Three-Peat at Top of Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll
January 18, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
TEMPE, AZ (January 18, 2011) - For the third consecutive poll and for the fourth time this season, the Allen Americans have been voted the #1 team in the Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll. The Americans are the number one team in the league with a 27-7-1 record and 55 points (12 more than the next closest team). The Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll is released on or near the beginning and middle of each month throughout the regular season. Each first place vote receives 10 points, second place votes earn nine points, etc.
Nine of the top 10 teams remained the same with the lone change being the Tulsa Oilers (19-18-1) entering the poll at #10 replacing the Dayton Gems (18-14-3). The biggest move in the poll came from the Quad City Mallards (21-16-0) who moved from #9 to #6.
Rounding out the top five are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (21-14-1) at #2, the Colorado Eagles (19-12-2) at #3, the Bloomington PrairieThunder (20-13-1) at #4 and the Missouri Mavericks (19-13-3) at #5.
The Odessa Jackalopes (18-14-4) join Bloomington and Quad City as the only teams that made a move upward in the most recent poll.
Central Hockey League Stories from January 18, 2011
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- RiverKings Beat Back Bossier-Shreveport in Tuesday Tilt - Mississippi RiverKings
- Pechurskiy's Goaltending Leads 'Kings Over Mudbugs - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Bucks Stung by Bees in OT, 3-2 - Laredo Bucks
- Lehrke Scores in OT as Bees Beat Bucks 3-2 - Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
- Three-Peat at Top of Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll - CHL
- Whitley Named Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week - Allen Americans
- Allenââ¬â¢s Chris Whitley Named Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week - CHL
- PrairieThunder this Week - Bloomington PrairieThunder
- 'Bugs Return Home for a Pair this Week - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Game Day - RiverKings Vs. Mudbugs - Mississippi RiverKings
- Eagles Game in Bloomington Sunday Delayed - Colorado Eagles
- Bloomington PrairieThunder Announces Game Time Change for Sunday - Bloomington PrairieThunder
- Dayton Gems Weekend Review - Dayton Gems
- Thunder Takes Two of Three - Wichita Thunder
- Bucks Sign Former Ice Ray Bennett - Laredo Bucks
- Mudbugs Weekly - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
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