2010–11 CHL season explained

2010–11 CHL season
League:	Central Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Duration:	66 games
Season:	Regular season
No Of Teams:	18
Season Champ Name:	Governor's Cup
Season Champs:	Allen Americans
Mvp:	Sebastien Thinel (Odessa)
Top Scorer:	Riley Nelson (Colorado)
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	Ray Miron President's Cup
Finals Champ:	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Finals Runner-Up:	Colorado Eagles
Seasonslistnames:	CHL
Prevseason Year:	2009–10
Nextseason Year:	2011–12

The 2010–11 CHL season was the 19th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

League business

Team foldings

The Amarillo Gorillas and the Corpus Christi IceRays folded and both were replaced by a North American Hockey League team.

Expansion

On June 1, 2010, the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) announced that they would merge and play under the CHL moniker.^[1]

On June 10, 2010, it was announced that four IHL teams made the move to the CHL, the Fort Wayne Komets, Bloomington PrairieThunder, Dayton Gems and the Quad City Mallards.^[2] It was later announced that the Evansville IceMen would also participate in the league.^[3] This is after team ownership in Evansville, Indiana purchased the former IHL Muskegon Lumberjacks franchise.

League realignment

Turner Conference

Berry Conference

All-Star Game

See main article: 2011 Central Hockey League All-Star Game. It was announced that the 2011 Central Hockey League All-Star Game would be held at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, home of the Rapid City Rush on January 12, 2011. The defending champions Rapid City Rush and coach Joe Ferras will form one team in the match-up and will be opposed by a team of CHL All-Stars composed of players from the other 17 CHL member teams.

Teams

2010-11 Central Hockey League
Conference	Team	City	Arena
Turner	Bloomington PrairieThunder	Bloomington, Illinois	U.S. Cellular Coliseum
	Colorado Eagles	Loveland, Colorado	Budweiser Events Center
	Dayton Gems	Dayton, Ohio	Hara Arena
	Evansville Icemen	Evansville, Indiana	Ford Center
	Fort Wayne Komets	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
	Missouri Mavericks	Independence, Missouri	Independence Events Center
	Quad City Mallards	Moline, Illinois	iWireless Center
	Rapid City Rush	Rapid City, South Dakota	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
	Wichita Thunder	Wichita, Kansas	Intrust Bank Arena
Berry	Allen Americans	Allen, Texas	Allen Event Center
	Arizona Sundogs	Prescott Valley, Arizona	Tim's Toyota Center
	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs	Bossier City, Louisiana	CenturyLink Center
	Laredo Bucks	Laredo, Texas	Laredo Entertainment Center
	Mississippi RiverKings	Southaven, Mississippi	DeSoto Civic Center
	Odessa Jackalopes	Odessa, Texas	Ector County Coliseum
	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	Hidalgo, Texas	State Farm Arena
	Texas Brahmas	North Richland Hills, Texas	NYTEX Sports Centre
	Tulsa Oilers	Tulsa, Oklahoma	BOK Center

Map of teams

Regular season

Conference standings

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

Awards

Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners^[4]

Ray Miron President's Cup (Playoff Champions) - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Bud Poile Governors' Cup (regular-season champions) - Allen Americans
Most Valuable Player - Riley Nelson, Colorado
Most Outstanding Goaltender - Robby Nolan, Missouri
Most Outstanding Defenseman - Andrew Martens, Wichita
Rookie of the Year - Aaron Lewicki, Rio Grande Valley
Coach of the Year - Jason Christie, Bloomington
Man of the Year - Simon Watson, Missouri
Rick Kozuback Award - Jeff Christian, Evansville
Joe Burton Award (Scoring Champion) - Sebastien Thine, Odessa
Playoff Most Valuable Player - Jeff Kyrzakos, Bossier-Shreveport
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (Rapid City) - Ryan Menei, Rapid City
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (CHL All-Stars) - Jason Dale, Bloomington
Athletic Trainer of the Year – George Bullock Jr., Bossier-Shreveport
Equipment Manager of the Year– Romeo Vivit, Rapid City

2010-2011 All-CHL Team

Forward: Sebastien Thinel, Odessa
Forward: Riley Nelson, Colorado
Forward: Chad Woollard, Texas
Defenceman: Darcy Campbell, Rio Grande Valley
Defenceman: Andrew Martens, Wichita
Goaltender : Robby Nolan, Missouri

2010-2011 CHL All-Rookie Team

Forward - Aaron Lewicki, Rio Grande Valley
Forward - Adam Chorneyko, Colorado
Forward - Gary Steffes, Tulsa
Defenceman - David Strathman, Allen
Defenceman - Alan Mazur, Bloomington
Goaltender - Wayne Savage, Texas

External links

Central Hockey League website

Notes and References

Web site: Press Release . CHL and IHL Make Major Announcement . CHL . June 1, 2010 . July 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100715221138/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4670 . 2010-07-15 . dead .
Web site: Press Release . CHL Announces Participating Teams for 2010-11 Season . CHL . June 10, 2010 . July 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921152445/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4681 . 2010-09-21 . dead .
Web site: Press Release . Evansville Joins CHL/IHL Collaboration . CHL . June 22, 2010 . July 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921143520/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4694 . 2010-09-21 . dead .
http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/winners/ Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners