Ray Miron President’s Cup Schedule Finalized

Brahmas get bye, first series begins Saturday

The Central Hockey League (CHL) has released the 2009 Ray Miron President’s Cup playoff schedule for the opening round and for two of the four conference semi finals series’. In all, 10 teams qualified for the post-season with five from each conference.

The Colorado Eagles and the Texas Brahmas have earned the number one seeds in their respective conferences and will have to wait until the best-of-three opening round series’ are complete to determine their first opponents. The Eagles finished the season with 94 points winning their third Governors’ Cup (regular season championship).

The two Northern Conference series’ that are set are the #4 seed Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs versus the #5 seed Rocky Mountain Rage (the winner of the best-of-three series will face the Eagles) and the #2 seed Mississippi RiverKings and the #3 seed Oklahoma City Blazers (best-of-seven).

In the Southern Conference, the #4 seed Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees will play the #5 seed Corpus Christi IceRays in a best-of-three opening round series to determine who plays Texas and the #2 seed Odessa Jackalopes will play the #3 seeded Laredo Bucks in a best-of-seven conference semi finals series.

The opening round series schedules are as follows:

Series ‘A’ - (4) Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs vs. (5) Rocky Mountain Rage

3/23 - Bossier-Shreveport @ Rocky Mountain, 7:05pm
3/25 - Rocky Mountain @ Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05pm
3/26 - Rocky Mountain @ Bossier-Shreveport, 7:05pm (if necessary)

Series ‘B’ - (4) Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees vs. (5) Corpus Christi IceRays

3/23 - Corpus Christi @ Rio Grande Valley, 7:35pm
3/25 - Rio Grande Valley @ Corpus Christi, 7:05pm
3/26 - Corpus Christi @ Rio Grande Valley, 7:35pm (if necessary)

Series ‘C’ - (1) Colorado vs. winner of Bossier-Shreveport/Rocky Mountain

3/29 - TBD @ Colorado, 7:05pm
3/30 - TBD @ Colorado, 7:05pm

***remainder of schedule to be determined***

Series ‘D’ - (1) Texas Brahmas vs. winner of Rio Grande Valley/Corpus Christi

3/28 - TBD @ Texas, 7:05pm
3/29 - TBD @ Texas, 3:05pm

***remainder of schedule to be determined***

Series ‘E’ - (2) Mississippi RiverKings vs. (3) Oklahoma City Blazers

3/25 - Oklahoma City @ Mississippi, 7:05pm
3/26 - Oklahoma City @ Mississippi, 7:05pm
4/1 - Mississippi @ Oklahoma City, 7:10pm
4/2 - Mississippi @ Oklahoma City, 7:10pm
4/4 - Oklahoma City @ Mississippi, 7:05pm (if necessary)
4/6 - Mississippi @ Oklahoma City, 7:10pm (if necessary)
4/8 - Oklahoma City @ Mississippi, 7:05pm (if necessary)

Series ‘F’ - (2) Odessa Jackalopes vs. (3) Laredo Bucks

3/27 - Laredo @ Odessa, 7:05pm
3/28 - Laredo @ Odessa, 7:05pm
4/01 - Odessa @ Laredo, 7:00pm
4/03 - Odessa @ Laredo, 7:30pm
4/04 - Laredo @ Odessa, 7:05pm (if necessary)
4/07 - Odessa @ Laredo, 7:00pm (if necessary)
4/09 - Laredo @ Odessa, 7:05pm (if necessary)

***All times are local***

You can view the playoff brackets here

Image Credit: Central Hockey League