(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.”

The 2009-10 season saw close to two million CHL fans walk through the turnstiles during the regular season and playoffs culminating with the Rapid City Rush winning the CHL’s Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup in just their second season as a franchise.

The returning CHL teams for the 2010-11 season are the Allen Americans, Arizona Sundogs, Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, Colorado Eagles, Laredo Bucks, Mississippi RiverKings, Missouri Mavericks, Odessa Jackalopes, Rapid City Rush, Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, Texas Brahmas, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder.

“The compilation of teams for the CHL’s 19th season couldn’t be better and we couldn’t have more momentum heading into the season,” said Duane Lewis, CHL Commissioner. “The new additions from the IHL will be welcomed with open arms and could make this upcoming season one of the most entertaining and competitive in our history. We can’t wait to drop the puck in October.”

Announcements regarding playoff format, conference alignment, additional cities for the 2010-11 season and other team related issues will be made in the very near future and the 2010-11 CHL regular season schedule is slated to be released in July.

Certain statements in this release may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include projections of matters that affect revenue, operating expenses or net earnings; projections of capital expenditures; projections of growth; hiring plans; plans for future operations; financing needs or plans; plans relating to the company’s products and services; and assumptions relating to the foregoing.

Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking information.

Some of the important factors that could cause the Global Entertainment Corporation’s actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements made by the company include, but are not limited to, the following: intense competition within the sports and entertainment industries, past and future acquisitions, expanding operations into new markets, risk of business interruption, management of rapid growth, need for additional financing, changing consumer demands, dependence on key personnel, sales and income tax uncertainty and increasing marketing, management, occupancy and other administrative costs.

These factors are discussed in greater detail in Global Entertainment Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2009 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended February 29, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 8:51 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Tulsa Oilers head coach Bruce Ramsay has things rolling in the off season and will literally show people how he has things rolling on Saturday.
Ramsay will be the lead instructor at the River West Inline Hockey League clinic on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. joining him will be T.J. Caig, who led the Oilers in goals last season and Chip Excel, a long time inline hockey coach. The clinic takes place at River West Festival Park, at 23rd and Jackson (same location as Octoberfest).
Cost of the clinic is only $25. It is open to boys and girls of all ages. It is the precursor of the River West Inline Hockey League summer season, which will start the following Saturday.
“Anything to keep kids involved in hockey is a good thing, so this will be a great way to do that,” Ramsay said.
For more information on the Saturday inline hockey clinic call 459-9966 or visit www.riverwestinlinehockeyleague.com
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 2:03 pm and is filed under CHL News, News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Chicago Blackhawks are one win away from ending the National Hockey League’s longest Stanley Cup drought, and the Philadelphia Flyers are one win away from forcing a deciding seventh game in a playoff series for the second time this year.
The Tulsa Oilers will hold their sixth Stanley Cup watch party this season on Wednesday night at 7 o’clock at the River Spirit Casino, inside the Scoreboard Lounge. Chicago, which last won the Stanley Cup in 1961, is within one win of hockey’s Holy Grail for the first time since 1971. Philadelphia is trying to even the best of seven series at three games apiece.
Home ice has held true in the series with all five games being won by the home team. Game six takes place in Philadelphia. Oiler personnel will be on hand to visit with fans during the game. Fans can win prizes for each goal scored in the game, by guessing the score, answering trivia questions and more.
The Oilers are hosting watch parties for all games of the Stanley Cup final at the River Spirit Casino. All games start at 7 p.m. with game seven if necessary to take place on Friday night.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 at 3:50 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

As the deadlocked Stanley Cup final heads toward a dramatic conclusion, the Tulsa Oilers are again heading to the River Spirit Casino for a game five watch party Sunday night at 7 o’clock. The watch party takes place in the Scoreboard Lounge.

The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers are tied in the best of seven series at two wins.

The Oilers are hosting watch parties for all games of the Stanley Cup final at the River Spirit Casino. All games start at 7 p.m. with game six on Wednesday night.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 at 1:13 am and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Answer: This is the best place to watch the Stanley Cup final. Question: What is the Scoreboard Lounge at River Spirit Casino for the Tulsa Oilers watch party.
In their annual salute to Canadian born Alex Trebek, host of the TV game show Jeopardy!, the Oilers will present a different style on their trivia questions during their watch party for game four of the Stanley Cup final series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. The watch party is in the Scoreboard Lounge at the River Spirit Casino at 81st and Riverside at 7 p.m. on Friday. Chicago leads the best of seven series 2-1.
During the second intermission, fans will have a chance to win Oiler prizes when they are given the answer to a hockey trivia fact and have to come up with the question. Fans will also have the chance to visit with Oiler players and coach Bruce Ramsay.
The Oilers are hosting watch parties for all games of the Stanley Cup final at the River Spirit Casino. All games start at 7 p.m. with game five on Sunday night.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

