Greyhounds shift Friday’s start time to 6:07 p.m., setting the stage for a handoff to the Blue Jays’ World Series opener starting at 8:00 p.m.

It’s not often hockey and baseball team up, but for Canada, Friday night will be a little different.

The Soo Greyhounds, in coordination with the OHL, the City of Sault Ste. Marie, and the Peterborough Petes, have nudged their Friday puck drop behind one hour to 6:07 p.m. — a move designed to make room for another big event on the national sports calendar: Game 1 of the World Series, featuring the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.

It’s a rare kind of doubleheader — the Blue Jays haven’t advanced to the World Series in 32 years — and now local fans won’t have to choose between the two.

Doors at the GFL Memorial Gardens will open at 4:30

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