The 2010–11 CHL season was the 19th

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).

League business

Team foldings

The

Amarillo Gorillas The Amarillo Gorillas were a minor league hockey team based in Amarillo, Texas. The team was most recently affiliated with the now defunct Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2001–10. The Gorillas began play in 1996 as the Amarillo Rattlers in t ...

and the Corpus Christi IceRays folded and both were replaced by a

North American Hockey League The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 50th season of operation in 2024–25. It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternati ...

team.

Expansion

On June 1, 2010, the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) announced that they would merge and play under the CHL moniker. On June 10, 2010, it was announced that four IHL teams made the move to the CHL, the

Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig ...

Bloomington PrairieThunder The Bloomington PrairieThunder were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Bloomington, Illinois. They were a member of the Central Hockey League in the Turner Conference. The team was originally a member of the United Hockey League (late ...

Dayton Gems The Dayton Gems were a minor league ice hockey team based in Dayton, Ohio, and members of the International Hockey League from 1964 to 1977, and 1979–1980. The Gems were an expansion team assembled from various cast-offs and young players loo ...

and the

Quad City Mallards The Quad City Mallards were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa that competed in the United Hockey League, International Hockey League, Central Hockey League and ECHL. They were named aft ...

. It was later announced that the

Evansville IceMen The Evansville IceMen were a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL in Evansville, Indiana. The franchise was originally a member of the United Hockey League before it merged into the Central Hockey League in 2010. The franchise won four post-s ...

would also participate in the league. This is after team ownership in

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...

purchased the former IHL

Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League. They play in Muskegon, Michigan, at Trinity Health Arena. The Lumberjacks replaced the International Hockey League fr ...

franchise.

League realignment

Turner Conference

Colorado Eagles The Colorado Eagles are a professional ice hockey team based in Loveland, Colorado. The Eagles play in the Pacific Division of the American Hockey League. The Eagles were founded as an expansion franchise in 2003 in the Central Hockey League and ...

Missouri Mavericks Missouri (''see pronunciation'') is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, a ...

Rapid City Rush The Rapid City Rush are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL based in Rapid City, South Dakota, and play their home games at The Monument. The Rush are currently a minor affiliate of the Calgary Flames NHL franchise. History On June 2, 2 ...

Wichita Thunder The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014, and then in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season. From 1992 until December 2009, the Thunder played in ...

Berry Conference

Allen Americans The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Allen Event Center, Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009–10 CHL season, 2009 in the Centr ...

Arizona Sundogs The Arizona Sundogs were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Prescott Valley, Arizona. They played in the Central Hockey League from 2006 to 2014 with their home games at Tim's Toyota Center. History The team name, Sundogs, ...

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 ...

Laredo Bucks The Laredo Bucks were an ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. The Bucks played in Laredo, Texas, United States at the Laredo Energy Arena, formerly known as the Laredo Entertainment Center. On May 1, 2012, the management, citing declin ...

Mississippi RiverKings The Mississippi RiverKings were a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings were a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League from 2011 to 2018 after playing their first nineteen seasons (1992–2011) in the Central Hoc ...

Odessa Jackalopes The Odessa Jackalopes are a Junior ice hockey#Tier II, Tier II junior ice hockey team playing in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The team is based in Odessa, Texas and plays their home games at Ector County Coliseum. History The fra ...

* Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees * Texas Brahmas *

Tulsa Oilers The Tulsa Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and play in the ECHL. The Oilers played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center until 2008 when they moved into the new BOK Center. For many years, the Tulsa ...

All-Star Game

It was announced that the 2011 Central Hockey League All-Star Game would be held at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, home of the

on January 12, 2011. The defending champions

and coach Joe Ferras will form one team in the match-up and will be opposed by a team of CHL All-Stars composed of players from the other 17 CHL member teams.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Conference standings

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

Awards

:''Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners''Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners
*

Ray Miron President's Cup The Ray Miron President's Cup is a trophy that was awarded to the playoff champion of the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2002 until 2014, when the remaining CHL teams joined the ECHL. The trophy was known as The William "Bill" Levins Memorial Cup ...

(Playoff Champions) -

* Bud Poile Governors' Cup (regular-season champions) -

*Most Valuable Player - Riley Nelson, Colorado *Most Outstanding Goaltender -

Robby Nolan Rob Nolan (born December 10, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. After playing collegiately at Michigan Tech, he played professionally for the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League (IHL) for the 2009–10 ...

, Missouri *Most Outstanding Defenseman - Andrew Martens, Wichita *Rookie of the Year - Aaron Lewicki, Rio Grande Valley *Coach of the Year - Jason Christie, Bloomington *Man of the Year - Simon Watson, Missouri *

Rick Kozuback Award Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

Jeff Christian Jeffrey Christian (born July 30, 1970) is a Canadian-American former ice hockey forward who was drafted 23rd overall by the New Jersey Devils. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins, and t ...

, Evansville *

Joe Burton Award The Joe Burton Award was awarded annually to the Central Hockey League's (CHL) scoring champion. The award was named after the CHL's career point leader, Joe Burton Joe Burton (born ), is a retired Americans, American professional ice hockey pl ...

(Scoring Champion) - Sebastien Thine, Odessa *Playoff Most Valuable Player - Jeff Kyrzakos, Bossier-Shreveport *All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (Rapid City) - Ryan Menei, Rapid City *All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (CHL All-Stars) - Jason Dale, Bloomington *Athletic Trainer of the Year – George Bullock Jr., Bossier-Shreveport *Equipment Manager of the Year– Romeo Vivit, Rapid City

2010-2011 All-CHL Team

*Forward: Sebastien Thinel, Odessa *Forward: Riley Nelson, Colorado *Forward:

Chad Woollard Chad Woollard (born September 18, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Winger who last played for the Fort Worth Brahmas in the Central Hockey League (CHL). He previously played in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Utah Griz ...

, Texas *Defenceman:

Darcy Campbell Darcy Campbell (born May 12, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Playing career Campbell played two years of junior hockey in the Alberta J ...

, Rio Grande Valley *Defenceman: Andrew Martens, Wichita *Goaltender :

, Missouri

2010-2011 CHL All-Rookie Team

*Forward - Aaron Lewicki, Rio Grande Valley *Forward - Adam Chorneyko, Colorado *Forward - Gary Steffes, Tulsa *Defenceman - David Strathman, Allen *Defenceman - Alan Mazur, Bloomington *Goaltender -

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, Texas

References

External links

Central Hockey League website
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