The Canadians were the 6th NWL team to release their 2008 schedule, and they will open the season at home once again.  Their 9th season as a member of the Northwest League features an eight-game road-trip through Everett and Spokane, a six-game bus trip through Oregon against the Emeralds and Volcanoes, as well as an eight-game stay at home vs Salem and Boise.

Game times were not released, because as the release said, "as we finalize a few details from a promotional standpoint".  The "upsetting" thing is that the C’s will close the season on the road.  But if they make the playoffs that won’t end up mattering.

If you want to read the schedule in my view, keep reading, otherwise head to the C’s visual representation of what 2008 will look like.

The boys of summer will kick off 2008 at home, for the fifth straight season.  Tri-City is back for the opening homestand, and that series will run from the 17th (Tuesday) through the 21st of June.  There is a Wednesday and Friday in that ’stand, so if last year’s schedule was any indication there should be two Nooners to open up 2008.

The first road trip takes place on the 22nd of June, finishing out on the 26th.  Vancouver will be in Yakima.

Returning for a six-game stay at home against divisional rivals Eugene and Everett, the C’s will entertain the Vancouver faithful from the 27th of June, all the way through until the 2nd of July.  That’s right fans, the Canadians are going to be at home on Canada Day.

Boise will host Vancouver during between the 3rd and 7th of July, before an off-day keeps the C’s from hosting the Spokane Indians.

The Injuns will be in town from the 9th, until the 13th before Vancouver embarks on a six-day road trip.  This half-a-dozen day bus trip will be to Oregon, where Vancouver will battle Salem-Keizer and Eugene, respectively.

Yakima visits the Nat on the 20th of July, and departs Canada after the 24th.  Vancouver will then play their sixth Eastern Division series of the year on the road against Tri-City.  This series, stretching from the 25th of July, through the 29th, will be the final meeting between the two teams.

An off-day on July 30th forces the dirty Volcanoes to enter town a day later, rounding out the month of July.  Salem leaves on the 2nd of August, before Vancouver goes away for their longest stint of the season.  The eight-game trip will take them through Everett and Spokane, before they come home on the 11th.

They won’t play at home until the 12th, against Salem to start their longest home-stand of the year.  The Volcanoes won’t leave until the 14th, and Boise will come-and-go between the 15th and 19th.  Playing Eugene on the road in late-August is never easy, but Vancouver will have to face the Emeralds before bringing home the Aquasox, making their final appearance at Nat Bailey of the season.

The Aquasox home-stand marks the beginning of a home-and-home between the two clubs.  Vancouver will be in Everett on Tuesday the 26th, and will leave on Thursday the 28th, before meeting the Emeralds one more time.  Eugene is in Vancouver to close out the home portion of the season, on the Labour Day long-weekend.

Vancouver wraps up the season in Salem, on September the 3rd.  Check back soon for the promotional aspects of the schedule, as well as game times.