An unprecedented six NHL® teams – the San Jose Sharks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild and Phoenix Coyotes– will open the 2010-11 NHL regular season by playing six games in Europe as part of 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere™ and NHL Face-Off™, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced today. It will be the fourth straight year the NHL will begin the regular-season with games contested overseas.

The Hurricanes and Wild will play two regular-season games against each other at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday, Oct. 7 and Friday, Oct. 8. The Blue Jackets and Sharks will square off for two games at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, Oct. 9. Meanwhile, the Bruins and Coyotes will play each other at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 10.

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