Jacksonville, FL — As the Jacksonville IceMen's Twitter page reads: "A cold front is coming."
The minor league hockey team has released their inaugural season schedule, featuring 72 games.
The Jax IceMen will kick off the season on Saturday, October 14th at 7:30 pm against the Orlando Solar Bears at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
The team is putting a big focus on having a family-friendly schedule, with 11 games on Friday, 11 games on Saturdays, as well as three Sunday matinees.
All home games will start at 7:30 pm, except for the Sunday matinees which begin at 3 pm.
Full and partial season memberships are on sale now, but single game tickets won't go on sale until mid-September.
FULL 2017-2018 SCHEDULE:
October
14 SAT vs. ORLANDO 7:30pm
21 SAT vs. SOUTH CAROLINA 7:30pm
26 THURS vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
November
4 Sat at Greenville 7:00pm
5 Sun at South Carolina 3:05pm
8 Wed at Brampton 7:15pm
10 Fri at Manchester 6:00pm
11 Sat at Reading 4:00pm
14 TUES vs South Carolina at 10:30AM
17 FRI vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
18 Sat at Florida 7:00pm
21 Tues at Orlando 7:00pm
22 WED vs. ORLANDO 7:30pm
24 FRI vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
26 Sun at Atlanta 2:05pm
28 TUES vs. ORLANDO 7:30pm
30 THURS vs. NORFOLK 7:30pm
December
2 SAT vs. NORFOLK 7:30pm
6 Wed at Atlanta 7:05pm
8 Fri at Florida 7:30pm
9 Sat at Florida 7:00pm
13 WED vs. MANCHESTER 7:30pm
16 SAT vs. GREENVILLE 7:30pm
20 Wed at Florida 7:30pm
21 Thurs vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
22 Fri at Greenville 7:00pm
27 Wed at Orlando 7:00pm
29 Fri at Norfolk 7:00pm
30 Sat at Norfolk 7:00pm
January
3 WED vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
5 FRI vs. ORLANDO 7:30pm
6 SAT vs. ORLANDO 7:30pm
7 Fri at Orlando 7:00pm
10 WED vs. GREENVILLE 7:30pm
12 Fri at Florida 7:30pm
13 SAT vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
14 Sun at South Carolina 3:05pm
19 Fri at Worcester 7:05pm
20 Sat at Manchester 6:00pm
21 Sun at Manchester 3:00pm
24 WED vs. SOUTH CAROLINA 7:30pm
26 FRI vs. GREENVILLE 7:30pm
27 SAT vs. GREENVILLE 7:30pm
28 SUN vs. GREENVILLE 3:00pm
February
1 THURS vs ATLANTA at 7:30PM
2 FRI vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
3 SAT vs. SOUTH CAROLINA 7:30pm
6 Tues at Greenville 7:00pm
10 SAT vs. ATLANTA 7:30pm
11 SUN vs. ALLEN 3:00pm
14 Wed at Norfolk 10:00am
16 Fri at South Carolina 7:05pm
17 Sat at South Carolina 7:05pm
19 Mon at Norfolk 2:00pm
23 FRI vs. NORFOLK 7:30pm
24 Sat at Florida 7:00pm
25 SUN vs. BRAMPTON 3:00pm
28 Wed at Florida 7:30pm
March
2 FRI vs. READING 7:30pm
9 FRI vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
10 SAT vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
15 Thurs at Atlanta 7:05pm
17 Sat at Atlanta 7:05pm
18 Sun at Norfolk 2:00pm
23 Fri at Greenville 7:00pm
24 Sat at Greenville 7:00pm
29 Thurs at Orlando 7:00pm
30 FRI vs. SOUTH CAROLINA 7:30pm
31 SAT vs. SOUTH CAROLINA 7:30pm
April
5 THURS vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
6 FRI vs. FLORIDA 7:30pm
7 Sat at Florida 7:00pm
*School day game – date/time subject to change
All Subject to Change
All Times are EST
Games in CAPS are at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena