2010-11 NHL Super Schedule: Sharks Will Travel The Most In Upcoming Season, Devils The Least

Tuesday’s release of the 2010-11 NHL schedule means one thing, really: the equally important release of On The Forecheck’s NHL Super Schedule.

For the fourth year in a row, On The Forecheck, our Nashville Predators blog, breaks down which teams will travel the most during the upcoming season (San Jose, unsurprisingly, with 55,063 miles, compared to just 27,152 miles covered by the Devils); who has to play the most back-to-back games (the Sabres, with 22 sets); and it’s all conveniently available in a downloadable Google Doc.

For travel miles, I’ve set up a matrix outlining the distance (as the crow flies) from each NHL arena to every other NHL arena. Thus, as each team goes through the schedule from Game 1 to 82, I track the distance from each site to the next. Accommodations are made for the teams opening the season in Europe (with the assumption that they travel home from Europe before their next road game) and the All-Star Game (if a team has road games immediately before and after the break, I insert a trip home).

Visit On The Forecheck for the full analysis -- it’s more comprehensive than you could imagine.