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December 15, 2008 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


1- Corpus Christi veteran center Chris Richards moved into the top five on the CHL's all-time assist list with the fourth and final assist he registered in Saturday's win at Amarillo. The Cornwall, Ontario native has 448 helpers moving past Brett Seguin (447 assists). Richards (currently sixth) should move past Hardy Sauter within the next few games on the league's all-time point's list as he currently is sitting two points behind the long-time Blazer. In his career, Richards has 219 goals, 448 assists and 667 points. Over the last three plus seasons, Richards has 308 points in 211 games (with Youngstown and Corpus Christi).

2- The Rocky Mountain Rage (8-11-2, 18 points) have steadily climbed back into playoff contention and are approaching the .500 mark after going 7-4-1 in their last 12 games. The Rage are currently tied with Rapid City for second place in the Northwest Division and have a pair of games this week with the Rush starting with Tuesday night in South Dakota. The Rage and goaltender Marty Magers played a classic on Saturday night with a 1-0 shootout win at Wichita. Magers finished with 31 saves in the shutout and helped his team stop all 10 power play chances by the Thunder. Wichita's Tim Boron also earned a shutout stopping 28 shots, despite taking the loss.

3- The Oklahoma City Blazers (16-4-2, 34 points) and the Colorado Eagles (18-4-0, 36 points) will meet for the second time this season on Wednesday night except this time it will be at the Budweiser Events Center in Colorado. The first meeting was won by the Eagles in a shootout on October 26th by a 2-1 score. The two teams each have a large lead in their respective divisions (Colorado by 18 points and OKC by six points). Colorado is the top offensive team in the league (4.64 goals per game) and the Blazers are number one defensively allowing just 1.86 goals per game. The Blazers last game, a 5-3 loss to Tulsa, marked the first time this season that OKC has allowed more than three goals in a game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

11 The number of games the Odessa Jackalopes have won in a row tying their franchise record for consecutive wins...The Jacks have outscored their opponents 45-20...Seven different players have recorded game winning goals during the streak and three different goaltenders have earned wins

5 The number of road points the Tulsa Oilers have earned this year showing well versus the tougher opponents winning in Oklahoma City and Colorado and earning the point in a shootout loss to OKC

15 The number of goals that Colorado's Andrew Penner has allowed during his current seven-game win streak...The streak is tied for the third longest in Eagles franchise history

10 The number of combined power play goals scored during the Arizona/Colorado game on Saturday night (won by COL 7-5)...Each team went 5 for 12 with the man advantage tying the CHL record for combined power play goals in a game

1 The number of points that OKC's Doug Sauter needs to clinch the spot as one of the co-coaches for the 2009 CHL All-Star team set to play in the All-Star Game in Colorado on January 14th, 2009...The other co-coach will come from the Southern Conference and which bench boss has the highest winning percentage after the games of December 23rd

ONE-TIMERS

-Odessa is already without Juha Toivonen (9-3-1) and now appear to have lost Alexandre Vincent (7-2-1) for an indeterminate amount of time...Vincent left Saturday's win versus Laredo with a lower body injury

-Defenseman R.J. Linder played his first two games with the Oilers last weekend and had an assist in each game and was a +4

-Texas' Jason Deitsch has four goals and eight assists in 15 games with the Houston Aeros (AHL) this season and four goals and seven assists in eight games with the Brahmas

-New Mexico broke an 0 for 24 power play drought on Saturday night with three man advantage goals versus Rio Grande Valley

-Odessa's Dominic Leveille is two points shy of 200 in his Jackalopes career

-After not losing in regulation during his first 11 decisions, OKC's Andy Franck has dropped back-to-back games and is 9-2-2 on the season

-The RGV Killer Bees waived veteran Rob Voltera on Monday...The Bees are without Trevor Weisgerber, Travis Banga and Ryan Shmyr due to injuries

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