2011 NHL Premiere

The 2011 NHL Premiere was the National Hockey League's fifth European multi-game event to open the regular season, featuring the Anaheim Ducks, the Buffalo Sabres, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers. It took place on October 7–8, 2011, to open the 2011–12 NHL season. Preceding this, as with previous Premiere events, the NHL teams participated in a series of exhibition games with European teams as part of the 2011 NHL Premiere Challenge, between September 29 and October 4, 2011.^[1]

1 NHL Premiere Challenge
2 NHL Premiere
3 Rosters
4 References

NHL Premiere Challenge

Game one

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
September 29	Prague, Czech Republic	Tesla Arena	New York Rangers	HC Sparta Prague	2–0	^[2]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	NYR	Artem Anisimov	Tim Erixon and Brandon Dubinsky	05:45	1–0 NYR
2nd	NYR	Ruslan Fedotenko (PP)	Michael Del Zotto and Tim Erixon	08:30	2–0 NYR
3rd	None
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NYR	Brendan Bell	Tripping	06:38	2:00
	PRA	Jaroslav Kasik	Holding	08:44	2:00
	NYR	Brandon Prust	Hooking	13:38	2:00
2nd	PRA	Yorick Treille	Hooking	06:52	2:00
2nd	PRA	Petr Tenkrat	High-sticking	14:45	2:00
3rd	PRA	Daniel Sobotka	Holding	01:43	2:00
3rd	PRA	Ivan Rachunek	Hooking	18:37	2:00

Game two

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
September 30	Gothenburg, Sweden	Scandinavium	New York Rangers	Frölunda HC	4–2	^[3]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	NYR	Kris Newbury	Ryan Bourque and Michael Del Zotto	02:24	1–0 NYR
1st	FRL	Jonathan Johnson	Johan Sundström and Viktor Svedberg	05:00	1–1
2nd	NYR	Michael Del Zotto	Mats Zuccarello and Kris Newbury	05:24	2–1 NYR
2nd	NYR	Erik Christensen	Mats Zuccarello and Stu Bickel	11:25	3–1 NYR
3rd	FRL	Mika Pyörälä	Fredrik Pettersson and Christian Bäckman	12:04	3–2 NYR
3rd	NYR	Mike Rupp	Brendan Bell and Brian Boyle	16:48	4–2 NYR
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	FRL	Mathis Olimb	Hooking	06:36	2:00
	NYR	Dylan McIlrath	Cross checking	19:10	2:00
	NYR	Brandon Prust	Interference	19:58	2:00
2nd	NYR	Stu Bickel	High-sticking	01:39	2:00
	NYR	Tim Erixon	Delay of game	02:51	2:00
	FRL	Mika Pyörälä	cross checking	13:54	2:00
	NYR	Brendan Bell	Hooking	16:25	2:00
	FRL	Fredrik Pettersson	Interference	18:13	2:00
3rd	FRL	Viktor Svedberg	Hooking	07:25	2:00
3rd	NYR	Michael Del Zotto	Holding	10:50	2:00

Game three

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
October 2	Bratislava, Slovakia	Ondrej Nepela Arena	New York Rangers	HC Slovan Bratislava	4–1	^[4]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BRA	Ivan Švarný (PP)	Michal Macho and Miroslav Šatan	08:42	1–0 BRA
2nd	NYR	Mats Zuccarello (PP)	Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik	06:03	1–1
	NYR	Brian Boyle	Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan	07:02	2–1 NYR
	NYR	Artem Anisimov (SH)	Brandon Prust	17:42	3–1 NYR
3rd	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	Ryan Callahan	10:11	4–1 NYR
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NYR	Mike Rupp	Hooking	07:14	2:00
	NYR	Brian Boyle	Boarding	15:59	2:00
	NYR	Steve Eminger	Cross checking	17:38	2:00
2nd	BRA	Jan Lipiansky	Hooking	00:35	2:00
	BRA	Martin Stajnoch	Hooking	04:56	2:00
	BRA	David Skokan	Interference	04:56	2:00
	NYR	Steve Eminger	Holding	08:03	2:00
	NYR	Stu Bickel	Hooking	16:24	2:00
3rd	BRA	David Skokan	Holding	02:39	2:00
	NYR	Mike Rupp	Cross checking	13:39	2:00
	NYR	Stu Bickel	Hooking	16:41	2:00

