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 also participated in a series of exhibition games with European teams as part of the 2011 NHL Premiere Challenge, taking place between September 29 and October 4, 2011.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=559145 
==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 	http://www.hcsparta.cz/e-zapas.asp?ID=SPA-NYR-0-2-Sparta-sice-padlaale-stydet-se-nemusi-5657
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary	
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score 	
1st 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None 	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 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary	
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM 	
1st 	NYR 	Brendan Bell 	Tripping 	06:38 	2:00 	
1st 	PRA 	Jaroslav Kasik 	Holding 	08:44 	2:00 	
1st 	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 	http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/a-laget/resultat-och-spelprogram/?qsMatchID=20356
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	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	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	FRL 	Mathis Olimb 	Hooking 	06:36 	2:00
1st 	NYR 	Dylan McIlrath 	Cross checking 	19:10 	2:00
1st 	NYR 	Brandon Prust 	Interference 	19:58 	2:00
2nd 	NYR 	Stu Bickel 	High-sticking 	01:39 	2:00
2nd 	NYR 	Tim Erixon 	Delay of game 	02:51 	2:00
2nd 	FRL 	Mika Pyörälä 	cross checking 	13:54 	2:00
2nd 	NYR 	Brendan Bell 	Hooking 	16:25 	2:00
2nd 	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 	http://www.szlh.sk/statistiky/live-zapas/60347
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	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
2nd 	NYR 	Brian Boyle 	Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan 	07:02 	2–1 NYR
2nd 	NYR 	Artem Anisimov (SH) 	Brandon Prust 	17:42 	3–1 NYR
3rd 	NYR 	Ryan McDonagh 	Ryan Callahan 	10:11 	4–1 NYR
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	NYR 	Mike Rupp 	Hooking 	07:14 	2:00
1st 	NYR 	Brian Boyle 	Boarding 	15:59 	2:00
1st 	NYR 	Steve Eminger 	Cross checking 	17:38 	2:00
2nd 	BRA 	Jan Lipiansky 	Hooking 	00:35 	2:00
2nd 	BRA 	Martin Stajnoch 	Hooking 	04:56 	2:00
2nd 	BRA 	David Skokan 	Interference 	04:56 	2:00
2nd 	NYR 	Steve Eminger 	Holding 	08:03 	2:00
2nd 	NYR 	Stu Bickel 	Hooking 	16:24 	2:00
3rd 	BRA 	David Skokan 	Holding 	02:39 	2:00
3rd 	NYR 	Mike Rupp 	Cross checking 	13:39 	2:00
3rd 	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 	http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/spiele/vorbereitung/de/details_prepare_nlx.php?gameid=20126105000239
===Game five===
Date 	City 	Arena 	Team 	Team 	Score 	Reference
October 4	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Areena	Anaheim Ducks	Jokerit	4–3 OT	http://www.jokerit.com/uutiset/?nid=1479
===Game six===
Date 	City 	Arena 	Team 	Team 	Score	Reference
October 4	Hamburg, Germany	O2 World (Hamburg)	Los Angeles Kings	Hamburg Freezers	5–4 	http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1727609
===Game seven===
Date 	City 	Arena 	Team 	Team 	Score	Reference
October 4	Mannheim, Germany	SAP Arena	Buffalo Sabres	Adler Mannheim	8–3 	http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1727610
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	BUF 	Tyler Ennis 	 	07:18 	1–0 BUF
1st 	BUF 	Tyler Ennis 	Ville Leino and Mike Weber 	11:22 	2–0 BUF
1st 	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
2nd 	BUF 	Brad Boyes 	 	01:11 	4–1 BUF
2nd 	MAN 	Jamie Sifers (PP) 	Mike Glumac 	07:50 	4–2 BUF
2nd 	BUF 	Christian Ehrhoff (PP)	Marc-Andre Gragnani and Jason Pominville	13:58 	5–2 BUF
2nd 	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
3rd 	BUF 	Jason Pominville 	Thomas Vanek 	13:43 	7–3 BUF
3rd 	BUF 	Ville Leino 	Brad Boyes and Tyler Ennis 	16:13 	8–3 BUF
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary 	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	BUF 	Christian Ehrhoff 	Cross checking 	04:53 	2:00
1st 	MAN 	Denis Reul 	Holding 	12:48 	2:00
1st 	MAN 	Nikolai Goc 	Holding 	18:11 	2:00
2nd 	BUF 	Patrick Kaleta 	Tripping 	06:35 	2:00
2nd 	MAN 	Nikolai Goc 	Hooking 	13:01 	2:00
2nd 	MAN 	Denis Reul 	Holding 	15:57 	2:00
3rd 	BUF 	Mike Weber 	Interference 	05:41 	2:00
3rd 	MAN 	Michael Glumac 	Hooking 	14:12 	2:00
3rd 	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	
==References==
Category:2011–12 NHL season
Category:2011 in hockey