Rick Zamperin
3/5/2013
The CFL schedule has officially been released.
The Ticats will not host the Labour Day Classic in Guelph this year.
The controversial decision marks the second time in three years that the CFL's greatest rivals will not meet during the league's marque weekend.
Scheduling conflicts in Guelph and Toronto are to blame.
The Gryphons host the University of Windsor at Alumni Stadium on Monday September 2 and the Toronto Blue Jays wrap up a series against the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre on September 1.
Rogers Centre officials say the Dome can't be reconfigured from baseball to football in time for the Labour Day clash between the provincial foes.
It will also be the first time since 1949 that only one professional Canadian football game will be played on Labour Day, that game being Edmonton at Calgary.
Hamilton will instead play in B.C. on August 30, before hosting the rematch against the Lions on September 7.
Click below to hear CHML's Matt Holmes speking with Ticats GM & head coach Kent Austin.
The Ticats will entertain the Toronto Argonauts on Thanksgiving Monday.
And the Cats will play in Moncton for the second time in three years when they host the Montreal Alouettes on September 21.
Hamilton opens the regular season in Toronto June 28.
The Ticats' home opener at Alumni Stadium will be July 7 against the Edmonton Eskimos, one of seven games in Guelph that will be played on a weekend.
Click below to hear CHML's Bill Kelly in conversation with Tiger-Cats president Scott Mitchell.
You can see the entire CFL schedule HERE.
2013 Tiger-Cats Schedule
(all home games in Guelph, all times Eastern)
Pre-Season
Thursday June 13 - Hamilton @ Montreal, 7pm
Thursday, June 20 - Winnipeg @ Hamilton, 7pm
Regular Season
Friday June 28 - Hamilton @ Toronto, 7pm
Sunday July 7 - Edmonton @ Hamilton, 5pm
Saturday July 13 - Winnipeg @ Hamilton, 6:30pm
Sunday July 21 - Hamilton @ Saskatchewan, 7pm
Saturday July 27 - Saskatchewan @ Hamilton, 7:30pm
Friday August 2 - Hamilton @ Edmonton, 9pm
(bye week)
Friday August 16 - Hamilton @ Winnipeg, 8pm
Saturday August 24 - Winnipeg @ Hamilton, 1pm
Friday August 30 - Hamilton @ B.C., 10pm
Saturday September 7 - B.C. @ Hamilton, 4pm
Friday September 13 - Hamilton @ Calgary, 9pm
Saturday September 21 - Montreal @ Hamilton, 4pm (Moncton)
Saturday September 28 - Calgary @ Hamilton, 6pm
Friday October 4 - Hamilton @ Toronto, 7pm
Monday October 14 - Toronto @ Hamilton, 4:30pm
Sunday October 20 - Hamilton @ Montreal, 1pm
Saturday October 26 - Montreal @ Hamilton, 1pm
Saturday November 2 - Hamilton @ Winnipeg, 2pm
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