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Shots from the Point for May 6, 2011

May 6, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


Turner Conference Finals (best-of-7)

Rapid City Rush (1) vs. Colorado Eagles (2)

Game 1- Friday, April 29, Colorado 1 at Rapid City 3

Game 2- Saturday, April 30, Colorado 4 at Rapid City 3

Game 3- Tuesday, May 3, Rapid City 4 at Colorado 7

Game 4- Thursday, May 5, Rapid City 1 at Colorado 2 3OT (COL leads series 3-1)

Game 5- Saturday, May 7, Colorado at Rapid City, 7:05 MT

Game 6- Monday, May 9, Rapid City at Colorado, 7:05 MT (if necessary)

Game 7- Wednesday, May 11, Colorado at Rapid City, 6:35 MT (if necessary)

Series Notes:

-Game 4's triple overtime thriller was the fifth longest game in CHL playoff history clocking in at 104:35 minutes and it marked the longest game in the franchise history of both the Colorado Eagles and Rapid City Rush.

-In Game 4, Kevin Ulanski was awarded a penalty shot against Rapid City's Tim Boron but was denied.

-Colorado forward Adam Chorneyko is currently on a six-game point streak scoring three goals with six assists over his point streak. On Thursday night, the rookie scored the game winning goal in the third overtime giving the Eagles a 3-1 series lead.

-The Eagles 70 shots on goal set a CHL playoff record for shots on goal in a single game and Rapid City's Tim Boron set a league playoff record by making 68 saves.

-2010 CHL Most Valuable Player Kevin Ulanski has scored goals in three straight games, the longest active goal streak in the CHL playoffs currently.

-With the back-to-back home wins by Colorado in Game's 3 and 4, the Eagles have won a league-best five straight home games (active streaks) and are one home win behind Rapid City for the longest home win streak in this year's post-season overall.

-Eagles goaltending tandem of Kyle Jones and Andrew Penner have the best combined goals against average of any team in the 2011 Playoffs at 2.42 goals against average. Individually, Jones is tied for first in the CHL with a 2.13 GAA and Penner is third with a 2.24 GAA.

-Les Reaney, last year's playoff MVP, is second in the CHL in playoff scoring with 17 points (8-9=17) and his eight goals are tops in the league.

-In their short playoff history, the Rush have had just two elimination games (both Game 7's) winning each of them. Last season in the conference finals, the Rush beat Bossier-Shreveport 7-3 and in this year's conference semi finals, Rapid City pounded Fort Wayne 6-1.

-Colorado is 6-6 in their last 12 games that they had an opportunity to close out a series (dating back to 2008).

LINE 2Berry Conference Finals (best-of-7)

Allen Americans (1) vs. Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (2)

Game 1- Friday, April 29, Bossier-Shreveport 5 at Allen 4

Game 2- Sunday, May 1, Bossier-Shreveport 3 at Allen 5

Game 3- Wednesday, May 4, Bossier-Shreveport 3 vs. Allen 2 (BOS leads series 2-1)

Game 4- Friday, May 6, Allen at Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05 CT

Game 5- Sunday, May 8, Allen at Bossier-Shreveport, 4:05 CT

Game 6- Tuesday, May 10, Bossier-Shreveport at Allen, 7:30 CT (if necessary)

Game 7- Wednesday, May 11, Bossier-Shreveport at Allen, 7:30 CT (if necessary)

Series Notes:

-The Mudbugs are 3-2 at home in this year's playoffs with four of those five games being decided by one goal. Bossier-Shreveport will play each of their next two games at home with a chance to close out the Allen Americans with a pair of wins.

-Bossier-Shreveport forward Shawn Limpright has points in 10 of the 12 games the team has played and leads the team and is tied for fourth in the league with 15 points (7-8=15).

-After being held without a point in the Americans win over RGV in Game 2 of their Opening Round series, forward Dave Bonk has recorded at least a point in every game since. The forward's point streak sits at nine games with six goals and seven assists over that stretch.

- ‚¬ËœBugs goalie is still winning games but having a little less success in keeping the puck out of the net. In his first four wins, the netminder allowed just five goals but in his last three wins has allowed 10 goals.

-Mudbugs defenseman Clay Plume leads all d-men with a +7 plus/minus rating and has five points in 12 games.

-The Americans are 5-1 when scoring the first goal in a game accounting for the fewest times of any remaining playoff team for striking first.

-Allen goaltender Chris Whitley has stopped 63 of 74 shots (.851 save percentage) in the series versus the Mudbugs allowing 11 goals in the three games so far. In his first eight post-season games this year, the second year pro allowed 18 goals.



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