MOB open 2019-20 AJHL season at home against Grande Prairie Sept. 13

PHOTO. More new and fresh faces are joining the ranks of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons for the 2019-20 campaign after management announced a bevy of trades with various teams, including a big deal with the Lloydminster Bobcats. Supplied by the Fort McMurray Oil Barons/Dan Lines Photography

The Alberta Junior Hockey League has released the schedule for the upcoming 2019-2020 season.

This season’s schedule has been reduced from 60 to 58 games due to the Calgary Mustangs taking a leave of absence. All 15 AJHL teams will play 28 home and away dates with two games being played at the annual AJHL Showcase in Camrose at the end of September.

For a second straight season the Fort McMurray Oil Barons will open the year at home against the Grande Prairie Storm. The home opener is scheduled for Friday September 13th and they will host the Storm again on the 14th.

Friday and Saturday nights will be the Oil Barons primary home dates with 11 games scheduled at the Casman Centre on both Friday’s and Saturday’s. The MOB will play two Sunday afternoon home games as well as three Tuesday night games and one on Thursday.

The Barons will play two exhibition games at the Casman Centre on September 6th and 7th against the Spruce Grove Saints.

The MOB will finish the regular season at home on Friday, February 21st against the Storm.

Once again this season you can listen to all 58 Oil Barons regular season games on Country 93.3 with Taylor Pope.

The MOB are coming off a fourth place finish in the North Division with a 32-19-9 record. They defeated Grande Prairie in the first round of the AJHL playoffs before falling in six games to the Sherwood Park Crusaders.