2013-14 CHL Season

This is the 2013-14 Central Hockey League season. This is the league's 22nd season.

Franchise changes

 * The league added an expansion team in Brampton, Ontario named the Brampton Beast.  They replace the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League; which relocated to North Bay, Ontario.
 * The franchise rights to the inactive Laredo Bucks franchise is revived in St. Charles, Missouri.  The team is known as the St. Charles Chill.
 * A probable expansion team was announced by the league for Casper, Wyoming.  The team is delayed until at least the 2014-15 season.
 * The Fort Worth Brahmas go inactive due to a lack of a suitable venue.

Standings
Team                GP  W  L OTL SOL  P   GF  GA  x-Missouri Mavericks 66 44 20  1   1  90  238 184 x-Denver Cutthroats 66 38 17  4   7  87  214 194 x-Allen Americans   66 39 22  1   4  83  249 214 x-Rapid City Rush   66 39 23  1   3  82  220 189 x-Quad City Mallards 66 33 23 3   7  76  219 198 x-Brampton Beast    66 33 26  3   4  73  209 226 x-Tulsa Oilers      66 34 29  0   3  71  225 215 x-Arizona Sundogs   66 32 27  2   5  71  197 204 Wichita Thunder     66 27 30  4   5  63  201 223 St. Charles Chill   66 11 49  1   5  28  156 281 x-clinched playoff birth

Playoffs
The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. All rounds were best-of-seven.

Quarterfinals

 * Arizona defeated Missouri, 4 games to 2; 3-5, 4-3 (2ot), 3-1, 1-3, 4-3, 4-3
 * Denver defeated Tulsa, 4 games to 2; 3-4, 4-2, 3-2 (ot), 1-0, 5-4 (ot)
 * Allen defeated Brampton, 4 games to 1; 7-2, 5-3, 4-1, 2-4, 4-1
 * Quad City defeated Rapid City, 4 games to 3; 1-5, 3-2 (ot), 5-1, 1-3, 3-1, 1-2, 3-1

Semifinals

 * Denver defeated Arizona, 4 games to 1; 2-1, 3-4, 5-4, 4-1, 7-0
 * Allen defeated Quad City, 4 games to 3; 2-4, 2-0, 4-2, 1-2 (ot), 2-3 (ot), 6-1, 3-2

Final

 * Denver vs Allen