The new-look Philadelphia Flyers will open up their 2013-14 season at home on Wednesday, October 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
That's straight from the National Hockey League, which officially released its master schedule along with the new divisional alignments on Friday.
The Orange and Black will participate in the "Metropolitan Division," the only grouping which was renamed among the four existing divisions and two conferences. It's the fourth such grouping in which the club will compete in their 46th NHL campaign, after West (1967-74), Patrick (1974-93) and Atlantic (1993-2013).
First-time divisional foes are Carolina and Columbus, while Washington rejoins the fold after being a rival in the old Patrick Division from 1979 to 1993.
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In their history, the Flyers have only opened up this early on two occasions: a 3-0 home loss to Ottawa on October 2, 1999 and a 2-0 road win against the Hurricanes in Ray Emery's debut in 2009. Only once -- in the NHL's first Olympic year of 1997-98 -- did they start a season earlier, and that was a 3-1 win over Florida at home on 10/1/97.
For the 18th consecutive non-lockout season, all clubs will play 82 regular-season games. The league will officially pause from February 9-25 to allow its players a fifth crack at Olympic glory in Sochi.
One thing you may notice while perusing this new course, is that there has not been a provision made yet over the long-rumored possible outdoor contest at Happy Valley between the Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins -- but that can change.
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