Odessa regains Top Spot in Final CHL Regular Season Poll

In the Final Regular Season Coaches Poll, the Odessa Jackalopes have been able to regain the top spot as the Jackalopes have been able to stay on top of the poll for a majority of the season. In all in the final poll, all 10 teams that made the playoffs were in the top 10 as the League's Conference Semifinals got underway tonight.

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After being knocked down to the #2 spot for two straight polls, the Odessa Jackalopes have reclaimed their spot atop the Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll in what is the Final Poll of the 2009-2010 regular season. The Jackalopes won the CHL Bud Polie Governor's Cup (Regular Season Champions) and have the best record in the CHL at 48-11-5 and become the first team since 2004 (Laredo Bucks) to reach 100 points in the regular season (Odessa finished with 101 points).

Odessa was voted the #1 team all the way through the poll of 2/3 before the Rapid City Rush, the current #2 team, claimed the top spot for two polls.

The #3 team, the Colorado Eagles, all the way through the #8 team, the Mississippi Riverkings remained unchanged from the previous poll with the Jacks and the Rush flipping spots and the #9 Missouri Mavericks switching places with the #10 Corpus Christi Icerays accounting for the only changes.

True to form, the top 10 teams reflect the 10 CHL Teams that made it to the playoffs.

1 (2). Odessa Jackalopes 48-11-5, 135 PTS, 10 First Place Votes

2 (1). Rapid City Rush 43-14-7, 121 PTS, 3 1st Place Votes

3 (3). Colorado Eagles 42-15-7, 109 PTS, 2 1st Place Votes

4 (4). Allen Americans 42-17-5, 107 PTS

5 (5). Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 38-22-4 81 PTS

6 (6). Laredo Bucks 32-20-12, 72 PTS

7 (7). Texas Brahmas 32-25-7, 63 PTS

8 (8). Mississippi Riverkings 33-24-7 49 PTS

9 (10). Missouri Mavericks 31-27-6 42 PTS

10 (9). Corpus Christi Icerays 30-26-8 34 PTS

Odessa keeps strangle hold on CHL Poll

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Keeping their hold on the #1 spot in the Yellowbook CHL Coaches Poll, the Odessa Jackalopes (35-6-4) earned all 14 first place votes they could receive maintaining their position as the top team in the CHL All season long. Thus far, the Jacks have been the #1 team in each poll this season. Odessa has a 23 point lead on the #2 Rapid City Rush (28-10-3) who moves up 1 from the #3 spot. The Jacks have not lost a game in regulation since January 8 and their 10-0-1 since then.

Once again, the tightest race is between the #2 and #4 spots with the Rush earning 117 points, the #3 seed Colorado Eagles (27-9-5) earning 114 points and the #4 seed Allen Americans (29-10-3) getting 112 points in the most recent poll.

Two new teams have moved up this time, the Corpus Christi Icerayz (18-19-6) making their first appearance on the poll sitting at #9 and the Tulsa Oilers (20-19-2) moving back in at #10 after a short time out. Dropping out this time were the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees and the Missouri Mavericks, despite the Mavericks getting back into the playoff picture.

We had some teams that flipped spots as the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs and Texas Brahmas flipped for the #5 and #6 spots, while the Laredo Bucks and Mississippi Riverkings flipped the #7 and #8 spots.

The only other team that earned a first place vote was the Colorado Eagles and that's because the Jackalopes can't vote for themselves.

In the start of the season, the Southern Conference took charge of the CHL Coaches Poll, but recently the Northern Conference has been catching up with the strength of the Rapid City Rush and Colorado Eagles this season. Also but the tight battles been involved with teams like the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, Mississippi Riverkings and the Missouri Mavericks who have been fighting it out.

To no one's Surprize, the only team not to be on the poll at least once this season is the Wichita Thunder as the Thunder have won just 5 games all season.

Here's the newest poll.

