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CHL Launches New Website

Published on November 22, 2005 under Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


The Central Hockey League has today launched the all-new centralhockeyleague.com website, complete with a new design and several new features. Designed in conjunction with Infinity Pro Sports, the new website brings an entirely new and improved look to the Central Hockey League's online presence.

Among new additions to the site are rotating main page news feature, a CHL mascot section (complete with photos and bios of each CHL mascot), current and past CHLTV Top 10 Plays of the Week video highlights and numerous new CHL and team specific wallpapers. The popular Metal Blade Records Power Players feature remains, highlighting the top performances of each game, as do CHL Player Profiles, with biographies on some of the key players around the League, and the CHL Photo Gallery. Standings and statistical leaders for the three stars race, points, goals, assists and goals against average categories are also available directly on the CHL's main page. A new and improved employment database section, created in conjunction with PrecisionHire.com, lists available employment opportunities with the CHL and its member teams, and an all-new merchandise section created by River City Sports will be online soon.

"We are very pleased to complete our website re-design, and feel confident it will be received very positively by CHL fans everywhere," said CHL President Brad Treliving. "We commend the efforts of Infinity Pro Sports, industry leaders in web design and creation, in assisting us with our new look."

College Station, Texas based Infinity Pro Sports has been the Central Hockey League's official online partner since the 2002-2003 season, and also hosts the team websites of the Colorado Eagles, Corpus Christi Rayz, Fort Worth Brahmas, Laredo Bucks, Memphis RiverKings and Odessa Jackalopes. Infinity Pro Sports, in conjunction with Live Sports Network and the CHL also provides live internet game audio and video through CHLTV.com, broadcasting approximately 70 percent of all Central Hockey League games online.

Central Hockey League Standings - Through 11-21-05

Northwest Division GP W L OTL PTS Northeast Division GP W L OTL PTS
Wichita 13 9 3 1 19 Bossier-Shreveport 13 7 5 1 15
Colorado 11 8 3 0 16 Fort Worth 12 6 5 1 13
Tulsa 11 6 4 1 13 Memphis 12 6 6 0 12
Oklahoma City 13 6 7 0 12 Youngstown 13 5 7 1 11

Southwest Division GP W L OTL PTS Southeast Division GP W L OTL PTS
Odessa 13 6 4 3 15 Laredo 14 8 5 1 17
Lubbock 14 7 6 1 15 Rio Grande Valley 13 7 5 1 15
Amarillo 12 3 7 2 8 Corpus Christi 13 6 7 0 12
Austin 13 5 8 0 10

CHL Team By Team Notes

AMARILLO GORILLAS
Season Record: 3-7-2, 8 points
This Week: Fri. vs AUS, Sat. vs LUB

The Gorillas found tough sledding as they followed a 4-1 win at Tulsa with two losses, both in the division to Odessa (2-1) and Lubbock (2-0). Amarillo F Jeremy Kyte had a pair of goals against his former team in the victory over the Oilers. Despite the losses, the goalies played well combining for 112 saves in 3 games. The team also killed off 20-of-21 penalties over last weekend and Keith Rowe leads rookies with 3 pp goals.

AUSTIN ICE BATS
Season Record: 5-8-0, 10 points
This Week: Fri. @ AMA, Sat. vs MEM

The Austin Ice Bats were 2-0-0 last weekend with very solid performances against divisional opponents Rio Grande Valley (6-2) and Corpus Christi (4-1) for their first back-to-back wins of the year. Bats' D Aaron Schneekloth had two goals and three assists in the two victories and now sits fifth in the League in defensive scoring (13 points). Austin is next to last in GAA at 3.77 per game, but gave up only three in the two wins.

BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT MUDBUGS
Season Record: 7-5-1, 15 points
This Week: Tue. vs YNG, Fri. vs FTW, Sat. vs COL

The Mudbugs went 2-1-0 over the last weekend, splitting games against Memphis and topping Wichita 4-3 in a shootout. After Saturday night's crowd of 6,569, the Mudbugs currently rank second in the CHL with an average attendance of 6,467 fans. The ‘Bugs have scored a power play goal in 12 of 13 games this season and Brett Smith has tied a Mudbugs' record and currently leads the CHL with four shorthanded goals.

