In the 30th Game 7 in CHL playoff history, an offensive explosion led to a 6-4 win for the Fort Wayne Komets over the Missouri Mavericks at Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Thursday night.

The Komets will now advance to the Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup Finals to face the Wichita Thunder. Read more →

Playoff Series: With the series tied 3-a-piece we see the Missouri Mavericks and the Fort Wayne Komets face off in the first game 7 of the 2012 playoffs.

The Mavs have never seen a game 7 but have faced deciding games twice (Game 3 in 2010 versus Mississippi and Game 5 in 2011 versus Wichita) and have gone 2-0 in those games.  Read more →

Rapid City head coach Joe Ferras and assistant coach Mark DeSantis are now squarely focused on the Rush’s upcoming fifth year in the Central Hockey League, but they still have some important holdovers to take care of from this year.

Late-season and lingering long-term injuries must still be treated and players must get back to health before the season can be considered complete. Read more at: rapidcityjournal.com

Just like their fans, the Fort Wayne Komets and Missouri Mavericks are probably scared spitless and also a little giddy right now.

They have a chance to play in a Game 7 of the playoffs, something that brings immense pressure but also wonderful opportunity. After six grueling games, one team will survive tonight’s ultimate game and the other will head home wondering all summer, “What if?” Read more at: news-sentinel.com

Acquired via trade with the Allen Americans during the 2009-10 season, Charlie Effinger helped power a late-season rally as the Missouri Mavericks made the playoffs in their inaugural season.

He earned almost legendary status in local hockey circles before parting ways with the Mavericks last season. Not that Effinger, 26, who grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Ill., necessarily wanted to part ways. Read more at: kansascity.com

The Komets do not expect Missouri to let up after Fort Wayne forced tonight’s Game 7 of the Turner Conference finals at Memorial Coliseum.

“If I’m Missouri, I’m throwing a positive on it and saying, ‘We’ve got one game to go to the finals for the first time in our (three-year) existence,’ ”).. Read more at: journalgazette.net