Hockey Season Returns

Professional hockey is back for another year of thrills as the NHL 2006-07 season gets started next week.

The puck will drop on October 4 with the first games of the regular season set to take place in Carolina, Colorado and Toronto. Preseason games will wrap up on October 1 before the battle for the Stanley Cup begins. Reigning champs the Carolina Hurricanes will have to hold off the East while Western teams like the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers will try to steal the cup this season.