the additional signature nights, will be unveiled on July 7th at the club’s annual ‘Canucks Summer Summit’ (formerly referred to as the ‘State of the Franchise’). 

The Canucks 2010.11 schedule once again features games versus every NHL team at least once. Vancouver will play six games against each Northwest Division club (24 total) and four games against each of the 10 non-divisional clubs in the Western Conference (40 total). The Canucks remaining 18 games are split into nine home and nine away games all against Eastern Conference opponents. Vancouver will play a home and road game versus each of the Canadian based Eastern Conference teams; Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

October 9 -- 40th Season Opener vs Los Angeles Kings (40 years to the day of inaugural game)
November 20 -- Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks visit General Motors Place for first time
December 18 -- Toronto Maple Leafs visit General Motors Place on a Saturday night
December 28 -- Stanley Cup finalist Philadelphia Flyers visit General Motors Place
January 30 -- NHL All-Star Game at Carolina
February 7 -- Ottawa Senators visit General Motors Place
February 12 -- Hockey Day in Canada - Canucks vs Calgary Flames
February 22 -- Montreal Canadiens visit General Motors Place
April 9 -- Regular season finale at Calgary Flames

SCHEDULE NOTABLES:

The 2010.11 Canucks schedule features 11 back-to-back series. The Canucks longest home stand is six games from February 19th to March 3rd and the longest road trip is five games (twice) between November 9th and 17th and January 11th to 18th.

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN:

The 2010.11 schedule includes 15 home stands and 15 road trips. The Canucks play a total of 25 weekend games with Saturday being the busiest day of the week for the Canucks this season with 15 games falling on that day. 

PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE:

The Canucks will play eight pre-season games beginning September 21 and concluding October 1. In total, the Canucks will play four pre-season games at General Motors Place and four on the road. Each game features a Western Conference match-up: Anaheim (2), Calgary (2), Edmonton (2) and San Jose (2).

ON THE AIR:

Every Canucks game, including pre-season games, can be heard on the radio on the Team 1040 AM. A complete broadcast schedule will be released at a later date.