HARTFORD, September 21, 2011: The Connecticut Whale will be opening its training camp for the 2011-12 season this weekend at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell, CT.
The team will be conducting on and off-ice testing this Saturday, September 24, starting at 12:15 PM. Then, the first training camp scrimmage is scheduled for this Sunday, September 25, from 10:40 to 11:40 AM. The Whale is tentatively scheduled to have practices immediately before and immediately after the scrimmage.
A scrimmage is also scheduled for this Monday, September 26 from 10:00-11:00 AM, with practices immediately before and after.
The Whale training camp schedule is subject to change, so all interested media are asked please to double-check on times with either Bob Crawford or Brian Ring before attending a scrimmage or practice.
The Whale’s first preseason game is this Tuesday, September 27 at Trinity College’s Koeppel Community Sports Center, a 7:00 PM game against the Albany Devils. The Koeppel Community Sports Center is located at 175 New Britain Ave. in Hartford, and the September 27 game is a benefit for the Ryan Gordon/Connecticut Whale Community Scholars Fund, with donations accepted at the door in lieu of an admission charge. The fund memorializes young fan Ryan Gordon, who passed away in 2006 and asked that a portion of the monies set aside for his college education be donated to the Connecticut Whale Community Foundation.
The Whale’s regular-season home opener is coming up Saturday, October 15, a GEICO Connecticut Cup game vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Tickets to that game, and all 2011-12 Whale home games, are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com and through TicketMaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.
Save on your tickets, and get the best seats, with a ticket plan for the Whale’s 2011-12 AHL campaign, which are on sale now. For information on season seats and mini plans, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call the CT Whale ticket office at (860) 728-3366 to talk with an account executive today.
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