While some hockey fans may have trouble receiving the Versus cable network which will carry games three and four of the Stanley Cup final, they don’t have to worry about missing any of the action.
The Tulsa Oilers continue their Stanley Cup final watch parties tonight at the River Spirit Casino at 81st and Riverside at 7 p.m. The Chicago Blackhawks are leading the Philadelphia Flyers two games to none in the best of seven series which shifts to Philadelphia tonight.
Fans can watch the game, and visit with Oiler personnel throughout the evening. General Manager Taylor Hall and head coach Bruce Ramsay will be on hand to answer questions.
The Oilers are hosting watch parties for all games of the Stanley Cup final at the River Spirit Casino. All games start at 7 p.m. with game four on Friday night.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 11:26 am and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In a joint announcement that marks a historic day for minor professional hockey, two of pro hockey’s most storied leagues, the Central Hockey League (CHL) and International Hockey League (IHL), have entered into a letter of intent to form a “AA” level super league beginning in the 2010-11 season. We plan to play under the Central Hockey League, CHL, moniker, with the identity of the IHL being maintained through various aspects that will be announced in the near future. Leaders of the CHL and IHL will meet during the week ahead to work out the remaining material terms.

“The arrangement between the CHL and the IHL should create an innovative and exciting “AA” level professional hockey league which is scheduled to start play in the 2010-2011 season,” said Dennis Hextall, IHL Commissioner. “The two leagues each have longstanding histories and share the common goal of solidifying minor professional hockey for our players, our passionate fans and their communities. I believe this arrangement will enable our teams to recruit the best young talent to join our league, with the potential of improving their game and moving up to the higher leagues.”

“This is an exciting day for our teams and markets,” said Duane Lewis, CHL Commissioner. “Both leagues have worked hard to establish tremendous entertainment at a great value for their fans, and by combining our resources we believe we can strengthen those efforts providing greater fan interest as well as a stronger brand.”

Operating guidelines, including the teams competing in the CHL, divisional alignment, the 2010-11 regular season schedule and various hockey operations issues will be discussed at the CHL Summer Conference (league meetings) occurring June 3-5 in Gilbert, Arizona and will continue at the IHL meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 21-23.

The CHL competed with 15 teams during the 2009-10 season with the Rapid City Rush taking home the Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup title, while the IHL competed with seven teams with the Fort Wayne Komets winning their seventh Turner Cup Championship and third straight league title.

This will be the 19th season for the CHL whose teams cover nine states. The league saw close to two million fans attend games in each of the last two seasons and has regularly been the North American professional “AA” hockey league leader in average attendance. This season, the CHL was the top “AA” hockey league in playoff attendance. In the league’s history, a total of 88 players have played in both the National Hockey League and the CHL.

The 2010-2011 season will mark the 60th year of professional hockey for the International Hockey League, which was comprised last season of seven Midwestern teams in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. More than 900,000 fans attended IHL hockey games this past season, and a sell-out crowd of 10,480 fans watched the Fort Wayne Komets win the 2010 Turner Cup over the Flint Generals at the Coliseum last month. Nine players who played on IHL teams this past season had prior NHL experience, while many more have played for their respective national teams and professionally abroad. The IHL’s Commissioner, Dennis Hextall, spent more than ten years as a player in the National Hockey League, and serves as President of the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association.

Certain statements in this release may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include projections of matters that affect revenue, operating expenses or net earnings; projections of capital expenditures; projections of growth; hiring plans; plans for future operations; financing needs or plans; plans relating to the company’s products and services; and assumptions relating to the foregoing.

Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking information.

Some of the important factors that could cause the Global Entertainment Corporation’s actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements made by the company include, but are not limited to, the following: intense competition within the sports and entertainment industries, past and future acquisitions, expanding operations into new markets, risk of business interruption, management of rapid growth, need for additional financing, changing consumer demands, dependence on key personnel, sales and income tax uncertainty and increasing marketing, management, occupancy and other administrative costs.

These factors are discussed in greater detail in Global Entertainment Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2009 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended February 29, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Tulsan has a special interest in this year’s Stanley Cup final pitting the Philadelphia Flyers against the Chicago Blackhawks. His handprint was all over the Flyers’ previous titles in 1974 and ’75.
Tulsa Oilers scout emeritus Fred Gibbon was a scout for Philadelphia when the Flyers were known as the Broad Street Bullies and became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. He proudly wears his Stanley Cup ring from 1974 and folks around Tulsa may spot in various restaurants a picture of Fred accompanying the Stanley Cup back to Philadelphia on the team flight back from Buffalo in 1975.
The 87-year old Gibbon is as spry as ever and fondly remembers his days with the Flyers’ organization. He was instrumental in building a piece of the Flyers Stanley Cup puzzle.
“Rick MacLeish was in the Boston organization and they had him playing in Oklahoma City. One of our other scouts and I really liked him and told the Flyers they should trade for this guy,” Gibbon recalls with a mind like a finely sharpened skate. “We made the trade and MacLeish became one of our key players. He scored the only goal in the clinching game of our first championship against Boston.”
MacLeish’s first period goal on May 19, 1974 stood up giving the Flyers a 1-0 victory and the Stanley Cup four games to two. He was with the Flyers the next year in their second title run, and played in three NHL all-star games.
The Oilers are hosting watch parties for all games of the Stanley Cup final at the River Spirit Casino at 81st and Riverside. All games start at 7 p.m. with game one on Saturday night.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

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