COLORADO EAGLES
Season Record: 8-3-0, 16 points
This Week: Tue. @ FTW, Wed. @ OKC, Sat. @ BOS, Sun. @ TUL

The Eagles beat the Thunder 5-4 in an energy filled contest and then split two games with the Oilers, losing 5-1 and coming back the next night in a shootout to win 2-1. In Colorado's three losses, the have lost by a total of 14 goals, however the Eagles are 5-0-0 in one-goal games despite being outscored 17-9 in the third period. The Eagles had 14 penalty minutes on Saturday night against Tulsa, all recorded by Greg Pankewicz.

CORPUS CHRISTI RAYZ
Season Record: 6-7-0, 12 points
This Week: Fri. @ YNG, Sat. @ YNG

Corpus Christi will be looking to move on after a four-loss week as they travel to the recently named Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown for back-to-back match-ups with the SteelHounds. In the disappointing four-game stretch, the Rayz never once held the lead and only managed eight goals. Rayz' forward Shawn Legault leads the CHL in penalty minutes and minors with 104 and 22, respectively, in 13 games played.

FORT WORTH BRAHMAS
Season Record: 6-5-1, 13 points
This Week: Tue. vs COL, Fri. @ BOS, Sat. vs OKC

The Brahmas dropped all three of their games last week, which inspired coach Al Sims to make a few moves. The club signed D Ryan Edwards and G Chris Davidson to contracts and placed D Justin Coutu and F Mike O'Sullivan on the 14-day injured reserve list. Over the two losses at the hands of Memphis, the Brahmas gave up four power goals and a shorthanded tally while converting on just 1-of-14 on their own man advantage.

LAREDO BUCKS
Season Record: 8-5-1, 17 points
This Week: Wed. @ LUB, Fri. vs ODE, Sat. vs WIC

The Bucks were 20 seconds from going 4-0-0 last week, but the Killer Bees scored the last of four dramatic goals to end the game in OT with a 5-4 win on Saturday night. The next evening Laredo returned home and beat the Bees 4-1 to cap a resurgent week where the Bucks earned seven out of a possible eight points. After a surprisingly slow start, Laredo has reclaimed the top of the Southeast Division with 17 points.

LUBBOCK COTTON KINGS
Season Record: 7-6-1, 15 points
This Week: Wed. vs LAR, Fri. vs MEM, Sat. @ AMA

The Kings hosted the SteelHounds Friday night and were trailing 2-1 until Nolan Graham, Mike Brolsma and Stacey Bauman combined for goals in a span of 2:41 with under four minutes remaining in the game, to post an amazing 4-2 come from behind victory. The Cotton Kings picked up four-of-six points to keep pace with Odessa. Lubbock has allowed only six goals against in their last six games, including two shutouts.

MEMPHIS RIVERKINGS
Season Record: 6-6-0, 12 points
This Week: Fri. @ LUB, Sat. @ AUS

The RiverKings were undefeated over the last weekend, going 3-0-0 with divisional wins against Bossier-Shreveport and Fort Worth (twice). Memphis F Travis Banga has points in 10-of-12 games this season and is riding a five-game point streak. Defensemen Derek Landmesser and Peter Robertson are also contributing to the offense as they each have four-game assist streaks; Landmesser 1st in defensive scoring (20 pts).

ODESSA JACKALOPES
Season Record: 6-4-3, 15 points
This Week: Fri. @ LAR, Sat. @ RGV

The Jacks' are now winners of four straight games and boast the League's Oakley Goaltender of the Week in Mike Gorman, who went 3-0-0 last week and allowed just a single goal in each contest while making a total of 93 saves. Odessa will put their winning streak on the line in a difficult two-game road trip to the border taking on Laredo and Rio Grande Valley. The club resigned G Derek Dolson after waiving G Eric Pfligler.

OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS
Season Record: 6-7-0, 12 points
This Week: Wed. vs COL, Fri. vs TUL, Sat. @ FTW

The Blazers are the hottest team in the League of late, winners of five of their last six, including gaining a little redemption from Youngstown in a 4-2 victory on Sunday. Oklahoma City C Garrett Prosofsky racked up four goals and three assists in three wins last week and leads the team with 18 points (11g,7a), as well as being named the CHL Oakley Player of the Week for Week 5. The Blazers are only 1-3-0 in the NW Division.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY KILLER BEES
Season Record: 7-5-1, 15 points
This Week: Fri. vs WIC, Sat. vs ODE

Rio Grande Valley stunned the Bucks on Saturday night, tying the game with 20 seconds remaining and winning on Matic Kralj's goal in OT, but fell in their other two games. A good start is key as the Bees are 5-0-0 when scoring first and 2-5-1 when allowing the first goal; they have been outscored nearly 2-to-1 (10-19) in the third period this season. Daymen Bencharski has points in five straight (3-4-7) in six of his last seven.

TULSA OILERS
Season Record: 6-4-1, 13 points
This Week: Wed. @ WIC, Fri. @ OKC, Sun. vs COL

Tulsa dropped a game at home to Amarillo, but rebounded to take three points in Colorado, winning 5-1 on Friday and losing 2-1 in a shootout the following night. The Oilers continue a stretch of 11 straight games against Northwest Division foes this week. Tulsa RW Jaroslav Cesky came alive in the scoring column last week with two goals and four assists, contributing on six of the Oilers seven goals in total.

WICHITA THUNDER
Season Record: 9-3-1, 19 points
This Week: Wed. vs TUL, Fri. @ RGV, Sat. @ LAR

The Thunder lost a highly entertaining contest at Colorado 5-4 and then fell in a shootout to the Mudbugs 4-3, but rebounded in a 5-2 triumph over the Blazers. Thunder F Ryan McLean has turned into a scoring machine and has now scored a goal in four straight games within his seven-game point scoring streak; both are the longest current streaks in the CHL. Wichita claimed D Tyler Kuntz off of waivers from Oklahoma City.

YOUNGSTOWN STEELHOUNDS
Season Record: 5-7-1, 11 points
This Week: Tue. @ BOS, Fri. vs CRP, Sat. vs CRP

The SteelHounds have cooled off, losing five of the last six games. Over the team's four-game losing skid, the ‘Hounds have managed just six goals (1.5/game) compared to 14 goals over their previous four games (3.5/game). After being among the league leaders in penalty minutes during the first 10 games of the season, Youngstown has been gated for just 70 minutes over their last four games (17.5 min/game).