1 (1). Odessa Jackalopes (14) (35-6-4) 140 PTS

2 (3). Rapid City Rush (28-10-3) 117 PTS

3 (2). Colorado Eagles (1) (27-9-5) 114 PTS

4 (4). Allen Americans (29-10-3) 112 PTS

5 (6). Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (23-14-4) 81 PTS

6 (5). Texas Brahmas (21-17-5) 67 PTS

7 (8). Mississippi Riverkings (22-17-4) 61 PTS

8 (7). Laredo Bucks (19-15-7) 56 PTS

9 (NR). Corpus Christi Icerays (18-19-6) 35 PTS

10 (NR). Tulsa Oilers (20-19-2) 22 PTS


Also Getting Votes: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (14 PTS), Missouri Mavericks (5 PTS), Amarillo Gorillas (1 PTS)

Dropping out of the Poll: Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (14 PTS), Missouri Mavericks (5 PTS)

Odessa tops CHL Coaches Poll for the 3rd time

For the 3rd straight time, the Odessa Jackalopes have topped the Central Hockey League Coaches poll as the Jackalopes continue to dominate the league and the poll with 13 of the 15 1st place votes once again totaling 139 points. As for the other 2 1st place votes, the Allen Americans have climbed to 2 with a 13-4-1 record.

Elsewhere, the Colorado Eagles have dropped a spot to #3 as they are in a battle with the Tulsa Oilers for the top spot in the Northern Conference. The biggest jumper is the Rapid City Rush as they jumped 3 spots from #8 to #5 while the Laredo Bucks have dropped 4 spots to #7.

The defending champion Texas Brahmas have jumped to #9 after being on the bottom of the poll last time while the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs have jumped back up to the tail end of the poll at #10 after being out of the top 10 last time.

For the Amarillo Gorillas, the Gorillas are on the outside looking in as they have dropped out last time, since a great start to the season, they have fallen flat on their face as the team is now 6th in the Southern Conference.

The only teams not to get any votes on the poll this time are the Wichita Thunder and Arizona Sundogs who have been the leagues biggest disappointment this season.

CHL Coaches Poll

1 (1). Odessa Jackalopes (13) (15-3-2) 139 PTS

2 (4). Allen Americans (2) (13-4-1) 121 PTS

3 (2). Colorado Eagles (12-3-1) 111 PTS

4 (5). Tulsa Oilers (12-5-1) 110 PTS

5 (8). Rapid City Rush (10-6-1) 76 PTS

6 (6). Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (10-6-3) 74 PTS

7 (3). Laredo Bucks (9-4-3) 72 PTS

8 (7). Mississippi Riverkings (9-9-2) 48 PTS

9 (10). Texas Brahmas (8-9-3) 37 PTS

10 (NR). Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (9-8-0) 21 PTS

Dropped Out: Amarillo Gorillas 3 PTS

Also Getting Votes: Corpus Christi Icerayz 12 PTS, Amarillo Gorillas 3 PTS, Missouri Mavericks 1 PTS

Odessa Jackalopes stay on top of the CHL Coaches Poll

The Odessa Jackalopes have widen their lead on the CHL Coaches Poll as the Jackalopes got an impressive 13 of the 15 first place votes (You can't vote for you selves). The only other team that were able to get any first place votes as the Colorado Eagles got the other 2 and trail the Jackalopes by 19 pts (139 to 121).

Elsewhere in the Rankings, the Laredo Bucks and Tulsa Oilers have each jumped 3 spots as the Bucks continue to stay in 2nd place in the Southern Conference while the Tulsa Oilers took over the Northern Conference Lead earlier this week.

On the bottom of the poll this week are the Amarillo Gorillas who are in 9th place who were in 5th while the Brahmas dropped 3 spots from #7 to #10.

Overall, the Southern Conference has 7 of the top 10 teams in the poll which includes the top 4 while the Colorado Eagles and Tulsa Oilers are the only teams being taken seriously in the North. In the South, after Conference Leading Odessa, the rest of the Conference is separated by just 6 points.


1 (1). Odessa Jackalopes (13) (11-1-1) 139 PTS

2 (3). Colorado Eagles (2) (7-2-1) 121 PTS

3 (6). Laredo Bucks (7-2-2) 106 PTS

4 (2). Allen Americans (7-3-1) 103 PTS

5 (8). Tulsa Oilers (8-3-0) 95 PTS

6 (NR). Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (6-5-2) 74 PTS

7 (4). Mississippi Riverkings (7-7-0) 55 PTS

8 (9). Rapid City Rush (6-5-1) 45 PTS

9 (5). Amarillo Gorillas (6-7-1) 29 PTS

10 (7). Texas Brahmas (5-6-2) 27 PTS

Others Getting Votes: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 20 PTS, Corpus Christi Icerayz 8 PTS, Missouri Mavericks 3 PTS

Dropped Out of Poll: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 20 PTS