Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals Set
May 12, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
TEMPE, AZ (May 11, 2011) - The Colorado Eagles and the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs have both made their way through their conference playoffs and will meet in the Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Playoffs. The best-of-7 series will begin on Friday, May 13 in Loveland, Colorado at the Budweiser Events Center.
The trip to the Finals for the Colorado Eagles included best-of-5 series wins over the Quad City Mallards (Opening Round) and Missouri Mavericks (Turner Conference Semi Finals) as well as the Rapid City Rush (Turner Conference Finals) in a best-of-7 series.
For the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, their path included best-of-5 series wins over the Arizona Sundogs (Opening Round) and Tulsa Oilers (Berry Conference Semi Finals) and a bestof-7 series win over the Allen Americans (Berry Conference Finals).
The teams played just once during the regular season with Colorado winning 6-1 at home on January 8. In the post-season, the Mudbugs and Eagles have faced-off three times with the ¬ËBugs sweeping Colorado last year, the Eagles sweeping Bossier-Shreveport in 2009 and the ¬ËBugs beating Colorado four games to one in 2006.
The Eagles will be playing in their fifth CHL Finals winning the crown in 2005 and 2007 while finishing runner-up in 2008 and 2009. The Mudbugs will be playing in their third CHL Finals finishing runner-up in 2004 and 2006 but have won three Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) championships (1999, 2000, 2001).
The best-of-7 finals schedule is as follows with all start times being local:
Colorado Eagles vs. Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Game 1 - Fri., May 13 - Bossier-Shreveport at Colorado, 7:05
Game 2 - Sat., May 14 - Bossier-Shreveport at Colorado, 7:05
Game 3 - Tue., May 17 - Colorado at Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05
Game 4 - Thu., May 19 - Colorado at Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05
*Game 5 - Fri., May 20 - Colorado at Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05
*Game 6 - Wed., May 25 - Bossier-Shreveport at Colorado, 7:05
*Game 7 - Fri., May 27 - Bossier-Shreveport at Colorado, 7:05
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