Northern ConferenceSouthern Conference

Odessa Jackalopes(4) vs Austin Ice Bats(5)
07-08 Head To Head Records:
ODE: 3-0-1, 2.00 GAA, +34 +/-
AUS: 1-3-0, 4.00 GAA, -36 +/-
Distance between Cities: 367 Miles
ODE Wins Series 2-1

GM 1,  Monday 3-24  (7:05pm)  Austin @ Odessa   FINAL SCORE: ODE 4, AUS 1
GM 2,  Wednesday 3-26  (7:05pm)  Odessa @ Austin   FINAL SCORE: AUS 3,ODE 2 OT
GM 3,  Thursday 3-27  (7:05pm)  Austin @ Odessa   FINAL SCORE: ODE 1, AUS 0
*If Necessary

Texas Brahmas: The Brahmas are 6-1 in the playoffs (winning six straight games) and dating back to the regular season have gone 32-8-1 in their last 41 games…Anders Strome is fourth in the CHL during the playoffs scoring nine points (5-4=9)…Scott Sheppard is second in the league with 29 shots on goal during the post-season…Brett Jaeger is tops in the CHL with a 1.15 GAA during the playoffs and has a 2-0 record…David Cacciola lost his first playoff start in the Mississippi series but started and won all four games in the Mudbugs series (allowed nine goals in the series). The Brahmas never trailed in the four games versus the Mudbugs…Texas killed 38 of 44 power play chances in the series with Bossier-Shreveport (86.4%).

Colorado Eagles: Sebastien Laplante is 4-1 in the playoffs and is fourth in the CHL with a 2.00 GAA and a .939 save percentage…Colorado is the active leader in the playoffs averaging 32.8 PIM’s per game…The Eagles are 4-0 when they score first in the playoffs…The Eagles power play clicked at 35.7% at home in the series versus Youngstown…Colorado’s penalty kill is number one in the playoffs stopping 36 of 41 opportunities (87.8%)…Greg Pankewicz has points in each of the last five games totaling eight points in that stretch (4-4=8)…Ed McGrane had seven points in the first three games of the series with Youngstown but did not score a point in each of the last two games.

Southern Conference #1 and #2 Seeds

Laredo Bucks(1) vs Arizona Sundogs (2)
07-08 Head To Head Records:
LAR: 3-1-0, 3.50 GAA, -32 +/-
ASD: 1-1-2, 3.50 GAA, +31 +/-
Distance between Cities: 1228 Miles
ASD Wins Series 4-3

GM 1,  Monday 4-14 (7:05pm CT)  Arizona @ Laredo   FINAL SCORE: ASD 6, LAR 4
GM 2,  Tuesday  4-15  (7:05pm CT)  Arizona @ Laredo   FINAL SCORE: LAR 3, ASD 1
GM 3,  Friday  4-18  (7:05pm PT)  Laredo @ Arizona   FINAL SCORE: LAR 4, ASD 3 OT
GM 4,  Saturday  4-19  (7:05pm PT)  Laredo @ Arizona   FINAL SCORE: ASD 4, LAR 3
GM 5*,  Monday  4-21  (7:05pm PT)  Laredo @ Arizona   FINAL SCORE: ASD 2, LAR 1
GM 6*,   Friday  4-25  (7:35pm CT)  Arizona @ Laredo   FINAL SCORE: LAR 9, ASD 2
GM 7*,   Saturday  4-26  (7:35pm CT)  Arizona @ Laredo   FINAL SCORE: ASD 6, LAR 1

Arizona Sundogs: The Sundogs went 1-1-2 versus the Bucks during the regular season with the team’s only shutout coming in their 3-0 win on December 9th…The league’s regular season scoring leader, Alex Leavitt, has a 23-game point streak dating back to the regular season (17-49=66 over that stretch)…Cory Urquhart has scored a goal in 16 straight games (CHL regular season record is 13) totaling 25 goals over that stretch…He leads all players with nine in the playoffs (CHL playoff record is 17)…Rob McVicar has won 10 straight decisions dating back to the regular season and is 4-0 in the post-season…Amateur Kyle Hood leads all players with a +7 in the playoffs…Defenseman David Schlemko missed game six versus NMX with the flu…Tyler Redenbach (66 points in 31 games with Sundogs) is on the Arizona playoff roster and could rejoin the team for the series with Laredo.

Laredo Bucks: The Bucks outscored Odessa 20-9 in their four game series sweep…Dustin Traylen is 3-0 with a 2.34 GAA…Adam Rivet’s eight points (3-5=8) is tied for the most among all defensemen in the playoffs…Rivet, Jeff Bes, Chris Stanley, Alex Goupil and James Hiebert all have points in each game of the playoffs thus far…Laredo is averaging the fewest penalty minutes (18.3) of any team in the playoffs…The Bucks have outscored their opponents 9-3 in the second period…Laredo has held the lead after two periods in each game thus far…Stanley has scored a goal in each of the last three games…The Bucks have been to the conference finals in each of the last six seasons.