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Rush name first player-assistant

June 27, 2008, 12:20 pm

The Rapid City Rush announced Thursday the addition of forward and player-assistant Chris Lipsett as the team continues to prepare for its inaugural Central Hockey League season.

 

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RUSH ADDS VETERAN FORWARD TO MIX

June 26, 2008, 1:17 pm

Chris LipsettRapid City Rush announced earlier today in a press conference that Chris Lipsett has signed for the 2008-09 Central Hockey League season. Lipsett will be one of the two Player-Assistants to Rush Coach Joe Ferras.

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THE CHL UNVEILS ‘THE CENTER OF HOCKEY’

June 19, 2008, 8:38 am

Center of Hockey logoThe Central Hockey League (CHL) introduced today its new brand slogan unveiling ‘The Center of Hockey’ and its accompanying logo.  The logo and brand philosophy was originally introduced at the league’s recently completed Summer Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

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RAY SCAPINELLO INDUCTED INTO HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

June 18, 2008, 1:26 pm

Ray ScapinelloThe Central Hockey League (CHL) is pleased to have a member of its family inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as former NHL linesman and current CHL Officiating Supervisor Ray Scapinello was named as a member of the Hall’s class of 2008.  The veteran official of 33 seasons joins Glenn Anderson, Igor Larionov and Ed Chynoweth in the current class.

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DUANE LEWIS NAMED CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE COMMISSIONER

June 18, 2008, 9:25 am

The Central Hockey League (CHL) today announced that Duane Lewis, who formerly served as Senior Vice President of Operations for the past eight seasons, has been named CHL Commissioner.  Lewis had been serving as the interim leader for the CHL during the 2007-08 season after previous Commissioner Brad Treliving departed in July/2007 to become the Assistant General Manager with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes.

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RAPID CITY RUSH MAKES SPLASH SIGNING CHL ALL-STAR GOALIE

June 17, 2008, 3:12 pm

Miguel BeaudryRush adds former Austin Ice Bats goaltender Miguel Beaudry to their goal-tending tandem.

Beaudry has played in the Central Hockey League for five years starting his professional career with the New Mexico Scorpions in 2003, and most recently having played for the Austin Ice Bats.

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Rush Make Picks in Draft

June 17, 2008, 8:47 am

The roster of the expansion Rapid City Rush continues to take shape.

The Rush selected five players in Friday’s Central Hockey League Expansion Draft which took place at the CHL Summer Conference in Phoenix, Ariz.

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COLORADO EAGLES NAMED CHL FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR

June 17, 2008, 8:46 am

Colorado and Rio Grande Valley Lead the Way at CHL Awards Banquet.

The Central Hockey League (CHL) concluded its 2008 Summer Conference on Saturday night culminating three days of meetings, events and training with its annual Summer Conference Awards Banquet.  The Colorado Eagles and the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees each received four awards leading the way for all franchises.  The conference took place at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

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2008-09 CHL OPERATIONAL ISSUES DETERMINED

June 17, 2008, 8:45 am

Alignment, Playoff Format and Expansion Finalized at Summer Conference

The Central Hockey League (CHL) today announced several operational issues that were determined and ratified by the CHL Board of Governors at meetings recently completed at the CHL’s Summer Conference that took place at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.  The determined issues include divisional alignment and playoff format among other things.

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Ferras 'crazy-busy' before draft

June 11, 2008, 11:07 am

Joe Ferras is a busy, busy man these days. The coach of the Central Hockey League’s expansion Rapid City Rush spends hours each  day on the telephone with potential players from other CHL teams in preparation for Friday’s expansion draft, part of the league’s summer conference in Phoenix.

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