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CHL Playoff Format Announced for 2011-12 Season

September 9, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Dayton Gems News Release


TEMPE, AZ - The Central Hockey League (CHL) formally announced the playoff format and veteran rule for the 2011-12 season confirming that eight teams will qualify for post-season play and that the veteran rule for the league's 14 member teams will remain the same as the 2010-11 season. The decisions were discussed during the CHL's Summer Conference in Scottsdale, Arizonaback in early June and the last details were recently voted on by the CHL's Board of Governors.

Of the league's 14 member teams, the four highest point totals from each conference will qualify for the playoffs and the opportunity to win the Turner Trophy and the N. Thomas Berry Trophy in the conference playoffs with the two conference winners facing off in the Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals.

All three rounds of the playoffs (the conference semifinals, the conference finals and the league finals) will be best-of-7 series formats.

The veteran rule will remain that a maximum of five players (excluding goaltenders) with more than 300 games of professional experience are eligible to be on a roster at one time, and teams can have a sixth veteran if he was re-signed from the team's previous season's final roster.

The CHL's historic 20th-Anniversary season begins on Friday, October 21, while the Dayton Gems opening night is set for Saturday, November 5 at 7pm. Season and mini pack ticket packages are now on sale starting at $27! Call the Gems at 275-7777 for more information and to order by phone.

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