Ducks Open on the Road

The Mighty Ducks will open their second NHL season with a three-game trip to Dallas, Edmonton and Vancouver, the team announced Thursday.

The Ducks open the season Oct. 1 at Dallas and follow with games at Edmonton (Oct. 5) and Vancouver (Oct. 7). Their first home game will be Oct. 9 against Calgary at The Pond of Anaheim.

The Ducks also will play two games at neutral sites--a Feb. 9 road game against St. Louis at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, and a March 11 home game against Dallas at San Antonio’s Alamodome.

The Ducks’ 1994-95 schedule (home games in CAPS; times to be announced):

OCTOBER

1--at Dallas; 5--at Edmonton; 7--at Vancouver; 9--CALGARY; 12--VANCOUVER; 14--BOSTON; 17--EDMONTON; 19--at Edmonton; 20--at Calgary; 23--at Winnipeg; 25--at Detroit; 27--at Chicago; 30--ST. LOUIS.

NOVEMBER

2--N.Y. RANGERS; 4--NEW JERSEY; 8--at Kings; 10--at San Jose; 11--VANCOUVER; 13--CALGARY; 15--BUFFALO; 17--at Vancouver; 20--CHICAGO; 23--SAN JOSE; 25--at Boston (televised on ESPN); 26--at Hartford; 29--at Pittsburgh; 30--at Toronto.

DECEMBER

2--at N.Y. Rangers; 4--at Chicago; 7--WASHINGTON; 9--at San Jose; 11--TORONTO; 13--PITTSBURGH; 16--SAN JOSE (ESPN); 18--N.Y. ISLANDERS; 21--at Winnipeg; 22--at Calgary; 26--KINGS; 28--at Kings; 30--CHICAGO.

JANUARY

2--MONTREAL; 6--at Buffalo; 7--at New Jersey; 9--at Philadelphia; 11--at Detroit; 12--at Toronto; 15--at Ottawa; 17--at Quebec; 18--at Montreal; 21--NHL All-Star Game at San Jose; 25--DALLAS; 27--WINNIPEG; 31--at St. Louis.

FEBRUARY

3--DETROIT; 5--EDMONTON; 8--CALGARY; 9--vs. St. Louis at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas; 12--at Edmonton; 13--at Calgary; 15--QUEBEC; 17--OTTAWA; 19--KINGS (ESPN); 21--at Kings; 22--PHILADELPHIA; 24--at San Jose; 26--VANCOUVER.

MARCH

1--TAMPA BAY; 3--at Dallas; 5--at Florida; 6--at Tampa Bay; 9--DETROIT; 11--vs. DALLAS, Alamodome, San Antonio, Tex.; 15--HARTFORD; 17--TORONTO; 19--ST. LOUIS; 21--FLORIDA; 23--at St. Louis; 25--at Washington; 26--at N.Y. Islanders; 29--WINNIPEG; 31--at Vancouver.

APRIL

2--SAN JOSE (televised by ABC); 5--EDMONTON; 7--DALLAS; 9--KINGS (ABC).