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Hounds rank first in CHL Coaches Poll

November 15, 2007 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Youngstown SteelHounds News Release

SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI - The Central Hockey League has announced today that the Youngstown SteelHounds are the number one ranked team in the latest CHL Coaches Poll.

The Hounds were ranked second after the first poll that came out on November 1st. It was a 3-2 victory over Laredo on November 10th combined with an 11-0-1 start that sent the Hounds to the number one ranking.

Youngstown received 15 first place votes with the remaining two votes going to the Laredo Bucks.

The Hounds 11-0-1 start has been completely on the road and will not play their first home game until November 23rd against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs.

The Hounds will finish their road trip with games Friday at Mississippi and Saturday at Texas. Both games start at 8:05pm and are available on AM600 WSOM and SteelHounds.com.

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# (Last Week) Team, Record (Points)-(1st Place Votes)

1 (2) Youngstown, 11-0-1(159)-(15)

Next: Friday @ Mississippi, Saturday @ Texas

2 (1) Laredo, 11-1-0 (146)-(2)

Next: Friday @ Rocky Mountain, Saturday @ Colorado

3 (3) Rocky Mountain, 7-1-1 (122)

Next: Friday vs. Laredo, Saturday vs. Wichita

4 (4) Arizona, 7-2-1 (115)

Next: Thursday @ Odessa, Friday @ Odessa, Sunday @ New Mexico

5 (8) Mississippi, 7-3-0 (99)

Next: Friday vs. Youngstown, Saturday vs. Bossier-Shreveport

6 (7) Odessa, 7-3-0 (92)

Next: Thursday vs. Arizona, Friday vs. Arizona, Saturday @ Austin

7 (5) Texas, 6-3-0 (66)

Next: Saturday vs. Youngstown

8 (6) Colorado, 4-4-2 (50)

Next: Friday vs. Oklahoma City, Saturday vs. Laredo

9 (--) New Mexico, 4-5-1 (26)

Next: Friday vs. Amarillo, Saturday @ Amarillo, Sunday vs. Arizona

10 (--) Bossier-Shreveport, 4-5-1 (23)

Next: Saturday @ Mississippi

Dropping Out: #9 Rio Grande Valley (3-5-2), #10 Oklahoma City (4-6-0)

Also Receiving Votes: Oklahoma City (21 points), Rio Grande Valley (4 points), Tulsa (1 point)

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