Central Hockey League: Conference Finals Schedule & Preview

With Game 7 of the Allen Americans and Laredo Bucks wrapping up last night. It's finally time for the CHL Conference Finals to get underway as the Rapid City Rush & Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs have been on long layoffs as the teams finished off sweeps back on April 1 and 2.

As both teams are fresh and have had a chance to take a look at their foes as the 1st round sweeps could be a factor when the Presidents Cup Championship starts up that could give the Northern Conference Champions at least an advantage in being fresh and not being as banged up.

The Southern Conference has the best offense against the best record as the Jackalopes finished the Regular Season in the last several years as Odessa had 101 points. But had a slow start against the Texas Brahmas where they lost the first 2, only to comeback to win 4 straight to win the series in 6.

Allen will have to battle lack of rest of prep time for the Americans as they will only get one travel day to get ready for the Jackalopes as the Americans will be playing their 3rd game in 4 days in these playoffs.


Northern Conference Final

#1 Rapid City Rush VS. #3 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs

Rapid City Road to the Ray Morin Presidents Cup

Regular Season Record: 43-14-7 93 PTS, 253 GF 197 GA

Northern Semifinals VS. Missouri: Game 1 5-1 W, Game 2 2-1 W, Game 3 4-1 W, 7-6 OTW

Rapid City Scoring Leaders
Les Reaney 4 GP 9 PTS (3G 6A, +5)
Rich Hansen 4 GP 7 PTS (2G 5A, +4)
Jon Pelle 4 GP 6 PTS (3G 3A, +3)


Rapid City Goaltending
Danny Battochio 4 GP 4-0 2.23 GAA .936 SV%


Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Road to the Presidents Cup

Regular Season Record: 38-22-4 80 PTS, 213 GF 180 GA

Northern Semifinals VS. Colorado: Game 1 4-3 OTW, Game 2 4-3 W, Game 3 3-1 W, Game 4 4-2 W

Bossier-Shreveport Scoring Leaders
Shawn Limpright 4 GP 5 PTS (3G 2A, +2)
David Pszenyczny 4 GP 4 PTS (3G 1A, +4)
Travis Clayton 4 GP 4 PTS (3G 1A, +2)


Bossier-Shreveport Goaltending
Ken Carroll 3 GP 3-0 2.17 GAA .935 SV%
John Decarlo 2 GP 1-0 2.42 GAA .927 SV%


This Series will be using the 2-3-2 Format

All Rapid City Rush Home Games are @ Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

All Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Home Games are @ Century Tel Center


Game 1, 4/10: @ Rapid City 8:05 PM

Game 2, 4/11: @ Rapid City 6:05 PM

Game 3, 4/14: @ Bossier-Shreveport 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/16: @ Bossier-Shreveport 7:05 PM

Game 5, 4/17: @ Bossier-Shreveport 7:05 PM*

Game 6, 4/20: @ Rapid City 7:35 PM*

Game 7, 4/21: @ Rapid City 7:35 PM*

*If Necessary


Southern Conference Final

#1 Odessa Jackalopes VS. #2 Allen Americans

Odessa Jackalopes Road to the Presidents Cup

Regular Season Record: 48-11-5 101 PTS, 269 GF 187 GA

Southern Semifinals VS. Texas: Game 1 2-5 L, Game 2 2-3 OTL, Game 3 6-3 W, Game 4 5-1 W, Game 5 2-1 W, Game 6 5-4 OTW


Odessa Scoring Leaders
Sebastien Thinel 6 GP 12 PTS (5G 7A, +7)
Jeff Pierce 6 GP 10 PTS (4G 6A, +6)
Collin Circelli 6 GP 7 PTS (2G 5A, +5)

Odessa Goaltending
Juha Toivonen 4 GP 3-0 2.46 GAA .921 SV%
Joel Martin 3 GP 1-2 2.97 GAA .882 SV%


Allen Americans Road to the Presidents Cup

Regular Season Record: 42-17-5 89 PTS, 210 GF 183 GA

Southern Semifinals VS. Laredo: Game 1 3-4 L, Game 2 3-2 W, Game 3 4-1 W, Game 4 3-4 L, Game 5 1-5 L, Game 6 3-2 W, Game 7 4-1 W


Allen Scoring Leaders
Nino Musitelli 7 GP 9 PTS (4G 5A, +1)
Bruce Graham 7 GP 9 PTS (3G 6A, +3)
Justin Bowers 7 GP 9 PTS (3G 6A, -2)

Allen Goaltending
Chris Whitley 7 GP 4-3 2.53 GAA .909 SV%
David Mckee 1 GP 0-0 3.25 GAA .857 SV%


This Series will be a 2-3-2 format for this series.

All Odessa Jackalopes Home Games are @ Ector County Coliseum

All Allen Americans Home Games are @ Allen Event Center

Game 1, 4/9: @ Odessa 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/10: @ Odessa 7:05 PM

Game 3, 4/14: @ Allen 7:30 PM

Game 4, 4/16: @ Allen 7:30 PM

Game 5, 4/17: @ Allen 7:30 PM*

Game 6, 4/19: @ Odessa 7:05 PM*

Game 7, 4/21: @ Odessa 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary