Thursday, November 13, 2008

Moncton is on Top

CHL Top Ten

TORONTO, Wednesday, November 12, 2008 – The Canadian Hockey League today announced its most recent CHL Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 rankings for the 2008-09 season. Three Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams managed to crack the upper echelon of the CHL: The Moncton Wildcats, the Shawinigan Cataractes and the Quebec Remparts..

The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League's top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.

CHL Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 Rankings

1. Moncton Wildcats (17-0-2-0)
2. Windsor Spitfires (19-2-0-0)
3. Vancouver Giants (14-0-0-3)
4. Shawinigan Cataractes (19-4-0-0)
5. Calgary Hitmen (17-4-0-1)
6. London Knights (14-5-0-1)
7. Quebec Remparts (15-4-0-1)
8. Tri-City Americans (14-5-0-2)
9. Brampton Battalion (13-6-0-0)
10. Spokane Chiefs (12-4-0-3)

The Western Major Junior Hockey Writers Association has a new poll up.

WHL Writers - After a rare losing skid and their worst showing in the
Western Major Junior Hockey Writers Association poll in more than five
years, the Medicine Hat Tigers got back on the tracks this past week.
The result of a 2-1 record on an East Division road swing is the
biggest jump in this week's poll, up three spots to No. 11.
Medicine Hat (10-7-2-2) continued its revival with a 4-1 home win over
Lethbridge Monday, a team they leapfrogged in the poll standings as
well as the Central Division standings. The Hurricanes (9-9-0-1)
dropped two spots to No. 13.

Meanwhile, Vancouver continued its incredible run to start the season,
winning twice more for a 14-0-0-3 record and a fifth straight week
atop the WMJHWA poll with all nine first-place votes.
The week's biggest fall was taken by the Swift Current Broncos, who
went 1-2 against divisional rivals and fell three spots to No. 7.

The WMJHWA poll, with last week's rank, first-place votes in
parenthesis and total points:

1. (1) Vancouver Giants (9), 198 points
2. (2) Calgary Hitmen, 189
3. (3) Spokane Chiefs, 176
4. (T6) Tri-City Americans, 175
5. (5) Saskatoon Blades, 161
6. (8) Regina Pats, 151
7. (4) Swift Current Broncos, 146
8. (T6) Kelowna Rockets, 135
9. (9) Brandon Wheat Kings, 123
10. (10) Kootenay Ice, 104
T11. (13) Everett Silvertips, 102
T11. (14) Medicine Hat Tigers, 102
13. (11) Lethbridge Hurricanes, 101
14. (12) Prince Albert Raiders, 82
15. (15) Kamloops Blazers, 78
16. (17) Edmonton Oil Kings, 58
17. (19) Seattle Thunderbirds, 57
18. (16) Prince George Cougars, 42
19. (18) Red Deer Rebels, 39
20. (20) Moose Jaw Warriors, 27
21. (21) Chilliwack Bruins, 19
22. (22) Portland Winter Hawks, 12

Members of the Western Major Junior Hockey Writers Association award
votes in weighted order (22 points for first place, 21 for second,
etc.). A total of 11 completed ballots were cast by the Kelowna
Capital News, Kelowna Daily Courier, Kootenay NewsAdvertiser, Medicine
Hat News, Prairie Post, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Red Deer Advocate,
Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Tri-City Herald.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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