Central Hockey League

The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a mid-level professional hockey league in the United States. It is owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. It was started in 1992.

History

The first CHL season was in 1992-1993. It started with six teams, including the Oklahoma City Blazers, the Tulsa Oilers, the Wichita Thunder, the Memphis RiverKings, the Dallas Freeze and the Fort Worth Fire.

In 1996-97, the Huntsville Channel Cats, along with the planned 1996–97 Southern Hockey League (SHL) expansion teams Columbus Cottonmouths, Macon Whoopee, and Nashville Nighthawks, joined the Central Hockey League after the SHL ended.

The CHL came together with the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) in 2001.

The CHL commissioner is now Duane Lewis, who succeeded Brad Treliving on an temporary basis after Treliving took a position with the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes following the 2006-2007 season. Treliving co-founded the WPHL in 1996, and after the 2001 merger, served with the CHL for seven years.^[1] Lewis was named the permanent commissioner in June 2008.^[2]

On June 1, 2010 the league announced that it would come together with the International Hockey League.^[3]

Current teams

The CHL is divided into two Conferences. Teams compete every year for the Ray Miron President's Cup.

Team	Arena	City/area	Affiliate team(s)
Turner Conference
Bloomington PrairieThunder	U.S. Cellular Coliseum	Bloomington, Illinois
Colorado Eagles	Budweiser Events Center	Loveland, Colorado
Dayton Gems	Hara Arena	Trotwood, Ohio
Evansville IceMen	Swonder Ice Arena	Evansville, Indiana
Fort Wayne Komets	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Columbus Blue Jackets, Springfield Falcons
Missouri Mavericks	Independence Events Center	Independence, Missouri
Quad City Mallards	i Wireless Center	Moline, Illinois
Rapid City Rush	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center	Rapid City, South Dakota
Wichita Thunder	Intrust Bank Arena	Wichita, Kansas
Berry Conference
Team	Arena	City/area	Affiliate team(s)
Allen Americans	Allen Event Center	Allen, Texas	Dallas Stars, Texas Stars
Arizona Sundogs	Tim's Toyota Center	Prescott Valley, Arizona	Phoenix Coyotes
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs	CenturyTel Center	Bossier City, Louisiana
Laredo Bucks	Laredo Energy Arena	Laredo, Texas
Mississippi RiverKings	DeSoto Civic Center	Southaven, Mississippi
Odessa Jackalopes	Ector County Coliseum	Odessa, Texas	New York Islanders, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	State Farm Arena	Hidalgo, Texas
Texas Brahmas	NYTEX Sports Centre	North Richland Hills, Texas
Tulsa Oilers	BOK Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Colorado Avalanche, Lake Erie Monsters

League champions

References

↑ "Treliving new Coyotes assistant GM". Azcentral.com. 2007-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "News". centralhockeyleague.com. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "CHL and IHL Make Major Announcement". Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.

Stott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 16–201. ISBN 1894974212.

Other websites

Central Hockey League website

[1] "Treliving new Coyotes assistant GM". Azcentral.com. 2007-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

[2] "News". centralhockeyleague.com. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

[3] "CHL and IHL Make Major Announcement". Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.

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