The 2006–07 CHL season was the 15th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).
Teams 2006-07 Central Hockey League Division Team City Arena Northeast Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Bossier City, Louisiana CenturyTel Center Memphis RiverKings Southaven, Mississippi DeSoto Civic Center Tulsa Oilers Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Coliseum Youngstown SteelHounds Youngstown, Ohio Covelli Center Northwest Colorado Eagles Loveland, Colorado Budweiser Events Center Oklahoma City Blazers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Ford Center Rocky Mountain Rage Broomfield, Colorado Broomfield Event Center Wichita Thunder Wichita, Kansas Britt Brown Arena Southeast Austin Ice Bats Austin, Texas Chaparral Ice Corpus Christi Rayz Corpus Christi, Texas American Bank Center Laredo Bucks Laredo, Texas Laredo Entertainment Center Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Hidalgo, Texas Dodge Arena Southwest Amarillo Gorillas Amarillo, Texas Amarillo Civic Center Arizona Sundogs Prescott Valley, Arizona Prescott Valley Convention & Events Center Lubbock Cotton Kings Lubbock, Texas City Bank Coliseum New Mexico Scorpions Rio Rancho, New Mexico Santa Ana Star Center Odessa Jackalopes Odessa, Texas Ector County Coliseum
Map of teams
Regular season
Division standings
Northeast Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 64 44 14 2 4 214 155 94 Memphis RiverKings 64 39 19 3 3 227 208 84 Youngstown Steelhounds 64 34 20 2 8 230 199 78 Tulsa Oilers 64 27 28 6 3 225 246 63
Northwest Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Colorado Eagles 64 46 17 0 1 256 182 93 Oklahoma City Blazers 64 35 21 2 6 211 214 78 Wichita Thunder 64 28 28 0 8 191 213 64 Rocky Mountain Rage 64 17 40 4 3 180 251 41
Southeast Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Laredo Bucks 64 42 17 3 2 219 170 89 Corpus Christi Rayz 64 35 22 4 3 196 169 77 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 64 28 28 4 4 185 203 64 Austin Ice Bats 64 21 29 5 9 169 210 56
Southwest Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts New Mexico Scorpions 64 32 24 3 5 212 217 72 Arizona Sundogs 64 34 28 1 1 229 216 70 Amarillo Gorillas 64 32 28 1 3 205 220 68 Odessa Jackalopes 64 26 31 4 3 176 205 59 Lubbock Cotton Kings 64 24 31 2 7 170 217 57
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention
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Playoffs
Format The top six teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. All series were best-of-seven. The highest seeded first round losing team advanced to the second round as a wild card team.
Playoff bracket
Awards Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award WinnersCentral Hockey League Historical Award Winners Ray Miron President’s Cup (Playoff Champions) - Colorado Eagles Governors’ Cup (regular-season champions) - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Most Valuable Player - Jeff Christian, Youngstown Most Outstanding Goaltender - John DeCaro, Bossier-Shreveport Most Outstanding Defenseman - Brad Williamson, Colorado Rookie of the Year - Cam Abbott, Bossier-Shreveport Coach of the Year - Kevin McClelland, Memphis Man of the Year - Riley Nelson, Colorado Rick Kozuback Award - Marco Pietroniro, Arizona Joe Burton Award (Scoring Champion) - Jeff Christian, Youngstown Playoff Most Valuable Player - Greg Pankewicz, Colorado All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (North) - Matt Medley, Tulsa All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (South) - Brent Zelenewich, Corpus Christi Athletic Trainer of the Year – Mike Ermatinger, Youngstown Equipment Manager of the Year– Brandon Rose, Oklahoma City
All-CHL Team Forward: Jeff Christian, Youngstown Forward: Brent Kelly, Arizona Forward: Chris Richards, Youngstown Defenseman: Derek Landmesser, Memphis Defenseman: Brad Williamson, Colorado Goaltender : John DeCaro, Bossier-Shreveport
All-Rookie Team Forward - Cam Abbott, Bossier-Shreveport Forward - Bobby Chaumont, Laredo Forward - Ryan McLeod, New Mexico Defenseman - Alex Dunn, Odessa Defenseman - Craig Strain, Colorado Goaltender - John DeCaro, Bossier-Shreveport
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