AHL's 73rd season underway
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10/09/2008 -
Springfield, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The American Hockey League began its 73rd
season on Wednesday as the Providence Bruins earned a 4-3 shootout win over
the visiting Lowell Devils and the defending Eastern Conference champion
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell to the Hershey Bears, 8-4, at home.
There will be 26 more games through the weekend as the league's 29 teams start
down the road to the 2009 Calder Cup championship. The 2008 Calder Cup
champion Chicago Wolves kick off their title defense on Saturday when they
visit the Houston Aeros while the Iowa Chops make their AHL debut as the top
affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks when Peoria visits the Wells Fargo Arena in Des
Moines on Friday.
The regular season features a total of 1,160 games leading up to the start of
the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs in April. In January, the 2009 AHL All-Star
Classic will be held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.
There will be a number of rule changes for the 2008-09 season, with the most
notable being one-minute penalties in overtime. That change was made at the
request of National Hockey League general managers as a test for North
America's top-flight ice hockey league. Carry-over time on minor penalties
from the third period will be halved in overtime.
Other new rules include a roster increase to a maximum of 18 skaters and two
goaltenders; calls for a double-minor penalty - rather than a major - in the
event of a high-sticking infraction that causes injury; and an automatic minor
penalty when any player in his defending zone who shoots the puck directly
out of the playing surface, except where there is no glass; among others.
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