Ray Miron President's Cup Schedule Finalized
Published on March 22, 2009 under Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
The Central Hockey League (CHL) released today the 2009 Ray Miron President's Cup playoff schedule for the opening round and for two of the four conference semi finals series'. In all, 10 teams qualified for the post-season with five from each conference. The Colorado Eagles and the Texas Brahmas have earned the number one seeds in their respective conferences and will have to wait until the best-of-three opening round series' are complete to determine their first opponents. The Eagles finished the season with 94 points winning their third Governors' Cup (regular season championship).
The two Northern Conference series' that are set are the #4 seed Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs versus the #5 seed Rocky Mountain Rage (the winner of the best-of-three series will face the Eagles) and the #2 seed Mississippi RiverKings and the #3 seed Oklahoma City Blazers (best-of-seven).
In the Southern Conference, the #4 seed Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees will play the #5 seed Corpus Christi IceRays in a best-of-three opening round series to determine who plays Texas and the #2 seed Odessa Jackalopes will play the #3 seeded Laredo Bucks in a best-of-seven conference semi finals series.
Be sure to follow www.centralhockeyleague.com and 'Playoff H Q' which will cover every game and every series in depth. The headquarters is available now and will feature series previews beginning Monday, March 23rd.
The opening round series schedules are as follows:
Series 'A'
(4) Bossier-Shreveport vs. (5) Rocky Mountain
3/23- BOS @ RMR, 7:05 PM
3/25- RMR @ BOS, 7:05 PM
3/26- RMR @ BOS, 7:05 PM (if necessary)
Series 'B'
(4) Rio Grande Valley vs. (5) Corpus Christi
3/23- CRP @ RGV, 7:35 PM
3/25- RGV @ CRP, 7:05 PM
3/26- CRP @ RGV, 7:35 PM (if necessary)
Series 'C'
(1) Colorado vs. winner of Bossier-Shreveport/Rocky Mountain
3/29- TBD @ COL, 7:05 PM
3/30- TBD @ COL, 7:05 PM
***remainder of schedule to be determined***
Series 'D'
(1) Texas vs. winner of Rio Grande Valley/Corpus Christi
3/28- TBD @ TEX, 7:05 PM
3/29- TBD @ TEX, TBD
***remainder of schedule to be determined***
Series 'E'
(2) Mississippi vs. (3) Oklahoma City
3/25- OKC @ MIS, 7:05 PM
3/26- OKC @ MIS, 7:05 PM
4/1- MIS @ OKC, 7:10 PM
4/2- MIS @ OKC, 7:10 PM
4/4- OKC @ MIS, 7:05 PM (if necessary)
4/6- MIS @ OKC, 7:10 PM (if necessary)
4/8- OKC @ MIS, 7:05 PM (if necessary)
Series 'F'
(2) Odessa vs. (3) Laredo
3/27- LAR @ ODE, 7:05 PM
3/28- LAR @ ODE, 7:05 PM
4/1- ODE @ LAR, 7:00 PM
4/3- ODE @ LAR, 7:30 PM
4/4- LAR @ ODE, 7:05 PM (if necessary)
4/7- ODE @ LAR, 7:00 PM (if necessary)
4/9- LAR @ ODE, 7:05 PM (if necessary)
***ALL TIMES LOCAL***
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