Yes and so do all teams, every year.
they games before the regular season are is called the pre-season
In the NHL you can play a maximum of 9 pre-season games. Teams often only play 7 or 8 pre-season or exhibition games. The league does not require each team to play the same amount of preseason games, unlike the NFL in which every team plays 4 pre-season games.
no
Most Major League teams were what is called "practice" uniforms during pre-season or exhibition games.
There are 16 regular season games in one season, not counting the playoffs Also for this season there might be 18 but they will cut back 2 games on the pre season
For preseason, it's 6 games.
1941 season - for all post season games 1974 season - extended to also include pre season and regular season games
Pre season games
Fall of each year. Pre-season games begin in the month of October.
No.
In the NHL you can play a maximum of 9 pre-season games. Teams often only play 7 or 8 pre-season or exhibition games. The league does not require each team to play the same amount of preseason games, unlike the NFL in which every team plays 4 pre-season games.
The Grapefruit Leagues is the food-related idiom for pre-season leagues.