Game four

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score
October 3	Zug, Switzerland	Bossard Arena	New York Rangers	EV Zug	4–8	^[5]

Game five

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
October 4	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Areena	Anaheim Ducks	Jokerit	4–3 OT	^[6]

Game six

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
October 4	Hamburg, Germany	O2 World (Hamburg)	Los Angeles Kings	Hamburg Freezers	5–4	^[7]

Game seven

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score	Reference
October 4	Mannheim, Germany	SAP Arena	Buffalo Sabres	Adler Mannheim	8–3	^[8]

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BUF	Tyler Ennis		07:18	1–0 BUF
	BUF	Tyler Ennis	Ville Leino and Mike Weber	11:22	2–0 BUF
	BUF	Luke Adam (PP)	Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville	18:19	3–0 BUF
2nd	MAN	Yannic Seidenberg	Frank Mauer and Christoph Ullmann	00:06	3–1 BUF
	BUF	Brad Boyes		01:11	4–1 BUF
	MAN	Jamie Sifers (PP)	Mike Glumac	07:50	4–2 BUF
	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff (PP)	Marc-Andre Gragnani and Jason Pominville	13:58	5–2 BUF
	BUF	Thomas Vanek	Luke Adam	18:02	6–2 BUF
3rd	MAN	Mike Glumac	Yanick Lehoux and Marc El-Sayed	08:52	6–3 BUF
	BUF	Jason Pominville	Thomas Vanek	13:43	7–3 BUF
	BUF	Ville Leino	Brad Boyes and Tyler Ennis	16:13	8–3 BUF
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	Cross checking	04:53	2:00
	MAN	Denis Reul	Holding	12:48	2:00
	MAN	Nikolai Goc	Holding	18:11	2:00
2nd	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	Tripping	06:35	2:00
	MAN	Nikolai Goc	Hooking	13:01	2:00
	MAN	Denis Reul	Holding	15:57	2:00
3rd	BUF	Mike Weber	Interference	05:41	2:00
	MAN	Michael Glumac	Hooking	14:12	2:00
	MAN	Shawn Belle	Hooking	19:12	2:00

NHL Premiere

Game one

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score
October 7	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Areena	Anaheim Ducks	Buffalo Sabres

Game two

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score
October 7	Stockholm, Sweden	Ericsson Globe	Los Angeles Kings	New York Rangers

Game three

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score
October 8	Stockholm, Sweden	Ericsson Globe	Anaheim Ducks	New York Rangers

Game four

Date	City	Arena	Team	Team	Score
October 8	Berlin, Germany	O2 World (Berlin)	Buffalo Sabres	Los Angeles Kings

Rosters

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See also	2011 NHL Entry Draft • 2011 NHL Premiere • Winter Classic • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Transactions • Three Star Awards • Suspensions and Fines

Anaheim Ducks

Formerly the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim • Founded in 1993 • Based in Anaheim, California

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Culture and lore	2011 NHL Premiere • Freeway Face-Off • Wild Wing • The Mighty Ducks movies • Mighty Ducks cartoons

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Culture/lore	"The French Connection" • Ted Darling • Rick Jeanneret • The Fog Game • No Goal • 2008 NHL Winter Classic • 2011 NHL Premiere • Taro Tsujimoto • Ronan Tynan • Hockey Night Live!

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Franchise	Captains • Coaches • Draft picks • General Managers • Players • Seasons

Lore	1967 NHL expansion • 1967 NHL Expansion Draft • Bailey • Freeway Face-Off • Frozen Fury • Miracle on Manchester • 2011 NHL Premiere

Personnel	Owners: Philip Anschutz, Edward Roski, Jr. • General manager: Dean Lombardi • Head coach: John Stevens (interim) • Team captain: Dustin Brown • Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena • Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena • Great Western Forum • Staples Center

Affiliates	AHL: Manchester Monarchs • ECHL: Ontario Reign

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