Wings to Open 09-10 season in Stockholm, Sweden

[Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 65]

According to TSN.ca, the Wings will play their first two games of the 2009-2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, playing against the St. Louis Blues. The games will be played as one home and one away for each team, and Detroit will have 6 days to rest for their next game.

[FinRedWing 172]

Excellent news!

Hopefully Swedish Wings fans will be able to help me get tickets.

Not trusting ticnet website,I'm sure it'll come crashing down.

[stud_defenseman 1]

damn dats keeps tryign to force the pass

[xBrave_Heartx 0]

Should be neat.

[Statts 4]

Good to hear. Should be a great experience for the Lids, Hank and Co. You Swed Wings fans need to represent!

[thedisappearer 291]

You Swed Wings fans need to represent!

Something tells me we have an extra home game.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Was initially against this idea for the Wings, but it is good for the league (not just because the Wings are in it, not trying to sound like a homer), league has international fans, game is worldwide, etc.

Plus Wings and Sweden kinda mix well right now.

[Blueliner 69]

Something tells me we have an extra home game.

We had a couple extra home games this year when they were down in Florida.

[thedisappearer 291]

We had a couple extra home games this year when they were down in Florida.

I don't think it'll be like Sweden. I'm thinking JLA part two.

Mindfly, come on through, brother.

[dat's sick 1,002]

Awesome news. Just let me know when the tickets are released.

I have to get me a Zetterberg jersey until then.. damn NHL.com and your crazy prices.

[zata40 3]

awesome!

[evilmrt 636]

YEAH! I've got the inside track on tickets! WOOOHOO!

I wonder if Ericsson and Ritola will make the cut in time?

Now to just...talk to that old buddy....hmmm....

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Not happy about this, we saw what a Stanley Cup hangover was like without going overseas. Plus, I hate the BS and hype made about this stuff.

[VM1138 1,921]

Not happy about this, we saw what a Stanley Cup hangover was like without going overseas. Plus, I hate the BS and hype made about this stuff.

I'm with you about playing overseas. But the more I think about it, we have 6 days until our next game stateside, and it's basically a home game. I highly doubt we'll see any Blues jerseys in the stands, but I bet there'll be Wings jerseys all over the place.

Besides, despite an overseas "curse," the Wings seem to like destroying conventional wisdom (i.e. Euros are too soft to win the Cup, no Euro Captain will ever win the Cup, yada, yada)

[spyder 0]

Could they possibly pick a team that would actually produce a decent game to watch?

[SweWings 45]

I'm sorry for the profanity but f*** YEAH!!!!!!!!

[rossco 0]

Cool ... that's the first part of my hockey travel for next season sorted then ... just need some favourable scheduling to try to nail some of the 7 remaining NHL arena's that I have to visit

[Guest mindfly]

I'll be there

[JayUp88 1]

That will be like playing two home games for us with all our sweds. Good for us.... I wonder if i get tickets to the home game there

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Good news, this should be fun to watch

[Valas19 50]

Too bad it wasn't against the Rangers where Lundqvist could be showcased as well.

Oh well, at least the NHL made the right no-brainer move with the Wings.

[hak 21]

this is awesome i was able to go to ottawa - penguins in stockholm at the beginning of the season and it was great! can't wait for next season..

[evilmrt 636]

So apparently part of this agreement is that the Wings play at least one exhibition game against.....Färjestad BK! Is this because they have Dick Axelsson, or what? Apparently this will be played in Karlstad....in a little 8200 seat arena.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hock...ticle4200242.ab

This should really be something to see. When is the last time the Wings played a team from another league?

[Holmstrom96 347]

Very exciting! Can't wait to watch it.

Although I'm a little dissapointed that we'll play more games in Sweden than we will in Toronto...

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

Something tells me we have an extra home game.

Why the emoticon? Nothing wrong with having an extra home game.

That crowd should be a site to see given the amount of Swedes on the Wings.