Post by dave on Sept 14, 2005 0:40:58 GMT -5
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Mario Lemieux said they are expecting Mellon Arena to be sold out on most nights this year. Single game tickets for the 2005-06 regular season go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., with prices ranging from $30-85.
Training camp will be open to the public today beginning at 8 a.m. The team will divide into four practice groups, each going on the ice for 90 minutes, with the last group finishing at 2:45 p.m. Sidney Crosby, Lemieux, Mark Recchi and John LeClair will practice on Team Herbie, which will take the ice at 9:45 a.m.
Lemieux said he'll have to wait and see the pace of the game early in the season with the new rules and his new linemates, but he hopes to start off playing about 20 minutes per game. He doesn't have a target number in mind for how many games he will play this year. "I've never played 82 games in my whole career, but I plan to play as many games as I can," Lemieux said.
Veteran play-by-play broadcaster Mike Lange said he has yet to create his call for Sidney Crosby's first goal, but he will. "I like to have fun with it and it warrants it, let's put it that way," said Lange, who signed a multi-year deal with Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh on Monday. "We'll come up with something that, hopefully, makes him smile."
Mario Lemieux said they are expecting Mellon Arena to be sold out on most nights this year. Single game tickets for the 2005-06 regular season go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., with prices ranging from $30-85.
Training camp will be open to the public today beginning at 8 a.m. The team will divide into four practice groups, each going on the ice for 90 minutes, with the last group finishing at 2:45 p.m. Sidney Crosby, Lemieux, Mark Recchi and John LeClair will practice on Team Herbie, which will take the ice at 9:45 a.m.
Lemieux said he'll have to wait and see the pace of the game early in the season with the new rules and his new linemates, but he hopes to start off playing about 20 minutes per game. He doesn't have a target number in mind for how many games he will play this year. "I've never played 82 games in my whole career, but I plan to play as many games as I can," Lemieux said.
Veteran play-by-play broadcaster Mike Lange said he has yet to create his call for Sidney Crosby's first goal, but he will. "I like to have fun with it and it warrants it, let's put it that way," said Lange, who signed a multi-year deal with Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh on Monday. "We'll come up with something that, hopefully, makes him smile."