Caps Find Another Way to Keep Pens Fans Out

Game played Super Bowl Sunday

By Jim Iovino
|  Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009  |  Updated 5:47 PM EST
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Caps Find Another Way to Keep Pens Fans Out

Bruce Bennett

See that guy in the white shirt in the stands? Here's hoping he won't be there the next time the Pens come to town.

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The Caps continue to make sure Pittsburgh Penguins fans don't show up for games at the Verizon Center. After banning playoff ticket sales to people with Pittsburgh area codes, the Caps might have found their best weapon yet -- Super Bowl Sunday.

 

The 2009-10 regular season schedule was released Wednesday, and the Pens will play in D.C. Feb. 7, 2010. So if the Steelers make a return trip to the NFL championship game, many Pens fans will stay home. 

That's good news for Caps fans, who won't have to be bothered with a flood of Terrible Towels waved by yinzers, but what if the Redskins make it? Oh, let's just worry about that at a later date. Like Feb. 6.

The Caps also host the Pens on March 24, so D.C.-based Pittsburgh fans will have another chance to see the team that beat the Caps in the 2009 postseason.

Check out the hastily pasted full schedule below, and remember that this is an Olympic season, so there will be a two-week break from Feb. 14-March 2.

2009-10 Washington Capitals Schedule
 
October
Thurs., Oct. 1                at Boston                      7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 3                    Toronto                        7 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 6                  at Philadelphia             7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8               N.Y. Rangers               7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 10                  at Detroit                       7 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 12               New Jersey                   7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15            San Jose                        7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 17                  Nashville                      7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 22              at Atlanta                      7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 24                  at N.Y. Islanders          7 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 27               Philadelphia                7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 29              at Atlanta                      7 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30                  N.Y. Islanders              7 p.m.
 
November
Sun., Nov. 1                  Columbus                     5 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 4                 at New Jersey               7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6                    at Florida                       7:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7                   Florida                          7 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 11              N.Y. Islanders              7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 13                 Minnesota                    7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 14                 at New Jersey               7 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 17              at N.Y. Rangers            7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 20                 Montreal                      7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 21                 at Toronto                     7 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 23              at Ottawa                      7:30 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 25              Buffalo                         7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 28                 at Montreal                   7 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 30              at Carolina                    7 p.m.
 
December
Thurs., Dec. 3              Florida                          7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5                    at Philadelphia             7 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 7                 at Tampa Bay             7:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 9                 at Buffalo                     7 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 11                 Carolina                       7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 12                 at Toronto                     7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 15               at Colorado                  9:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 18                   at Vancouver               10 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 19                 at Edmonton                10 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 23               Buffalo                         7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 26                 New Jersey                   7 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 28               Carolina                       7 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30               at San Jose                    10:30 p.m.
 
January
Sat., Jan. 2                    at Los Angeles              4 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 5                 Montreal                      7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 7              Ottawa                          7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 9                    at Atlanta                      7 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 12               at Tampa Bay             7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 13                at Florida                       7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 15                 Toronto                        7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 17                Philadelphia                3 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 19              Detroit                           7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 21              at Pittsburgh                 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 23                 Phoenix                         7 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 26               at N.Y. Islanders          7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 27               Anaheim                       7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 29                 Florida                          7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 31                Tampa Bay                  3 p.m.
 
February
Tues., Feb. 2                 at Boston                      7 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 4                at N.Y. Rangers            7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 5                    Atlanta                          7 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 7                   Pittsburgh                    12:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 10               at Montreal                   7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 11             at Ottawa                      7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 13                  at St. Louis                    8 p.m.
                                        Olympic Break
 
March
Wed., March 3             at Buffalo                     7 p.m.
Thurs., March 4          Tampa Bay                  7 p.m.
Sat., March 6               N.Y. Rangers               7 p.m.
Mon., March 8            Dallas                            7 p.m.
Wed., March 10          Carolina                       7 p.m.
Fri., March 12             Tampa Bay                  7 p.m.
Sun., March 14            at Chicago                    7 p.m.
Tues., March 16           at Florida                       7:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 18         at Carolina                    7 p.m.
Sat., March 20             at Tampa Bay             7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 24          Pittsburgh                    7 p.m.
Thurs., March 25         at Carolina                    7 p.m.
Sun., March 28            Calgary                        3 p.m.
Tues., March 30          Ottawa                          7 p.m.
 
April
Thurs., April 1            Atlanta                          7 p.m.
Sat., April 3                   at Columbus                 7 p.m.
Mon., April 5               Boston                           7 p.m.
Tues., April 6                at Pittsburgh                 7:30 p.m.
Fri., April 9                  Atlanta                          7 p.m.
Sun., April 11              Boston                           3 p.m.
 
All Times Eastern

Posted Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 - 1:07 PM EST
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