Published: June 18, 2009 07:33 am      

Stars to play more mid-week games

TRAVERSE CITY -- The Traverse City North Stars will be playing more week-day games in 2009-10.

The North Stars will play 13 games between Monday and Thursday, including seven home week-day contests at Centre ICE. North American Hockey League runner-up Wenatchee (Wa.) will visit Traverse City for a pair of early-season Monday-Tuesday contests. Marquette comes to town for two early-week games on Dec. 28-29. The North Stars will have a Thanksgiving eve showdown (Nov. 25) with Alpena and back-to-back Wednesday showdowns with Alpena and Motor City in mid-March.

Traverse City, coming off a franchise-best 34-17-7 record, will play 14 of its final 21 games at Centre ICE. The North Stars will face-off against North Division rivals for 52 of the 58 regular season games.