Saturday, August 04, 2007

Schedule to be Released Tuesday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League will be releasing its 2007-08 regular-season schedule on Tuesday, August 7, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

The schedule will be available for viewing and download on the official Web site of the American Hockey League, theahl.com.T

he 2007-08 season will be the AHL's 72nd year of operation, and will feature an all-time high of 29 teams.In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams.

More than 83 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the sixth year in a row, more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2006-07.