Hockey Preseason Betting Schedule at SBG Global

Hockey preseason betting for the 2008-2009 season begins on Saturday, September 20th and runs for a few weeks, concluding on Monday, October 6th. There are 110 games on the hockey betting schedule. As you look to bet on hockey preseason action you will want to know about certain top games. Hockey betting will include games in Europe involving the four teams that start the regular season there.

Gamblers that bet on hockey preseason action should know they are the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. The hockey betting schedule has them playing five games in four European cities.

Hockey betting action includes the Tampa Bay Lightning playing last year’s German league champs Eisbaren Berlin on September 28th in the new 02 World Arena. As you bet on hockey action you will noticed that the Rangers take on Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk in Bern, Switzerland on October 1st. This game is special on the hockey preseason betting schedule because it will be for the Victoria Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of the game. The Russian club was the winner of Europe’s IIHF-sanctioned Champions Hockey League. The Rangers will also play 11-time Swiss league champion SC Bern as part of the hockey betting schedule.

Hockey betting action will occur from Sweden and Finland as Ottawa and Pittsburgh are involved. The Senators will face Swedish club Frolunda in Gothenburg on the hockey preseason betting schedule, while the Penguins will meet Finnish club Jokerit in Helsinki on the hockey betting schedule.

Roberval, Quebec will host a game between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres on September 23rd in hockey preseason betting action. Roberval won the rights to host the game by winning the Canada-wide Kraft Hockeyville contest.

The hockey preseason betting schedule also includes the final game for the Philadelphia Flyers in the Wachovia Spectrum on September 27th. The Spectrum was the Flyer’s home from 1967-1996.

Gamblers looking to bet on hockey preseason action will want to know that the regular season begins on October 4th.