The 2011–12 CHL season was the 20th

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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 changes

The

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 ...

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 ...

(who moved to the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

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 ...

(who moved to the

Southern Professional Hockey League The SPHL (formerly the Southern Professional Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indian ...

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 ...

, and the

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 ...

all left the league. A new team, the

Bloomington Blaze Bloomington commonly refers to: *Bloomington, Illinois, a city in McLean County, United States *Bloomington, Indiana, a city in Monroe County, United States *Bloomington, Minnesota, a city in Hennepin County, United States Bloomington may also refe ...

joined the league and will play in the Turner Conference.

Realignment

Announced on June 14, 2011, the league realigned their conferences with the loss of five teams and the addition of one team. The notable changes are the addition of Bloomington to the Turner Conference and

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 ...

to the Berry Conference.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Conference standings

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

CHL Awards

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

All-CHL Team

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/ref> * Shawn Limpright, Forward, Rapid City Rush * Brandon Marino, Forward, Quad City Mallards * Todd Robinson, Forward, Evansville IceMen * Frankie DeAngelis, Defense, Fort Wayne Komets * Riley Weselowski, Defense, Rapid City Rush * Mark Guggenberger, Goal, Texas Brahmas

References

External links

Central Hockey League website
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