Rapid City Wins Turner Conference
March 26, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
TEMPE, AZ - The defending CHL Champion Rapid City Rush won their second straight conference championship on Saturday night thanks to a 5-2 win at Arizona against the Sundogs. The door was opened for the Rush thanks to a 2-1 Fort Wayne Komets victory over the Colorado Eagles earlier in the evening. Colorado started the day in first place and in need of a point to clinch the title.
The Rush finish the regular season with a 40-22-4 record, good for 84 points, an identical mark to the Eagles but the Rush won two of their 40 games in shootouts compared to three wins in shootouts for the Eagles tipping the scales in favor of the Rush (shootout wins do not count as wins when it comes to tiebreakers during the 2010-11 season as voted on by the CHL's Board of Governors prior to the start of the season).
Last season, the Rush finished with 93 points, two more than the Eagles, and went on to win the Ray Miron Presidents' Cup over the Allen Americans.
Rapid City will now play the Dayton Gems in the Opening Round of the playoffs beginning on Friday night in Rapid City. Colorado will host the Quad City Mallards beginning on Friday night as well.
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Central Hockey League Stories from March 26, 2011
- Americans Edged 5-4 in OT by Riverkings in Front of Sellout Crowd - Allen Americans
- Rapid City Wins Turner Conference - CHL
- Eagles Earn 2nd Seed in Turner Conference, Will Face Quad City Mallards in Opening Round of Playoffs - Colorado Eagles
- RiverKings Rally, Beat Allen in Shootout - Mississippi RiverKings
- Killer Bees Release Playoff Schedule - Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
- PrairieThunder Lose 1-0 at Evansville on Saturday Night - Bloomington PrairieThunder
- Komets ground Eagles 2-1 in season finale; Clinch sixth seed in CHL Opening Round playoffs - Fort Wayne Komets
- Bucks Eliminated From Playoff Race - Laredo Bucks
- Bees Clinch Playoff Berth With 5-4 Win - Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
- Mavericks Fall to Bucks in Regular Season Finale, 2-1 - Kansas City Mavericks
- Oilers Beat Thunder Again - Wichita Thunder
- Regular Season Ends with Loss in Odessa - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Mallards Fall In Dayton, Finish Regular Season In Seventh Place - Quad City Mallards
- Jacks Close Regular Season with 4-2 Win - Odessa Jackalopes
- Gems finish regular season with 6-2 win over Mallards - Dayton Gems
- Komets announce 2010-11 End of Season Awards - Fort Wayne Komets
- Komets Klip Eagles in Regular Season Finale - Colorado Eagles
- First Round Playoff Dates Set for Jackalopes - Odessa Jackalopes
- Sundogs Announce First Round Opponent, Schedule - Arizona Sundogs
- Mudbugs Announce First Round Playoff Schedule - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Bucks Face Must Win Tonight - Laredo Bucks
- RiverKings Support Ole Miss Hockey in Jersey Auction - Mississippi RiverKings
- Rush Overcome Three-Goal Deficit in 4-3 Shootout Win in Arizona - Rapid City Rush
- Sundogs Fall 4-3 in Shootout to Defending Champs - Arizona Sundogs
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