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November 9, 2009 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


Mavericks Set to Take Home Ice, Finally!

The Missouri Mavericks (2-6-1) head home to the new Independence Events Center on Friday night when they'll play their first home game. The Mavs will host the Wichita Thunder (2-6-0) in games on Friday and Saturday with capacity crowds expected. Missouri began the season on a nine-game road trip while their new facility was completed. The Thunder will be looking for revenge as the only two wins for Missouri came at the expense of Wichita on October 30th and 31st.

Stars and Stripes

This Wednesday is Veteran's Day and several CHL teams will be taking the ice during the Holiday and the Stanley Cup will be making an appearance. Lord Stanley will be on hand for the Allen Americans game at the Allen Event Center when they host the Texas Brahmas. Colorado's annual Military Appreciation Night will be Wednesday when they host the Amarillo Gorillas. Rapid City at Wichita and Rio Grande Valley at Laredo round out the Veteran's Day games.

Life of Riley

Riley Nelson may have had his goal streak stopped in the Eagles' sixth game of the season (at Amarillo) but he did rack up a pair of assists in Colorado's 4-2 win over the Gorillas making it six straight games that the veteran forward has recorded not only a point, but a multiple point game. Nelson has seven goals and seven assists in his six games this season for Colorado who is 5-0-1. Nelson started the season with goals in five straight games.

Strange Trend for 'Bugs

The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs are partaking in a very interesting trend to start the 2009-10 season. After Friday's and Saturday's losses at home to the Odessa Jackalopes, the Mudbugs are 0-5 at home this season. But after their win in Texas on Sunday, the 'Bugs are 4-0 away from the CenturyTel Center. At no time in the more than a decade of play for the team have they won four straight road games to start the season. Their five-game home losing streak ties a franchise record set in November of 2002.

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BY THE NUMBERS

5,808- The number of fans at the Allen Americans home opener on Saturday night. The Americans fell 4-1 to the visiting Corpus Christi IceRays in the unveiling of the brand new Allen Event Center.

7- The current goal streak for Odessa's Kenny Bernard who has scored one goal in each of the Jacks last seven games. Six of Bernard's seven goals have come on the power play giving him twice as many as any other skater in the CHL. His goal streak is the longest in the CHL since Arizona's Cory Urquhart's 10-game streak that carried through the end of the 2007-08 season.

2- The number of power play goals the Colorado Eagles have allowed this season making them the league's top penalty killing club. Colorado has faced 34 shorthanded situations killing 94.1% of them. The Eagles have scored as many shorthanded goals (2) as power play goals they have allowed.

+54- The league-leading +/- rating of the Arizona Sundogs (3-5-2) who have all but one player with a + rating (Linus Fagemo, -50 - -13 of the 32 goals allowed by the Sundogs this season have come on the power play for the opposition.

4-0-1- The record of Laredo goaltender Jean-Philippe Levasseur who ranks fifth in the CHL with a 2.55 GAA and after last week's two wins in Arizona, is the reigning Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week.

7- The league-leading number of one-goal games the Corpus Christi IceRays have played in this season going 1-4-2 in those games. The only two games the Rays have played in that were not decided by one goal were wins, 4-2 versus Laredo and 4-1 versus Allen.

SLAP SHOTS

-Tulsa's new head coach, Bruce Ramsay, will take his team into the DeSoto Civic Center on Tuesday night for the third time (the Oilers are 1-1in Mississippi this season). The Oilers have played as many games in Mississippi this season as they have in Tulsa. The Oilers have three former RiverKings players on their roster (Rick Kozak, Aaron Davis and Dallas Steward).

-Texas' Jason Deitsch skated in his 300th professional game on Saturday versus Tulsa.

-The Wichita Thunder waived forward Damian Surma on Sunday. The veteran had just two assists in eight games with the Thunder.

-Three RGV Killer Bees players scored their first professional goals on Friday night in the Bees win over Missouri. Those players were Andrew Schembri, Sean Muncy and Justin Kanigan. The Bees are on a season-high four game winning streak and are sitting at 5-3-0 on the season.

-The Mudbugs are the only CHL team not to see a shorthanded goal in a game they have played in this season. Neither Bossier-Shreveport nor their opponents have scored a shorthanded goal this season.

-Be sure to check out the new CHL-TV offering fans an interactive approach to watching their favorite CHL teams. Monthly passes are available to catch all the action in the CHL. Watch CHL-TV at http://chltv.insinc.com.



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