“Columbus Blue Jackets will play an exhibition game at the new state-of-the-art Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. local time as part of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Challenge. The Blue Jackets will play a unified team comprised of two Swedish hockey teams – the Malmo Redhawks, who in 2009-10 played in HockeyAllsvenksan, and Rogle BK from Angelholm, who played the 2009-10 season in the Swedish elite league Eliteserien. The best 10 skaters and one goaltender from Rogle BK will join forces with the top 10 skaters and one goalie from Malmo to square off against the Blue Jackets. Coaches from each side will lead the team. The players will be outfitted in custom-designed red and yellow uniforms, the official colors of the province of Skane.”- bluejackets.nhl.com
“The Hurricanes will travel to Russia to face SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on Oct. 4 before opening the regular season with two games against the Minnesota Wild in Helsinki, Finland.” News Observer
“The Boston Bruins are slated to play an exhibition game at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. local time as part of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Challenge. The Bruins will play the Belfast Giants Select, a unified team comprised of an All-Star selection of the best of the UK Elite League players from each team. Ticket sales and broadcast information for this game will be released at a later date.” NHL.com Addition: "They will play one exhibition game in Lieberec, Czech Republic, on Oct. 5 against HC Liberec" - TSN
“The Wings will play nine preseason games, including one that will take them more than 3,900 miles from home against the defending Swedish Elite League champion Farjestads BK in Karlstad, Sweden.” NHL.com
It’s likely that in the coming days the St. Louis Blues and the Minnesota Wild will announce preseason exhibition games against European clubs as these teams are opening their NHL seasons in Europe.
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