PRESS RELEASE
Vancouver, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks 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.
