2009–10 CHL season explained

2009–10 CHL season
League:	Central Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
No Of Teams:	15
Season Champ Name:	Governors’ Cup
Season Champs:	Odessa Jackalopes
Mvp:	Kevin Ulanski (Colorado)
Top Scorer:	Kevin Ulanski (Colorado)
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Conf1:	Northern
Conf1 Champ:	Rapid City Rush
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Conf2:	Southern
Conf2 Champ:	Allen Americans
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Odessa Jackalopes
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	Ray Miron President's Cup
Finals Champ:	Rapid City Rush
Finals Runner-Up:	Allen Americans
Seasonslistnames:	CHL
Prevseason Year:	2008–09
Nextseason Year:	2010–11

The 2009–10 CHL season was the 18th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL). The season run from October 16, 2009 until March 20, 2010, followed with the Ray Miron President's Cup playoffs.

The 2010 Central Hockey League All-Star Game was on January 13, 2010 at the Laredo Entertainment Center.

The season ended on May 4, 2010 when the Rapid City Rush defeated the Allen Americans in double overtime.

League business

The Allen Americans (Allen, TX) and the Missouri Mavericks (Independence, MO) were added, the New Mexico Scorpions and Oklahoma City Blazers folded, and the Rocky Mountain Rage suspended operations, with hopes of rejoining the league for the 2010–11 season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

y – clinched conference title; x – clinched playoff spot; e – eliminated from playoff contention

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

CHL awards

Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners^[1]

Ray Miron President's Cup	Rapid City Rush
Bud Poile Governors' Cup:	Odessa Jackalopes
Most Valuable Player:	Kevin Ulanski (Colorado)^[2]
Most Outstanding Goaltender:	Joel Martin (Odessa) ^[3]
Most Outstanding Defenseman:	Aaron Schneekloth (Colorado) ^[4]
Rookie of the Year:	Danny Battochio (Rapid City) ^[5]
Coach of the Year:	Joe Ferras (Rapid City) ^[6]
Man of the Year:	Justin Quenneville (Corpus Christi)^[7]
Rick Kozuback Award:	Jason Duda (Wichita) ^[8]
Joe Burton Award (Scoring Champion):	Kevin Ulanski (Colorado)
Playoff Most Valuable Player:	Les Reaney (Rapid City)
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (South Texas):	Sean Muncy (Rio Grande Valley) ^[9]
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (CHL All-Stars):	Joel Martin (Texas)
Athletic Trainer of the Year:	Stuart Nichols (Tulsa) ^[10]
Gunner Garrett Equipment Manager of the Year:	Tony Deynzer (Colorado)
CHL Performance of the Year:	Louis Dumont (Mississippi) ^[11]
CHL Media Services Award	Bill Althaus (Missouri) ^[12]
Oakley Three Star Player of the Year Award	Jeff Christian (Missouri) ^[13]

External links

Notes and References

http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/winners/ Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners
Web site: Colorado’s Kevin Ulanski Named CHL’s Most Valuable Player. March 22, 2010. March 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328020627/http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4462. 28 March 2010. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Odessa’s Joel Martin Named CHL’s Most Outstanding Goaltender . March 19, 2010 . March 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213155112/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4450 . December 13, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Colorado’s Aaron Schneekloth Named CHL’s Most Outstanding Defenseman . March 19, 2010 . March 20, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213155609/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4446 . December 13, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Rapid City’s Danny Battochio Named CHL Rookie of the Year . March 18, 2010 . March 25, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213155752/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4442 . December 13, 2010 .
Web site: Joe Ferras Named CHL Coach of the Year. March 20, 2010. March 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328065759/http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4443. 28 March 2010. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Corpus Christi’s Justin Quenneville Named CHL Man of the Year. March 15, 2010. March 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213161852/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4411. December 13, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Jason Duda Wins 2010 Rick Kozuback Award . June 7, 2010 . June 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921155105/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4675 . September 21, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: CHL All Star Game 2010 Boxscore. January 13, 2010 . March 12, 2010.
Web site: CHL Announces Athletic Trainer, Equipment Manager of the Year . March 12, 2010 . March 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213150147/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4399 . December 13, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: RiverKings Louis Dumont Wins CHL Performance of the Year. April 13, 2010. April 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100922151945/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4571. September 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Bill Althaus Wins 2009-10 CHL Media Services Award . May 26, 2010 . May 29, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100919142922/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4646 . September 19, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Missouri’s Jeff Christian Wins Oakley Three Star Player of the Year Award. March 29, 2010. April 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213151533/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4486. December 13, 2010. dead. mdy-all.