2010–11 Bloomington PrairieThunder season

2010–11 Bloomington PrairieThunder
Conference 3rd Turner
League 4th CHL
2010–11 record 37-22-7
Home record 20-10-3
Road record 17-12-4
Goals for 188
Goals against 189
Team information
General Manager Jim Riggs
Coach Jason Christie
Captain Jason Deleume
Alternate captains John Snowden
Craig MacDonald
Arena U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Average attendance 2,603
Team leaders
Goals Brett Holmberg (23)
Assists Jason Dale (35)
Points Jason Dale (52)
Penalties in minutes Travis Granbois (131)
Plus/minus Garrett Klotz (+21)
Wins Marco Emond (25)
Goals against average Marco Emond (2.89)

The 2010–11 Bloomington PrairieThunder season was the first season in the Central Hockey League of the CHL franchise in Bloomington, Illinois.

Off-season

On August 10, 2010, it was announced that head coach Jarrod Skalde resigned to pursue other coaching opportunities. On August 25, 2010 they announced that Jason Christie would be the new head coach.

Regular season

Conference standings

Turner Conference GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
y-Rapid City Rush 66 40 22 4 210 200 84
x-Colorado Eagles 66 40 22 4 250 199 84
x-Bloomington PrairieThunder 66 37 22 7 188 189 81
x-Missouri Mavericks 66 37 23 6 213 173 80
x-Wichita Thunder 66 34 26 6 249 231 74
x-Fort Wayne Komets 66 31 27 8 187 204 70
x-Quad City Mallards 66 34 31 1 186 182 69
x-Dayton Gems 66 32 29 5 201 200 69
Evansville IceMen 66 21 32 13 181 242 55

x – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won regular season league title

After games of March 27, 2011

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Marco Emond Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week October 26, 2010
Alan Mazur [1] CHL All-Rookie Team March 18, 2011

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

The PrairieThunder have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades
December 2, 2010 [2] To Odessa Jackalopes:
Justin Sawyer		 To Bloomington:
Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu
David Brown

Player signings
Player Former team
Shaun Arvai Amarillo Gorillas
Marco Emond Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
Jamie Lovell Port Huron Icehawks
Jason Dale Bakersfield Condors
Matt McIlvane Peoria Rivermen
Dustin DeGagne The College of St. Scholastica
Brad Phillips University of Notre Dame
Players re-signed
Player Date
John Snowden [3] June 17, 2010
Jon Booras [4] July 22, 2010
Craig Macdonald [4] July 22, 2010
Brett Holmberg August 12, 2010
Matt Woodard September 15, 2010
Brent Clarke September 15, 2010
Lost via waivers
Player Date
Rick Varone October 19, 2010
Shaun Arvai October 19, 2010
Matt Woodard October 19, 2010
Kevin Armstrong October 25, 2010
David Brown[5] February 9, 2011
Jeff MacPhee February 9, 2011

Roster

Updated February 9, 2011.[6][7][8]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
24 United States Bagron, BillBill Bagron C L 33 2008 Eagle River, Alaska PrairieThunder
5 Canada Bezeau, BillyBilly Bezeau D R 29 2011 Miscou, New Brunswick PrairieThunder
27 United States Booras, JonJon Booras F L 33 2009 Billings, Montana PrairieThunder
11 Canada Cloud, ChrisChris Cloud LW L 27 2010 Waywayseecappo, Manitoba PrairieThunder
17 Canada Dale, JasonJason Dale RW R 26 2010 Pickering, Ontario PrairieThunder
10 United States Dawson, AaronAaron Dawson  D L 30 2010 Peoria, Illinois PrairieThunder
18 Canada DeGagne, DustinDustin DeGagne D R 30 2010 Winnipeg, Manitoba PrairieThunder
9 Canada Deleurme, JasonJason Deleurme (C) RW R 38 2010 Kelowna, British Columbia PrairieThunder
1 Canada Emond, MarcoMarco Emond G L 38 2010 Valleyfield, Quebec PrairieThunder
4 United States Galvin, TomTom Galvin D L 36 2011 Staten Island, New York PrairieThunder
12 Canada Granbois, TravisTravis Granbois F R 30 2010 Tahsis, British Columbia PrairieThunder
19 Canada Holmberg, BrettBrett Holmberg RW R 30 2007 Sherwood Park, Alberta PrairieThunder
33 Canada Klotz, GarrettGarrett Klotz LW L 27 2010 Regina, Saskatchewan Flyers
20 Canada MacPhee, JeffJeff MacPhee D L 30 2011 Calgary, Alberta PrairieThunder
6 Canada Mazur, AlanAlan Mazur D L 30 2010 Burnaby, British Columbia PrairieThunder
32 Canada McLeod, RyanRyan McLeod C R 31 2010 Fernie, British Columbia PrairieThunder
35 United States Phillips, BradBrad Phillips G L 26 2010 Farmington Hills, Michigan PrairieThunder
44 United States Pinel, BillBill Pinel D R 27 2010 Third Lake, Illinois PrairieThunder
25 United States Rodger, KeithKeith Rodger D R 31 2011 Parshall, Colorado PrairieThunder
16 Canada Sheahan, BrodieBrodie Sheahan RW R 29 2010 Lethbridge, Alberta PrairieThunder
22 United States Snowden, JohnJohn Snowden RW R 33 2009 Everett, Washington PrairieThunder
7 United States Williams, JasonJason Williams RW R 29 2011 Plattsburgh, New York PrairieThunder

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CHL Announces 2010-11 All-Rookie Team". Central Hockey League. March 18, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jacks Acquire Rights to Sawyer in Trade with Bloomington". December 2, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Snowden First to Sign". June 17, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Bloomington Makes Splash with Several Announcements". July 22, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Komets Dominate Thunder". The Pantagraph. February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Bloomington PrairieThunder - Players". Bloomington PrairieThunder.
  7. ↑ "Hockeydb.com". Hockeydb.com.
  8. ↑ "2010-2011 Central Hockey League Season Transactions". Central Hockey League.

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