The 2006–07 CHL season was the 15th

season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperat ...

of the

Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

(CHL).

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Division standings

''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

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 Winners''Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners
*Ray Miron President’s Cup (Playoff Champions) -

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*Governors’ Cup (regular-season champions) -

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were a professional ice hockey team which played in the Bossier City, Louisiana, Bossier City-Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreveport metropolitan area of Louisiana. From 1997 to 2001, the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were ...

*Most Valuable Player -

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, Youngstown *Most Outstanding Goaltender -

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, Bossier-Shreveport *Most Outstanding Defenseman - Brad Williamson, Colorado *Rookie of the Year -

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, Bossier-Shreveport *Coach of the Year -

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, Memphis *Man of the Year - Riley Nelson, Colorado *Rick Kozuback Award - Marco Pietroniro, Arizona *Joe Burton Award (Scoring Champion) -

, 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:

, Youngstown *Forward: Brent Kelly, Arizona *Forward: Chris Richards, Youngstown *Defenseman: Derek Landmesser, Memphis *Defenseman: Brad Williamson, Colorado *Goaltender :

, Bossier-Shreveport

All-Rookie Team

*Forward -

, Bossier-Shreveport *Forward - Bobby Chaumont, Laredo *Forward - Ryan McLeod, New Mexico *Defenseman - Alex Dunn, Odessa *Defenseman - Craig Strain, Colorado *Goaltender -

, Bossier-Shreveport

References

Central Hockey League seasons 2006–07 in American ice hockey by league Long stubs with short prose {{Icehockey-stub