Colt King Rules Over CHL's Annual Best of the Best
March 10, 2009 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rocky Mountain Rage News Release
Broomfield, Colo. - The Rocky Mountain Rage's Colt King was voted the Central Hockey League's Best Bodychecker, Best Fighter (Heavyweight), and Best Power Forward by the league's coaches, players, and operational staff in the CHL's annual Best of the Best poll which was released today.
Teams provided three top choices for each category. First place votes counted five points, second place votes counted three points, and third place votes counted one point.
King dominated the poll's "physical" categories, earning more votes than Stephen Margeson (MIS) and Tyler Fleck (OKC) as the league's top bodychecker and knocking out Ryan Tobler (COL) and Brett Angel (BOS) as the CHL's top heavyweight.
Couple his wins in those two categories with his status as the Rage's leading scorer (61 pts - 15th in the CHL), and it makes perfect sense that the former 4th-round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche also tied with Joel Irving (ARZ) as the top power forward in the league. King's prowess certainly gets under the skin of opponents at times, garnering him recognition as the league's third Most Annoying Player.
Joining King in the ranks of the league's Best of the Best is Rage captain Daymen Rycroft. Last season's leading goal scorer in the CHL finished third in the voting for Best Skater.
The Rage organization finished in the top three in several other categories, as well:
Best Training/Equipment Staff (Athletic Trainer Osama Kassab, Equipment Manager Patrick Stevens) - 2nd
Best Team Ice (Ice Manager Enrique Villarreal) - 2nd
Best Press Box - 2nd
Best Web site - 2nd
Best City (Broomfield) - 3rd
For full league-wide Best of the Best voting results, visit either www.centralhockeyleague.com or http://www.reporterherald.com/Sports-Story.asp?ID=21969, where the Loveland Reporter-Herald's Adam Dunivan was chosen by the CHL to cover the results of the poll.
Rocky Mountain opens a four-game homestand at Broomfield Event Center on Friday with a clash against the Colorado Eagles followed by a visit from the Tulsa Oilers on Saturday. Both games begin at 7:05 p.m.
Individual tickets for the Rage's remaining regular season games at Broomfield Event Center are available for as low as $5 for kids 12 and under (with the purchase of at least one adult ticket) and cost just $10 for students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at the BEC Box Office, www.Ticketmaster.com, (303) 830-TIXS, and all Ticketmaster retail outlets.
For more ticket information, visit www.rockymountainrage.com, or contact the Rage Ticket Sales Staff at (303) 439-RAGE or tickets@broomfieldsports.com.
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