RALEIGH, NC – Brian Tatum, Assistant General Manager for the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced the team’s 2016 exhibition schedule. Carolina will play seven exhibition games prior to opening the 2016-17 regular season, including two games at PNC Arena. Ticket onsale information will be announced in the near future.

The Hurricanes will kick off their 2016 preseason schedule with a back-to-back set at Washington on Sept. 26, and at Tampa Bay on Sept. 27. Carolina will host the Lightning at PNC Arena on Sept. 30, before departing on a three-game road trip that begins in Minnesota against the Wild on Oct. 2. On Oct. 4, the Hurricanes will play in the Kraft Hockeyville game against the Buffalo Sabres in Marquette, MI, prior to facing off against the Sabres again the following night in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Carolina wraps up its exhibition schedule with a home game against the Capitals on Oct. 7.

For information about Hurricanes ticket packages, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com/tickets, or call 1-866-NHL-CANES (1-866-645-2263).

DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME VENUE MONDAY SEPT. 26 at WASHINGTON 7 P.M. VERIZON CENTER TUESDAY SEPT. 27 at TAMPA BAY 7:30 P.M. AMALIE ARENA FRIDAY SEPT. 30 TAMPA BAY 7 P.M. PNC ARENA SUNDAY OCT. 2 at MINNESOTA 6 P.M. XCEL ENERGY CENTER TUESDAY OCT. 4 BUFFALO 7 P.M. LAKEVIEW ARENA

(MARQUETTE, MI) WEDNESDAY OCT. 5 BUFFALO 7 P.M. ESSAR CENTRE

(SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.) FRIDAY OCT. 7 WASHINGTON 7 P.M. PNC ARENA

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time