The entire AHL schedule has been released today, with the Marlies returning largely to their familiar opponents in upstate New York and Pennsylvania after last year’s all-Canadian division. The Grand Rapid Griffons are back as familiar foes, as well as the Moose, the Monsters and the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Trips to Belleville and Laval will feature as well, just not quite so often as last year. But the surprise is a series against the new Abbotsford Canucks, both in Toronto and in BC. There is also a trip to Chicago for two games.
In the AHL, long road trips are at the discretion of the teams involved, and the Marlies have stepped up to travel all the way west this year.