The "2011 NAHL Robertson Cup Championship Tournament

Robertson Cup Championship Tournament

The Robertson Cup is a 6-day, round-robin tournament held at the end of the NAHL season. The trophy is awarded to the national playoff champion of the NAHL. The oldest junior hockey trophy in the United States, the Robertson Cup is named in honor of Chuck Robertson, a pioneer of junior hockey in...

" will be the 36th edition of the annual round-robin

Round-robin

The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...

 tournament that decides the season champion. The tournament will be hosted by the Topeka RoadRunners

Topeka Roadrunners

The Topeka RoadRunners is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's Southern Division. The team's home arena is the 7,777-seat Landon Arena in Topeka, Kansas.-Lone Star Cavalry:...

 at the Landon Arena

Landon Arena

Landon Arena, better known as the Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas. It is currently home to the Kansas Koyotes indoor football team and the Topeka Roadrunners ice hockey team. Previously, Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball...

 in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

. Due to many new expansions for the 2011 season, the NAHL announced a new format for the tournament. If the Topeka RoadRunners, hosts of the 2011 Robertson Cup Championship Tournament, win the South Division playoff championship, they will advance to the tournament along with the three other playoff champions from the Central, North and West Divisions.

If a team other than the RoadRunners wins the South Division playoff championship, Topeka and the two divisional playoff champions with the most points during the regular season will advance to the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament. The two divisional playoff champions with the fewest points during the regular season will play a best-of-three series with the winner securing the fourth and final berth to the tournament.

The Robertson Cup Championship Tournament will begin with a three-day, three-game round robin. The top seed (most points) at the conclusion of the round robin will advance to the championship game. The second and third seeds at the conclusion of the round robin will play a semifinal game with the winner advancing to the championship game.

Schedule

Tuesday, May 3

Amarillo Bulls 5 Michigan Warriors 2

Fairbanks Ice Dogs Vs. Topeka Roadrunners

Wednesday, May 4

Fairbanks Ice Dogs Vs. Michigan Warriors

Amarillo Bulls Vs. Topeka Roadrunners

Thursday, May 5

Fairbanks Ice Dogs Vs. Amarillo Bulls

Michigan Warriors Vs. Topeka Roadrunners

Friday, May 6

2 Seed Vs. 3 Seed (#1 Seed Gets a Bye, #4 Seed is eliminated)

Saturday, May 7

1 Seed Vs. 2 Seed/3 Seed

Standings

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	PIM
1st	Amarillo Bulls	1	0	5	2	12
2nd
3rd
4th	Michigan Warriors	0	1	2	5	16