CHL Results - 11-16-05 through 11-20-05

Wednesday, November 16th

Wichita 4 vs Colorado 5

Laredo 3 vs Youngstown 1

Thursday, November 17th

Lubbock 1 vs Odessa 2

Fort Worth 2 vs Memphis 3

Friday, November 18th

Corpus Christi 3 vs Oklahoma City 4

Tulsa 5 vs Colorado 1

Fort Worth 3 vs Memphis 4

Youngstown 2 vs Lubbock 4

Bossier-Shreveport 4 vs Wichita 3 SO

Rio Grande Valley 2 vs Austin 6

Amarillo 1 vs Odessa 2

Saturday, November 19th

Corpus Christi 1 vs Austin 4

Memphis 2 vs Bossier-Shreveport 1

Tulsa 1 vs Colorado 2 SO

Oklahoma City 2 vs Wichita 5

Lubbock 2 vs Amarillo 0

Laredo 4 vs Rio Grande Valley 5 OT

Sunday, November 20th

Youngstown 2 vs Oklahoma City 4

Rio Grande Valley 1 vs Laredo 4

Odessa 4 vs Corpus Christi 1

CHL Schedule - 11-22-05 through 11-27-05

Tuesday, November 22nd

Youngstown vs Bossier-Shreveport

Colorado vs Fort Worth

Wednesday, November 23rd

Laredo vs Lubbock

Colorado vs Oklahoma City

Tulsa vs Wichita

Friday, November 25th

Austin vs Amarillo

Fort Worth vs Bossier-Shreveport

Memphis vs Lubbock

Corpus Christi vs Youngstown

Odessa vs Laredo

Tulsa vs Oklahoma City

Wichita vs Rio Grande Valley

Saturday, November 26th

Lubbock vs Amarillo

Colorado vs Bossier-Shreveport

Corpus Christi vs Youngstown

Memphis vs Austin

Oklahoma City vs Fort Worth

Wichita vs Laredo

Odessa vs Rio Grande Valley

Sunday, November 27th

Colorado vs Tulsa

Central Hockey League Leaders - Through 11-21-05

Points Team GP PTS

Blaznek, Joe WIC 13 26
Duda, Jason WIC 13 23
Christian, Jeff YNG 13 22
Hiebert, James LAR 14 22
Multiple Players Tied At 20


Goals Team GP G
Blaznek, Joe WIC 13 15
Christian, Jeff YNG 13 14
Prosofsky, Garrett OKC 13 11
McNabb, John AUS 13 11
Sheppard, Scott BOS 12 11


Assists Team GP A

Duda, Jason WIC 13 18
Richards, Chris YNG 13 16
Landmesser, Derek MEM 12 15
Hiebert, James LAR 14 14
Multiple Players Tied At 13


Plus / Minus Team GP +/-

Lizotte, David WIC 13 +12
Richards, Chris YNG 13 +9
Lardner, Tab WIC 13 +9
Silverstone, David FTW 12 +9
Multiple Players Tied At +8


Penalty Minutes Team GP PIM

Legault, Shawn CRP 13 104
Pankewicz, Greg COL 11 94
Filipic, Fraser COL 11 81
Bain, Chris WIC 13 80
Ewasko, Jeff ODE 13 72


Rookie Scoring Team GP PTS

Leveille, Dominic ODE 13 14
Dahl, Jim TUL 11 10
Arcand-Kootenay, Brett LAR 14 10
Flamminio, Gio OKC 11 9
Lupul, Dale BOS 13 9


PP Goals Team GP PPG

Blaznek, Joe WIC 13 8
Sheppard, Scott BOS 12 8
Prosofsky, Garrett OKC 13 6
Tetrault, Daniel WIC 13 6
Schneekloth, Aaron AUS 13 6


GW Goals Team GP GWG

Blaznek, Joe WIC 13 4
Prosofsky, Garrett OKC 13 4
Christian, Jeff YNG 13 3
Parsons, Don MEM 12 3
Desrosiers, Matt COL 11 3


Wins Team GP W

Colaiacovo, Paulo COL 10 8
Laplante, Sebastien WIC 11 7
Sterling, Larry FTW 9 6
Gorman, Mike ODE 10 6
Lindsay, Evan RGV 10 6


Shutouts Team GP SO

Eight Goaltenders Tied At 1


Goals Against Team GP GAA

King, Chris TUL 6 2.11
Dilorenzo, Michael LAR 4 2.21
Leslie, Lance LUB 10 2.29
Sterling, Larry FTW 9 2.32
Carroll, Ken BOS 6 2.35


Save % Team GP %

King, Chris TUL 6 .934
Leslie, Lance LUB 10 .932
Sterling, Larry FTW 9 .930
Gorman, Mike ODE 10 .927
Reid, Scott CRP 10 .926


CHL Attendance Total # AVG

Oklahoma City 39,962 5 7,992
Bossier-Shreveport 25,870 4 6,467
Laredo 28,016 5 5,603
Colorado 42,312 8 5,289
Wichita 46,536 9 5,170
Lubbock 24,221 5 4,844
Rio Grande Valley 38,383 8 4,797
Tulsa 18,355 4 4,588
Corpus Christi 29,469 7 4,209
Youngstown 24,335 6 4,055
Fort Worth 27,031 7 3,861
Austin 30,734 9 3,414
Memphis 22,584 7 3,226
Odessa 19,052 6 3,175
Amarillo 15,782 5 3,156
Total: 432,642
Games: 95
Average: 4,554


All player and team statistics, as well as true real time scoring, are
available on the CHL website: www.centralhockeyleague.com/statistics.

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