From Rapid City Rush.com:
(Tempe, Arizona) - The Central Hockey League (CHL) today announced the participating teams that will compete in the league’s 19th season beginning on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Although some material matters still remain to be worked out with the International Hockey League (IHL), the CHL will welcome four teams from the IHL who will join 13 returning CHL teams for the 2010-11 season. The participating teams will compete in two conferences during the season. The four existing IHL markets will be the three-time defending Turner Cup Champion Fort Wayne Komets, the Bloomington PrairieThunder, the Dayton Gems and the Quad City Mallards.
“The CHL and IHL are working on all the logistics of this groundbreaking association between our two great leagues,” said Michael Franke, IHL Chairman of the Board. “Everything is moving along well and we are very excited about the end result that could be formally announced soon. It has been a complete pleasure working with the entire Central Hockey League.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State is going back! For the 20th time in school history, the Seminoles are headed to Omaha. Twelfth-ranked Florida State (47-18) secured a spot in the College World Series with a 7-6 victory over No. 17 Vanderbilt (46-20) Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of 4,225 on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles led throughout but had to hold off a relentless Commodore squad that scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth and had the tying run at first. But Mike McGee slammed the door shut striking out Joe Loftus for the final out of the game.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Twelfth-ranked Florida State (46-17) opened the Tallahassee Super Regional in walk-off fashion Friday afternoon thanks in large part to Mike McGee's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Seminoles a 9-8 victory over No. 17 Vanderbilt (45-19) in game one of a best-of-three games series. With two outs and the game tied at eight in the bottom of the ninth, McGee stepped in and took a 0-1 pitch from Vanderbilt's Chase Reid (4-2) over the fence in right center for his third game-winning hit of the season and second walk-off home run. It marked his third career walk-off home run, while the Port St. Lucie, Fla., has had the deciding hit in three of FSU's four walk-off victories this year.
PHILADELPHIA -- There was no red light, just Blackhawks flying over the boards in celebration. Sticks and helmets were thrown, scattered all over the ice and still no signal for a goal. After a brief review, there was no dispute -- the Chicago Blackhawks were the Stanley Cup champions.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - And then there was one...the Tallahassee Super Regional will come down to one final game on Sunday, June 13 as No. 12 Florida State (46-18) fell to Vanderbilt (46-19) 6-2 Saturday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. The loss snapped FSU's seven game winning streak, while the winner on Sunday will advance to the College World Series. "I'm very pleased with the effort from our guys," said head coach Mike Martin. "We just came up a little short. What advantage we had we know now is gone by the board and it's a so called level, even situation and you again have to say to Vanderbilt `Well done,' they did an outstanding job."
LOS ANGELES -- The NCAA threw the book at storied Southern California on Thursday with a two-year bowl ban, four years' probation, loss of scholarships and forfeits of an entire year's games for improper benefits to Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush dating to the Trojans' 2004 national championship. USC was penalized for a lack of institutional control in the ruling by the NCAA following its four-year investigation. The report cited numerous improper benefits for Bush and former basketball player O.J. Mayo, who spent just one year with the Trojans.
Of the 17-total remaining teams left in contention to head to Omaha, this proves to be a very spirited bunch, filled with a lot of CWS-regulars. Here's a quick run-down on how we see each Super Regional taking shape.
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64 teams started the tournament. As of the writing of this article 15 have punched their ticket to the Super Regionals with just Miami and Texas A&M left to decide their fate later today.
