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Colorado Eagles Looking to Rewrite CHL Record Book

February 1, 2005 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


The Colorado Eagles are following up their highly successful 03-04 inaugural campaign with an even better year, and are in prime position to establish several new CHL records as the season continues. Most prominently, a win Friday at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City would give them 13 consecutive victories, and sole possession of the CHL record they currently share with Memphis (01-02), Bossier-Shreveport (98-99) and Huntsville (96-97), all with 12-game winning streaks.

Should Colorado register 35 points in their remaining 21 games, they would finish with a CHL-record .816 winning percentage, topping Laredo's .813 mark established last season. Nine victories in their remaining 11 contests away from home would give them a share of the CHL record for road wins in a season (24), and one more shutout victory this season would equal Odessa's record of 10 established in the 2000/2001 season.

Colorado is also well ahead of the pace to set new CHL records for penalty killing and team goals against average. The Eagles have held opponents to just 17 goals in 211 opportunities, good for a 91.9 % success rate which would top Laredo's record of 89.4 % from last season, and Colorado's current 1.90 team goals against average would remove the 2002/2003 Austin Ice Bats mark of 2.17.

Road wins at Oklahoma City this Friday, Wichita on Saturday and at Tulsa February 15th would give Colorado a share of the record for consecutive road wins (10), shared by four other clubs, most recently the 2001/2002 Odessa Jackalopes.

With 52 straight regular season sell-outs the 5,289 seat Budweiser Events Center, Colorado also in position to challenge for the minor league record of 83 consecutive sell-outs set by the ECHL's Columbus Chill in the early 90's. 10 home sell-outs to conclude the current season would give the Eagles an opportunity to tie the mark at their 21st home game of next season.

Central Hockey League Standings

Through games of 01/31/05

Northwest Division GP W L OTL PTS

Colorado 39 29 05 05 63

Wichita 40 28 10 02 58

New Mexico 39 18 16 05 41

Topeka 42 12 27 03 27

Northeast Division GP W L OTL PTS

Bossier-Shreveport 38 24 10 04 52

Tulsa 41 22 16 03 47

Fort Worth 39 20 15 04 44

Oklahoma City 41 16 18 07 39

Memphis 41 17 22 02 36

Southwest Division GP W L OTL PTS

San Angelo 39 22 14 03 47

Lubbock 38 21 15 02 44

Amarillo 37 19 13 05 43

Odessa 38 15 16 07 37

Southeast Division GP W L OTL PTS

Corpus Christi 40 21 14 05 47

Austin 40 21 16 03 45

Laredo 37 18 17 02 38

Rio Grande Valley 39 11 25 03 25

Central Hockey League Performance of the Week

In the most highly anticipated game of the regular season, Bossier-Shreveport's Dan Wildfong led the Mudbugs to a 4-3 win over visiting Laredo on January 28th. After trailing 3-1 in the third period, Wildfong narrowed the margin to 3-2 with his second shorthanded goal of the season, then followed Shane Palahickey's game tying goal with 2:21 to play with the game winner with just 20 seconds remaining. Wildfong's 22nd goal of the year delighted the franchise-record crowd of 12,430 packed into Bossier City's CenturyTel Center, and gave Bossier-Shreveport a 2-0-0 record against Laredo this season.

