(St. John’s, NL) -- Fall is a dangerous season for moose. It’s especially dangerous when they’ve been seen in Downtown St. John’s.

Come October, there will be plenty of Moose sightings in the capital city, but these Moose will be doing the shooting, as the American Hockey League returns to Mile One Centre. The Manitoba Moose (Vancouver Canucks’ farm team) will be at Mile One, along with the Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies for an AHL exhibition series.

For the teams, it’s a crucial part of their training camp, as they prepare for the 2008-09 AHL season. The clubs will play a round-robin series at Mile One Oct. 1 and Oct. 4. On Sunday, Oct. 5, the top two teams in the round-robin will play for the newly-minted Iceberg Cup.

“We’re very pleased to see the American Hockey League returning to Mile One Centre,” said General Manager Tanya Haywood. “The AHL built up a solid core of fans during the days of the St. John’s Maple Leafs. With the Hamilton Bulldogs holding training camp at Mile One, we expect interest in the AHL to be renewed. The fact that the farm teams of the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks are here will also draw plenty of interest.”

However, for the City of St. John’s, it’s an even more crucial event. This series will help the City and Mile One down its road to securing a possible anchor hockey tenant for future years.

“This event is part of our strategic plan to bring the AHL back to St. John’s,” Haywood said. “The success of this venture will go a long way in determining St. John’s Sports and Entertainment’s next course of action.”

To help in this endeavour, Mile One is turning to the business community, as well as sporting organizations and hockey fans in general, to support this initiative. As an incentive to get involved, Mile One (www.mileonecentre.com) is offering group sales tickets at a drastically reduced price. For groups of 30 or more, tickets will be reduced in price from $14.50 each to just $9.50 each. That’s a $5 savings on each ticket.

For more information contact Donnie Power at (709) 685-8362 or via email at donniep@nl.rogers.com.