# 2006–07 CHL season

The 2006–07 CHL season was the 15th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

## Teams

2006-07 Central Hockey League :
| Division | Team | City | Arena |
| Northeast | Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs | Bossier City, Louisiana | CenturyTel Center |
| Northeast | Memphis RiverKings | Southaven, Mississippi | DeSoto Civic Center |
| Northeast | Tulsa Oilers | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Tulsa Coliseum |
| Northeast | Youngstown SteelHounds | Youngstown, Ohio | Covelli Center |
| Northwest | Colorado Eagles | Loveland, Colorado | Budweiser Events Center |
| Northwest | Oklahoma City Blazers | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Ford Center |
| Northwest | Rocky Mountain Rage | Broomfield, Colorado | Broomfield Event Center |
| Northwest | Wichita Thunder | Wichita, Kansas | Britt Brown Arena |
| Southeast | Austin Ice Bats | Austin, Texas | Chaparral Ice |
| Southeast | Corpus Christi Rayz | Corpus Christi, Texas | American Bank Center |
| Southeast | Laredo Bucks | Laredo, Texas | Laredo Entertainment Center |
| Southeast | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | Hidalgo, Texas | Dodge Arena |
| Southwest | Amarillo Gorillas | Amarillo, Texas | Amarillo Civic Center |
| Southwest | Arizona Sundogs | Prescott Valley, Arizona | Prescott Valley Convention & Events Center |
| Southwest | Lubbock Cotton Kings | Lubbock, Texas | City Bank Coliseum |
| Southwest | New Mexico Scorpions | Rio Rancho, New Mexico | Santa Ana Star Center |
| Southwest | Odessa Jackalopes | Odessa, Texas | Ector County Coliseum |

## Regular season
### Division standings

| Northeast Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs | 64 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 214 | 155 | 94 |
| Memphis RiverKings | 64 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 227 | 208 | 84 |
| Youngstown Steelhounds | 64 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 230 | 199 | 78 |
| Tulsa Oilers | 64 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 225 | 246 | 63 |
| Northwest Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Colorado Eagles | 64 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 182 | 93 |
| Oklahoma City Blazers | 64 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 211 | 214 | 78 |
| Wichita Thunder | 64 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 191 | 213 | 64 |
| Rocky Mountain Rage | 64 | 17 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 180 | 251 | 41 |
| Southeast Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Laredo Bucks | 64 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 219 | 170 | 89 |
| Corpus Christi Rayz | 64 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 196 | 169 | 77 |
| Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | 64 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 185 | 203 | 64 |
| Austin Ice Bats | 64 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 169 | 210 | 56 |
| Southwest Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| New Mexico Scorpions | 64 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 212 | 217 | 72 |
| Arizona Sundogs | 64 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 229 | 216 | 70 |
| Amarillo Gorillas | 64 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 205 | 220 | 68 |
| Odessa Jackalopes | 64 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 176 | 205 | 59 |
| Lubbock Cotton Kings | 64 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 170 | 217 | 57 |
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

| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Quarterfinals | | | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Final | Conference Final | Conference Final | | Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals | Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals | Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals |
| N1 | Bossier-Shreveport | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N6 | Wichita | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N6 | Wichita | 2 | | | N1 | Bossier-Shreveport | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | N4 | Memphis | 4 | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | | | N4 | Memphis | 4 | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Memphis | - | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Memphis | - | | | | | | N2 | Colorado | 4 | | | | |
| Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | N2 | Colorado | 4 | | | | |
| Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | Northern | N4 | Memphis | 2 | | | | |
| N2 | Colorado | 4 | | | | | | | | | N4 | Memphis | 2 | | | | |
| N5 | Youngstown | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N5 | Youngstown | 2 | | | N2 | Colorado | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | N3 | Oklahoma City | 3 | | | | | | | |
| N3 | Memphis | 3 | | | N3 | Oklahoma City | 3 | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Oklahoma City | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Oklahoma City | 4 | | | | | | | | | | N2 | Colorado | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | Laredo | 2 |
| S1 | Laredo | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | Laredo | 2 |
| S6 | Rio Grande Valley | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S6 | Rio Grande Valley | 1 | | | S1 | Laredo | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S4 | Corpus Christi | 1 | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | | | S4 | Corpus Christi | 1 | | | | | | | |
| S4 | Corpus Christi | - | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S4 | Corpus Christi | - | | | | | | S1 | Laredo | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | S2 | New Mexico | 1 | | | | |
| S2 | New Mexico | 4 | | | | | | | | | S2 | New Mexico | 1 | | | | |
| S5 | Amarillo | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S5 | Amarillo | 2 | | | S2 | New Mexico | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S3 | Arizona | 3 | | | | | | | |
| S3 | Corpus Christi | 3 | | | S3 | Arizona | 3 | | | | | | | |
| S4 | Arizona | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards

    Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners
* Ray Miron President’s Cup (Playoff Champions) - Colorado Eagles
* Governors’ Cup (regular-season champions) - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
* Most Valuable Player - Jeff Christian, Youngstown
* Most Outstanding Goaltender - John DeCaro, Bossier-Shreveport
* Most Outstanding Defenseman - Brad Williamson, Colorado
* Rookie of the Year - Cam Abbott, Bossier-Shreveport
* Coach of the Year - Kevin McClelland, Memphis
* Man of the Year - Riley Nelson, Colorado
* Rick Kozuback Award - Marco Pietroniro, Arizona
* Joe Burton Award (Scoring Champion) - Jeff Christian, 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: Jeff Christian, Youngstown
* Forward: Brent Kelly, Arizona
* Forward: Chris Richards, Youngstown
* Defenseman: Derek Landmesser, Memphis
* Defenseman: Brad Williamson, Colorado
* Goaltender : John DeCaro, Bossier-Shreveport

### All-Rookie Team

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