The Central Hockey League has concluded it’s annual Fall Governors’ Meetings, finalizing several operational issues for the coming season of play. In addition to the Governors’ Meetings, held in Dallas, several CHL member clubs participated in a pre-season sales training session, sharing ideas and finalizing preparations for the upcoming year.

During Friday’s meeting, two key operational items were ratified by the CHL Board of Governors. For the 2004-2005 postseason, members of the CHL’s On-Ice Officiating staff will serve as Goal Judges for all games during the Ray Miron President’s Cup Finals, as well as for all potential series deciding games in the both the Northern and Southern Conference Finals. In addition, the guidelines for signing National Hockey League contracted players were determined and unanimously approved by the Board of Governors. NHL players will sign a Standard Player Agreement, and will be subject to all previously established guidelines relating to CHL roster regulations. The guidelines established do not permit teams to provide additional insurance coverage beyond what is regulated for all CHL players. “The Central Hockey League continues to hope for a positive and timely resolution to the NHL labor situation,” said CHL President Brad Treliving. “In the interim it was important for our League to establish procedures under which teams could accept such players.” This past week the Fort Worth Brahmas signed Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Brad Lukowich, making him the first NHL player to sign a “AA” contract.

Brahmas Sign Lukowich

Also released today was the CHL’s 2004-05 pre-season schedule, consisting of 18 games. Highlighting the exhibition season are three contests against the Mexican National Team, who will visit Rio Grande Valley on October 15th, Corpus Christi on October 16th and Laredo on October 18th.

In other news, the CHL today announced that Greg Foster of the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs has been named the CHL’s August Employee of the Month for his outstanding sales efforts. An Account Executive for the Mudbugs, Foster has quickly established himself as a key member of the Bossier-Shreveport organization.

CHL 2004-2004 Pre-Season Schedule

Thursday, October 14th
New Mexico @ Corpus Christi
(7:00 PM, Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi)

Friday, October 15th
Odessa @ San Angelo
(7:05 PM, San Angelo Coliseum, San Angelo)
Tulsa @ Colorado
(7:05 PM. Budweiser Events Center, Loveland)
Laredo @ New Mexico
(7:00 PM, Memorial Colsieum, Corpus Christi)
Corpus Christi @ Austin
(7:30 PM. Travis Cnty. Expo Center, Austin)
Mexican Ntl. Team @ Rio Grande Valley
(7:30 PM, Dodge Arena, Hidalgo)
Fort Worth @ Oklahoma City
(7:35 PM, Ford Center, Oklahoma City)

Saturday, October 16th
Lubbock @ Amarillo
(7:00 PM, Amarillo Civic Center, Amarillo)
Oklahoma City @ Fort Worth
(7:00 PM, StarCenter, Frisco)
Tulsa @ Colorado
(7:05 PM, Budweiser Events Center, Loveland)
Mexican Ntl. Team @ Corpus Christi
(7:05 PM. Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi)
New Mexico @ Rio Grande Valley
(7:30 PM, Dodge Arena, Hidalgo)
Memphis @ Topeka
(7:35 PM, Kansas ExpoCentre, Topeka)
*Bossier-Shreveport @ San Angelo
(4:00 PM. San Angelo Coliseum, San Angelo)

Sunday, October 17th
Mexican Ntl. Team @ Laredo
(2:00 PM. Larede Entertainment Center, Laredo)
Topeka @ Wichita
(7:00 PM. Ice Sports Wichita, Wichita)

Monday, October 18th
Rio Grande Valley @ Corpus Christi
(7:05 PM, Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi)

Tuesday, October 19th
Bossier-Shreveport @ Memphis
(7:00 PM, DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven)

*Controlled Scrimmage

The Central Hockey League is currently preparing for its 13th season of play this October, and once again led all North American professional “AA” leagues in average attendance during the 2003-2004 regular season, welcoming 4,501 fans per contest this past year. The Central Hockey League is operated by Global Entertainment Corporation through its WPHL, Inc. subsidiary. Global (OTCBB: GECO) is a diversified sports management, arena development and licensing company. Its subsidiary companies include: International Coliseums Company, a project manager for arena development and responsible for management agreements associated with arena facility operations; Global Entertainment Marketing Systems that pursues licensing and marketing opportunities related to the Company’s sports management and arena developments and operations; Global Entertainment Ticketing (GetTix.net), an in-house ticketing company for sports and entertainment venues; and Cragar Industries, Inc., the licensor for CRAGAR, its nationally recognized, branded automotive wheels and products.