Central Hockey League Results – 01-25-05 through 01-31-05

TUE, JAN 25

Corpus Christi 3 vs Oklahoma City 4 SO Garrett Prosofsky (OKC), SO GW Goal

Tulsa 5 vs Topeka 3 Mario Joly (TUL), Goal, 2 Assists

WED, JAN 26

Austin 5 vs Laredo 6 James Hiebert (LAR), 4 Assists

THU, JAN 27

Corpus Christi 2 vs Wichita 6 Joe Blaznek (WIC), Hat-Trick, Assist

New Mexico 2 vs Lubbock 7 Jan Melichercik (LUB), Goal, 3 Assists

Odessa 4 vs Amarillo 3 OT BJ Adams (ODE), OT GW Goal, Assist

FRI, JAN 28

Lubbock 4 vs Odessa 1 Jeremy Kyte (LUB), GW Goal

Oklahoma City 4 vs Memphis 2 Michel Beausoleil (OKC), 2 Goals

Wichita 3 vs San Angelo 0 Jason Flick (WIC), 28 Saves, SO

Amarillo 6 vs New Mexico 2 Brent Hughes (AMA), Goal, 3 Assists

Laredo 3 vs Bossier-Shreveport 4 Dan Wildfong (BOS), 2 Goals

Rio Grande Valley 2 vs Tulsa 7 Angela Ruggiero (TUL), Assist, +2

Colorado 4 vs Topeka 0 Tyler Weiman (COL), 26 Saves, SO

Fort Worth 1 vs Austin 6 John McNabb (AUS), 2 Goals, Assist

SAT, JAN 29

Wichita 3 vs Odessa 1 Jason Duda (WIC), 2 Goals

Austin 7 vs Lubbock 3 Chris Richards (AUS), Goal, 2 Assists

Rio Grande Valley 0 vs Bos-Shreveport 1 SO Ken Carroll (BOS), 27 Saves, SO

Fort Worth 2 vs Corpus Christi 4 Bernie John (CRP), 3 Assists

Laredo 0 vs Memphis 8 Derek Landmesser (MEM), 5 Assists

San Angelo 3 vs New Mexico 2 SO Bret Dececco (SNG), 2 Goals

Colorado 5 vs Topeka 2 Kevin Marsh (COL), 2 Goals

Oklahoma City 3 vs Tulsa 2 Jarad Bourassa (OKC), 2 Goals

SUN, JAN 30

Corpus Christi 4 vs Austin 3 OT Jason Baird (CRP), OT GW Goal, 2 Assists

Central Hockey League Leaders Through Games of 01/31/05

Points Team GP PTS

Duda, Jason WIC 40 72
Clayton, Travis WIC 40 67
Pankewicz, Greg COL 34 67
Parsons, Don MEM 41 62
Bullock, Greg CRP 40 59
McNabb, John AUS 39 55
Baird, Jason CRP 40 54
Nelson, Riley COL 39 52

Goals Team GP G
Parsons, Don MEM 41 38
Beausoleil, Michel OKC 41 30
McNabb, John AUS 39 28
Clayton, Travis WIC 40 27
Pankewicz, Greg COL 34 26
Nelson, Riley COL 39 26
Woollard, Chad FTW 39 26
Baird, Jason CRP 40 25

Assists Team GP A

Duda, Jason WIC 40 50
Bullock, Greg CRP 40 44
Pankewicz, Greg COL 34 41
Clayton, Travis WIC 40 40
Landmesser, Derek MEM 41 38
Richards, Chris AUS 40 37
Bermingham, Jason TUL 41 34
Aucoin, Phil MEM 39 31


Plus/Minus Team GP +/-

Pankewicz, Greg COL 34 +33
Duda, Jason WIC 40 +30
Nelson, Riley COL 39 +29
Desrosiers, Matt COL 39 +29
Williamson, Brad COL 36 +29
Clayton, Travis WIC 40 +26
Esdale, Paul WIC 37 +25
Tobler, Ryan COL 33 +21

Penalty Minutes Team GP PIM
Parker, Derek WIC 34 282
Anderson, Dallas AUS 34 254
English, Scott MEM 34 246
Legault, Shawn NMX 38 232
Hiebert, James LAR 35 192
Goetz, Kenny MEM 31 192
Wildfong, Dan BOS 38 178
Fioroni, Paul LUB 38 168

Rookie Scoring Team GP PTS
Aucoin, Phil MEM 39 49
Lukajic, Mike TOP 42 36
Joly, Mario TUL 41 36
Marsh, Kevin COL 34 34
McIver, Derrick CRP 40 32
Sheppard, Scott BOS 38 32
Paiement, Adam LAR 32 32
Smith, Brett BOS 34 31

Goaltender Wins Team GP W
Weiman, Tyler COL 30 24
Ruggiero, Bill TUL 35 21
Reid, Scott SNG 36 21
Carroll, Ken BOS 23 17
Leslie, Lance LUB 30 17
Degagne, Shawn AMA 29 17
Barnes, Matt AUS 29 17
Multiple Players Tied At 15


Goals Against Team GP G.A.A
Weiman, Tyler COL 30 1.54
Carroll, Ken BOS 23 2.23
Flick, Jason WIC 19 2.25
Guerrera, David LAR 20 2.28
Leslie, Lance LUB 30 2.40
Degagne, Shawn AMA 29 2.53
Murphy, Dan FTW 30 2.57
Connors, Sean OKC 23 2.61

Shutouts Team GP SO
Weiman, Tyler COL 30 8
Reid, Scott SNG 36 2
Carroll, Ken BOS 23 2
Leslie, Lance LUB 30 2
Degagne, Shawn AMA 29 2
Barnes, Matt AUS 29 2
Murphy, Dan FTW 30 2
Flick, Jason WIC 19 2
Guerrera, David LAR 20 2

Save % Team GP %
Weiman, Tyler COL 30 .947
Leslie, Lance LUB 30 .924
Flick, Jason WIC 19 .922
Ruggiero, Bill TUL 35 .920
Carroll, Ken BOS 23 .920
Degagne, Shawn AMA 29 .917
Barnes, Matt AUS 29 .917
Gorman, Mike ODE 28 .916


CHL Attendance Report
TEAM TOTAL # AVG

Oklahoma City 152,156 20 7,607
Laredo 117,578 19 6,188
Bossier-Shreveport 98,814 18 5,489
Colorado 105,780 20 5,289
Rio Grande Valley 99,205 19 5,221
Tulsa 93,557 20 4,677
Lubbock 82,833 19 4,359
Fort Worth 83,931 20 4,196
New Mexico 87,761 21 4,179
Corpus Christi 72,848 18 4,047
Austin 89,371 23 3,885
Wichita 67,353 18 3,741
Odessa 56,724 17 3,336
Memphis 62,189 19 3,273
Topeka 63,990 21 3,047
Amarillo 63,226 22 2,873
San Angelo 48,017 20 2,400
TOTALS: 1,445,333 334 4,327



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