2008 Playoff Central

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The 2008 Central Hockey League playoff format is as follows:

This year’s playoffs will consist of 10 teams (five from each conference) and four rounds. Each division winner will earn the top two seeds in their respective conference, with the three remaining seeds going to the teams with the highest point total regardless of division.
The First Round will be a three-game series played between the 4^th and 5^th seeds of each conference, with the winning team advancing into Round Two as the 4^th seed and taking on the 1^st seed.
Teams seeded 1^st-3^rd will receive a first round bye and will begin play in the second round.
All remaining rounds (Two – Four) will consist of best-of-seven series.
Seeding ties in all rounds except the finals will be determined as follows: points, wins, head-to-head and goals-for and -against differential.
Home ice advantage in the Fourth Round (the Ray Miron President’s Cup Finals) is awarded to the club with the best regular season record, regardless of any earlier seeding.

Playoff Series Breakdowns

Northern Conference						Southern Conference

Round One (Conference Quarter-Finals)

Texas Brahmas (4) vs. Mississippi RiverKings (5)						Odessa Jackalopes (4) vs. Austin Ice Bats (5)
Game 1	TEX 3 @ MIS 6					Game 1	AUS 1 @ ODE 4
Game 2	MIS 0 @ TEX 3					Game 2	ODE 2 @ AUS 3 (OT)
Game 3	MIS 2 @ TEX 3					Game 3	AUS 0 @ ODE 1
	Texas wins (2-1)						Odessa wins (2-1)

Round Two (Conference Semi-Finals)

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (1) vs. Texas Brahmas (4)						Laredo Bucks (1) vs. Odessa Jackalopes (4)
Game 1	TEX 3 @ BOS 1					Game 1	ODE 2 @ LAR 4
Game 2	TEX 4 @ BOS 3					Game 2	ODE 3 @ LAR 6
Game 3	BOS 2 @ TEX 3					Game 3	LAR 6 @ ODE 2
Game 4	BOS 3 @ TEX 5					Game 4	LAR 4 @ ODE 2
	Texas wins (4-0)						Laredo wins (4-0)

Colorado Eagles (2) vs. Youngstown SteelHounds (3)						Arizona Sundogs (2) vs. New Mexico Scorpions (3)
Game 1	YNG 4 @ COL 6					Game 1	NMX 6 @ ARZ 7
Game 2	YNG 0 @ COL 5					Game 2	NMX 5 @ ARZ 2
Game 3	COL 4 @ YNG 1					Game 3	ARZ 6 @ NMX 3
Game 4	COL 2 @ YNG 5					Game 4	ARZ 4 @ NMX 5
Game 5	COL 1 @ YNG 0					Game 5	ARZ 8 @ NMX 5
	Colorado wins (4-1)					Game 6	NMX 3 @ ARZ 4
							Arizona wins (4-2)

Round Three (Conference Finals)

Colorado Eagles (2) vs. Texas Brahmas (4)						Laredo Bucks (1) vs. Arizona Sundogs (2)
Game 1	TEX 1 @ COL 4					Game 1	ARZ 6 @ LAR 4
Game 2	TEX 0 @ COL 2					Game 2	ARZ 1 @ LAR 3
Game 3	COL 2 @ TEX 5					Game 3	LAR 4 @ ARZ 3
Game 4	COL 3 @ TEX 2					Game 4	LAR 3 @ ARZ 4
Game 5	COL 2 @ TEX 3					Game 5	LAR 1 @ ARZ 2
Game 6	TEX 5 @ COL 4					Game 6	ARZ 2 @ LAR 9
Game 7	TEX 2 @ COL 3					Game 7	ARZ 6 @ LAR 1
	Colorado wins (4-3)					Arizona wins (4-3)

Round Four (President's Cup Finals)

Colorado Eagles vs. Arizona Sundogs
				Game 1	COL 4 @ ARZ 6
				Game 2	COL 1 @ ARZ 5
				Game 3	ARZ 5 @ COL 2
				Game 4	ARZ 6 @ COL 3
					Arizona wins (4-0)