Colorado Eagles Ranked # 1 in CHL Coaches Poll
November 22, 2006 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
The Colorado Eagles have taken over top spot in the Central Hockey League Top 10 Coaches Poll, establishing new poll highs with 13 first place votes and 156 total points. The Eagles have risen steadily in the poll, climbing from 5th to 3rd, to 2nd and finally to #1 this week. Colorado enters play Wednesday evening with the CHL's highest winning percentage (.818) and leads the circuit in both average goals per game (4.73) and power play success (26.5%). With 27 power play goals and nine shorthanded scores, 69.2% of Colorado's 52 goals this season have come in special teams situations.
The Memphis RiverKings, last week's #1, slip to second, while the Lubbock Cotton Kings hurdled the Laredo Bucks into third position, their highest ranking of the season. Other clubs rising in the poll this week were the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (9th to 7th), and the Corpus Christi Rayz (Not Ranked to 9th).
Each week throughout the season the CHL will release the results of the Coaches Poll. Each first place selection earns 10 points, second place earns 9 points, etc. Coaches cannot vote for their own team, creating a potential perfect score of 160 points should one club receive all 16 possible first place votes.
Central Hockey League Coaches Poll - Top 10
November 22, 2006
# Last Week Team Record Poll Points 1st Place Votes
1 2 Colorado Eagles 9-2-0 156 13
2 1 Memphis RiverKings 8-2-2 145 3
3 4 Lubbock Cotton Kings 8-3-1 129 1
4 3 Laredo Bucks 8-4-0 110 3
5 5 Oklahoma City Blazers 6-2-2 93 -
6 6 Youngstown SteelHounds 6-3-3 80 -
7 9 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 6-4-3 71 -
8 8 Arizona Sundogs 7-6-0 49 -
9 NR Corpus Christi Rayz 7-6-0 46 -
10 7 Wichita Thunder 6-5-1 37 -
Biggest Gain - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (From #9 to #7)
Moved into Top 10 - Corpus Christi Rayz (Into #9)
Dropped out of Top 10 - Amarillo Gorillas (Were #10)
Central Hockey League Stories from November 22, 2006
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- Eagles Beat Oilers 4-1, Win Seventh Straight Home Game - Colorado Eagles
- Rage Lose, 2-0 - Rocky Mountain Rage
- Mudbugs fall 3-0 to Killer Bees - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Gorillas Earn First Shutout Of Season Blanking Rage 2-0 - Amarillo Gorillas
- Bucks Pick Cotton Kings 5-1 - Laredo Bucks
- Hounds squeak past Rayz 4-3 in shootout - Corpus Christi IceRays
- Laredo Bucks Kings From Conference Lead - Lubbock Cotton Kings
- SteelHounds Win in Shootout - Youngstown SteelHounds
- Gabriel Soto and $6k diamond - Corpus Christi IceRays
- RiverKings Weekly News and Notes - Mississippi RiverKings
- Hounds Bike Night and Teddy Bear Toss Scheduled for Friday - Youngstown SteelHounds
- "Mac" bobbleheads and maccaroni madness to highlight RiverKings weekend - Mississippi RiverKings
- Colorado Eagles Ranked # 1 in CHL Coaches Poll - CHL
- Cotton Kings Weekly Notes - Lubbock Cotton Kings
- SteelHounds vs. Corpus Christi game preview - Youngstown SteelHounds
- Ice Bats on Road for Thanksgiving - Austin Ice Bats
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