2007-2008 Central Hockey League Schedule Released
August 9, 2007 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
The Central Hockey League has today released the complete playing schedule for the 2007-2008 season, beginning the 544 game campaign on Friday, October 19th and concluding on Saturday, March 22nd. Each of the CHL's 17 member clubs will play a 64 game schedule. Just over 75% of all contests will take place on Fridays (33.27%), Saturdays (33.27%) or Sundays (8.82%), with nearly half (49.8%) of the schedule featuring divisional match-ups.
10 member teams will qualify for post-season play, consisting of five clubs from each conference, with the 4th and 5th seeded teams in each conference playing a best of three wild card round to open post-season competition. The remaining three rounds (Conference Semifinals, Conference Finals and Ray Miron President's Cup Finals) will all utilize best of seven game formats. The defending champion Colorado Eagles and the Laredo Bucks will meet twice in rematches of the 2006-2007 Finals, facing off at the Budweiser Events Center on Saturday, November 17th and on Sunday, January 6th at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
The schedule will be highlighted by the 2008 CHL All-Star Game in Broomfield, Colorado, hosted by the Rocky Mountain Rage on Wednesday, January 16th at the Broomfield Event Center.
2007-2008 Central Hockey League Home Openers
Amarillo Gorillas - Friday, October 19th vs. Tulsa
Arizona Sundogs - Friday, October 19th vs. Colorado
Austin Ice Bats - Friday, October 19th vs. Texas
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs - Saturday, October 20th vs. Texas
Colorado Eagles - Wednesday, October 24th vs. Tulsa
Corpus Christi Rayz - Saturday, October 20th vs. Rio Grande Valley
Laredo Bucks - Friday, October 26th vs. Corpus Christi
Mississippi RiverKings - Friday, October 19th vs. Bossier-Shreveport
New Mexico Scorpions - Friday, October 19th vs. Laredo
Odessa Jackalopes - Friday, October 19th vs. Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City Blazers - Friday, October 19th vs. Youngstown
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees - Friday, October 19th vs. Corpus Christi
Rocky Mountain Rage - Friday, October 26th vs. Tulsa
Texas Brahmas - Saturday, October 27th vs. Bossier-Shreveport
Tulsa Oilers - Friday, November 2nd vs. Oklahoma City
Wichita Thunder - Saturday, October 20th vs. Oklahoma City
Youngstown SteelHounds - Friday, November 23rd vs. Bossier-Shreveport
The complete Central Hockey League 2007-2008 master schedule as well as all individual team schedules are available for download or viewing on the CHL website at www.centralhockeyleague.com .
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