Boston Bruins: Less Than Four Months Until Pre-Season

Boston Bruins: Less Than Four Months Until Pre-Season Starts For 2016-17 Season

The Boston Bruins released their 2016 pre-season schedule yesterday, and the good news for hockey fans is that you have less than four months to wait until they drop the puck. The team also released their preliminary schedule for their 2016 Rookie Camp, which begins on Thursday, September 15, and their 2016 Training Camp , which begins on Thursday, September 22. The full rookie camp and training camp rosters, practice times and locations will be announced at a later date.  Keep in mind, this is also the year the Bruins are supposed to open their new practice facility, Warrior Ice Arena, in Brighton.

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As far as the pre-season games, they will commence on Monday, September 26 when the Bruins host the Columbus Blue Jackets.  The remaining games are as follows:

Wednesday, September 28 
Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins (TD Garden, Boston, MA, 7:00 p.m. ET)

Friday, September 30 
Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings (Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, 7:00 p.m. ET)

Saturday, October 1 
Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers (Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, 7:00 p.m. ET)

Tuesday, October 4 (Quebec City, QC, Canada)
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens (Videotron Center, Quebec City, 7:00 p.m. ET)

Thursday, October 6 
Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue Jackets (Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, 7:00 p.m. ET)

Saturday, October 8
Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins (TD Garden, Boston, MA, 5:00 p.m. ET)

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The trip to Quebec City in early October should be of interest, as there have been many rumors that the Quebecois would love to have a team back there. They have a brand new 18,259-seat arena and a fan base that is salivating at the prospect of a return to the NHL. Unfortunately, a weak Canadian dollar stands in the way of prospective ownership group Quebecor and its effort to land Quebec City its first NHL team since the Nordiques packed up and relocated to Denver, Colorado, in 1995. Also not helping is the fact that Las Vegas seems primed to be the next expansion city to get an NHL.

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None of this will matter to Bruins fans on October 4, though, when the Black & Gold face off against the Montreal Canadiens. The rivalry will live on, regardless of the city or the arena that those two teams meet in.