The Wings played nine games against the Canadiens and went 3-5-1 ; they did not play in Europe again until the preseason and start of the 2009-10 NHL season in Sweden against the St. Louis Blues.

That merger agreement provided for a single draft, interleague play in the preseason, a championship game to follow each season, and the integration of the two leagues into one in a way to be agreed at a future date.

This meant that a single regular season game was played in the midst of the last weekend of preseason play ( with some preseason games being played the next night ).

The team turned heads in the preseason when Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL game, making her first of two NHL appearances in an exhibition game against the St. Louis Blues.

In addition, players can choose three styles of play in either season, preseason or Pro Bowl.

The first football game on the new turf was scheduled to take place on August 13, 2001, when the Eagles were to play the Baltimore Ravens in a preseason game.

** The Kansas City Chiefs, for Stone Johnson, who died in 1963 from a neck fracture during a preseason game before he could play his first official game for the team.

* On September 23, 2011 the Dallas Stars and The Phoenix Coyotes were scheduled to play a preseason game.

During a halftime interview at a Cowboys preseason game on August 12, 2000, Jerry Jones revealed to Babe Laufenberg that the AFL had granted him an expansion franchise to begin play in 2002.

Brady did not play in any games during the 2008 preseason due to a right foot injury from the previous AFC Championship game.

In either case, the skills of the team managers come into play in the " preseason " by their knowledge of the talent and ability to forecast the performance of Major League Baseball players and prospects for the coming season.

In preseason play, on September 23, 1972, the Colonels hosted the NBA's Atlanta Hawks for an exhibition game in Frankfort, Kentucky.

In preseason play against the NBA the Colonels defeated the Houston Rockets 110-102 at Freedom Hall on September 21, 1973 and defeated the Kansas City-Omaha Kings 110-99 the following night.

In preseason play the Colonels defeated the Chicago Bulls 95-86 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 1, 1975 ; lost to the New York Knicks in Landover, Maryland at the Capital Centre 107-102 on October 4, 1975 ; defeated the Detroit Pistons 114-113 on October 5, 1975 in Cincinnati ; defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 96-91 in Freedom Hall on October 10, 1975 ; lost an overtime game to the Detroit Pistons in Detroit on October 12, 1975, 115-107 ; defeated the Buffalo Braves 120-116 in Freedom Hall on October 14, 1975 ; defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 112-110 in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 17, 1975 ; and won another ABA vs. NBA exhibition on October 19, 1975 with a 121-111 victory over the Washington Bullets in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Seahawks had to play both preseason games and the first three regular-season home games of the 1994 regular season at nearby Husky Stadium.

* 10 July 2002-AFC Wimbledon, a club founded by former supporters of Wimbledon following The FA's approval of the latter club's move to Milton Keynes, play their first match, losing 4 – 0 in a preseason friendly to Sutton United in front of over 4, 600 fans.

United of Manchester, a club formed by a group of Manchester United supporters in response to the Glazer takeover of Manchester United, play their first-ever match, a preseason friendly with Leigh RMI.

The Lakers would play two more preseason games at the Forum the following season before moving into the brand-new Staples Center.

During his senior season Apodaca was selected to the All Colonial Athletic Association first team during the tournament's preseason, but was unable to play during the first fourteen games of the ' 05 season.

National Basketball Association teams play about seven preseason games per year.

Nowadays, NBA teams almost always play each other in the preseason, but mainly at neutral sites within their market areas in order to allow those who can't usually make a trip to a home team's arena during the regular season to see a game close to home ; for instance the Minnesota Timberwolves will play games in arenas in North Dakota and South Dakota, while the Phoenix Suns schedule one exhibition game outdoors at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California yearly, the only such instance an NBA game takes place in an outdoor venue.

While the scheduling formula is not as rigid for preseason games as they are for the regular season, there are numerous restrictions and traditions that limit the choices of preseason opponents ; teams are also restricted on what days and times they can play these games.

The new stadium ( renamed Jacksonville Municipal Stadium ) opened on August 18, 1995 with a preseason game against the St. Louis Rams.

The Vikings played their first game at the Metrodome in a preseason matchup against the Seattle Seahawks on August 21, 1982 in a game Minnesota won, 7 – 3.

The Penguins ' first general manager, Jack Riley opened the first preseason camp for the franchise in Brantford, Ontario on September 13, 1967, playing the franchise's first exhibition match in Brantford against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 23, 1967.

The Orlando Magic hosted their first preseason game at Amway Center on October 10 against the New Orleans Hornets.

Spanish La Liga football team Valencia CF has regularly used Ermelo as a base for their preseason training, and have played a number of matches at the local ground against other visiting clubs from Europe, such as Lokomotiv Sofia in 2007 and Fenerbahçe in 2006.

On 24 August 2009, in the last preseason game before the start of La Liga, Van Nistelrooy stepped on the pitch for the first time since his injury and played the last fifteen minutes of the game against Rosenborg, substituting Kaká.

The Claws played their first game, a preseason exhibition, in Salisbury, Maryland on October 9, 1975 against the Virginia Squires.

Wore a similar jersey with a navy blue helmet in a preseason game against San Francisco in and in a regular season game against Philadelphia in 2010.

The Colonels finished the 1975-76 preseason with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses against NBA teams.

On Thursday, August 9, 2012 Manning made his first appearance as a Bronco in a preseason game against the Chicago Bears, where he completed 4 of 7 passes for 44 yards, and was intercepted once by Bears safety Major Wright.

He returned in the final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Jokerit lost their 2008 preseason game against the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins by a 4 – 1 score.

They hosted their first game on August 1, 1976, a preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Belichick during an August 28, 2009 preseason game against the Washington Redskins

He would score the team's first preseason goal against the Minnesota North Stars.

Simms suffered a torn knee ligament in a preseason game against the New York Jets, preventing him from playing the entire 1982 season.

On October 9, 2009, the Lakers returned to the Forum for a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors to celebrate the start of the team's 50th season in Los Angeles.

The first Pacers basketball game ever held in the arena was a preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks ; attendance was 16, 929.

His progress next season was hampered by stress fracture of the ankle sustained in the preseason, meaning it took until February 2009 before he played in a competitive fixture by coming on as a substitute against Everton.