RALEIGH, NC – Jason Karmanos, Executive Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced the team’s 2012 exhibition schedule.

The Hurricanes will open the preseason at Columbus on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., as they play the first of five games in five days. Carolina will next face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m., at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL, before hosting the Nashville Predators at PNC Arena on Friday, Sept. 28. After a game at Nashville on Sept. 29, the Hurricanes will round out their five-games-in-five-days run at home with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee against Tampa Bay on Sept. 30. Carolina will face the Montreal Canadiens at the Pepsi Collisee in Quebec City, Que., on Oct. 2, and wraps up a back-to-back set against the Canadiens at the Bell Centre on Oct. 3. The Hurricanes wrap up their eight-game preseason schedule at PNC Arena on Oct. 5 against the Blue Jackets.

DAY	DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	VENUE
WEDNESDAY	SEPT. 26	COLUMBUS	7 P.M.	NATIONWIDE ARENA
THURSDAY	SEPT. 27	TAMPA BAY	7 P.M.	AMWAY CENTER (ORLANDO)
FRIDAY	SEPT. 28	NASHVILLE	7 P.M.	PNC ARENA
SATURDAY	SEPT. 29	NASHVILLE	8 P.M.	BRIDGESTONE ARENA
SUNDAY	SEPT. 30	TAMPA BAY	2 P.M.	PNC ARENA
TUESDAY	OCT. 2	MONTREAL	7:30 P.M.	PEPSI COLISEE (QUEBEC CITY)
WEDNESDAY	OCT. 3	MONTREAL	7:30 P.M.	BELL CENTRE
FRIDAY	OCT. 5	COLUMBUS	7 P.M.	PNC ARENA