Central Hockey League

The title of this article is ambiguous. For more meanings, see Central Hockey League (disambiguation) .

Central Hockey League

sport	ice Hockey
abbreviation	CHL
League foundation	1992
League dissolution	2014
Teams	10 (2013/14)
Country countries	Canada United States
Title holder	Allen Americans (2013/14)
Record champions	6 teams with 2 titles each
Website	www.centralhockeyleague.com

The Central Hockey League ( CHL ) was a professional American Hockey - Minor-League , which existed from 1992 to 2014.

history

From 1963 to 1984 there was a Central Hockey League in the United States founded by Jack Adams . This is also known as the Central Professional Hockey League . In 1992 this idea was taken up by Bill Levins and Ray Miron , who had already been president of the old CHL in 1976, and the Central Hockey League was revived. Levins and Miron were the sole owners of the league.

The CHL started its first season in 1992/93 with six teams, these clubs were the Oklahoma City Blazers , the Tulsa Oilers , the Wichita Thunder , the Memphis RiverKings , the Dallas Freeze and the Fort Worth Fire .

After Levin's death, the trophy, which is presented to the winner of the CHL play-offs , was renamed the Levins Cup . Miron withdrew from the sport in 2000 and sold the CHL to the Global Entertainment Corporation. The championship trophy was renamed again and has been called the Ray Miron President's Cup ever since . In 2001 the CHL merged with the Western Professional Hockey League , the game operations continued to be held under the name Central Hockey League.

On June 1, 2010, the league together with the International Hockey League announced their cooperation from the 2010/11 season. The five IHL teams switched to the CHL this season, but the IHL remained officially as an organizing committee for the time being. Initially, the Fort Wayne Komets , Bloomington PrairieThunder , Dayton Gems and Quad City Mallards were added to the CHL. After Evansville IceMen from the All American Hockey League was accepted into the IHL in the summer of 2010, they were also allowed to join the CHL, which means that the number of participants in the 2010/11 season consisted of a total of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the Odessa Jackalopes initially retired from the CHL's game operations and moved to the North American Hockey League with a new team . The Colorado Eagles' application for membership in the ECHL was approved. The champions of the 2010/11 season Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs stopped playing just a few days after winning the title in June 2011 with immediate effect; the Mississippi RiverKings were inducted into the Southern Professional Hockey League .

For the 2013/14 season the expansion to include the newly founded Brampton Beast . The Laredo Bucks , which had previously been inactive for a season , were sold and relocated to Saint Charles , Missouri , where they took part in the league's gaming operations under the name of St. Charles Chill . The Fort Worth Brahmas were reported as inactive for the 2013-14 season, while the Bloomington Blaze moved to the Southern Professional Hockey League.

In the summer of 2014, the Arizona Sundogs , the Denver Cutthroats and the St. Charles Chill stopped playing, leaving only seven players in the league. On October 7, 2014, the seven remaining CHL participants were accepted into the ECHL and the CHL thus effectively dissolved.

Teams

Allen Americans (2009-2014, went to ECHL ) Amarillo gorillas (2002-2010) Amarillo Rattlers (2001–2002, became Amarillo Gorillas ) Arizona Sundogs (2006-2014) Austin Ice Bats (2001-2008) Bloomington Blaze (2011-2013, joined the SPHL ) Bloomington Prairie Thunder (2010-2011) Border City Bandits (2000-2001) Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (2000-2011) Brampton Beast (2013-2014, entered the ECHL ) Colorado Eagles (2003-2011, entered the ECHL ) Columbus Cottonmouths (1996-2001, went to the ECHL ) Corpus Christi IceRays (2001-2010) Dallas Freeze (1992-1995) Dayton Gems (2010-2012) Denver Cutthroats (2012-2014) El Paso Buzzards (2001-2003) Evansville IceMen (2010-2012, entered the ECHL ) Fayetteville Force (1997-2001) Fort Wayne Komets (2010-2012, entered the ECHL ) Fort Worth Brahmas (2001-2006, 2007-2013) Fort Worth Fire (1992-1999) Huntsville Channel Cats (1996-2000; became Huntsville Tornado ) Huntsville Tornado (2000-2001) Indianapolis Ice (1999-2004, were Topeka tarantulas )

Laredo Bucks (2002–2012, were St. Charles Chill ) Lubbock Cotton Kings (1999-2007) Macon Whoopee (1996-2001, joined the ECHL ) Memphis RiverKings (1992-2007, were Mississippi RiverKings ) Mississippi RiverKings (2007-2011, went to the SPHL ) Missouri Mavericks (2009-2014, entered the ECHL ) Nashville Ice Flyers (1997-1998) Nashville Nighthawks (1996–1997, were Nashville Ice Flyers ) New Mexico Scorpions (2001-2009) Odessa Jackalopes (2001-2011) Oklahoma City Blazers (1992-2009) Quad City Mallards (2010-2014, went to the ECHL ) Rapid City Rush (2008-2014, went to the ECHL ) Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (2003-2012) Rocky Mountain Rage (2006-2009) San Antonio Iguanas (1994–1997, 1998–2002) San Angelo Outlaws (2001-2002, became San Angelo Saints ) San Angelo Saints (2002-2005) St. Charles Chill (2013-2014) Topeka ScareCrows (1998-2001) Topeka Tarantulas (2004-2005) Tulsa Oilers (1992-2014, joined the ECHL ) Wichita Thunder (1992-2014, went to the ECHL ) Youngstown SteelHounds (2005-2008)

Ray Miron President's Cup

→ Main article : Ray Miron President's Cup

The trophy was awarded from 2002 to the winner of the play-offs of the Central Hockey League. Previously, the master received the Ray Miron Cup from 1993 to 2001 .

Hall of Fame

year Surname function 2012 Joe Burton player Rick Kozuback WPHL founder and president Brad Treliving CHL President 2013 N. Thomas Berry official Doug Lawrence player Brad Lund official Doug Sauter official Hardy Sauter player 2014 Travis Clayton player Jeff Lund official

For the 20th anniversary of the Central Hockey League, the league introduced its own Hall of Fame for the 2011/12 season, similar to the Hockey Hall of Fame of the National Hockey League . The first members of the Hall of Fame were in the context of the Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley in the State of Arizona held CHL All-Star Game added the 2011/12 season in the Hall of Fame. Until the league was dissolved, it was possible to induce a maximum of five personalities (including a maximum of three players) into the CHL Hall of Fame per year.

CHL logos

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  Logo of the CHL from 1992 to 1999

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  Logo of the CHL from 1999 to 2006

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  Logo of the CHL from 2006 to 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ centralhockeyleague.com, Central Hockey League and International Hockey League Make Major Announcement ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ centralhockeyleague.com, Central Hockey League Welcomes Evansville for 2010-11 Season ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ECHL accepts seven members. (No longer available online.) Echl.com, October 7, 2014, archived from the original on October 9, 2014 ; accessed on October 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ centralhockeyleague.com, Central Hockey League to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Season ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Official website of the Central Hockey League (English)