YIP, YIP HOORAY: THE CCHL Team and Player of the Week..(Week Six)

Calgary Chinook Presents:

Week 6: (Day 37 through Day 43)

CCHL Team of the week:

Minnesota Norsemen (4-0-0)

The Minnesota Norsemen has 4 wins in 4 games to earn this week’s team of the week.  The Norsemen scored 25 goals in 4 games and only allowed 7 goals during the span (which averaged more than 6 goals a games!)  Voracek was the main contributer with 3 goals and 6 assists in 4 games.  The Norsemen is only 1 point behind the Musicmen for the top spot in the standing.  Expect a tight finish between the two.

Honorable mentions:

Dayton Musicmen (4-0-0)
Reykjavik Puffin (4-0-1)

CCHL Player of the week:

Nicklas Backstrom, Georgetown Millers (5GP 3G 8A 11PT)

Backstrom led all players with 3 goals, 8 assists and 11 points in 5 games to help the Millers staying close to the top pack in the Canosa division.  The line of Schenn-Backstrom-Perry was impressive this week with combined 25 points in 5 games between them (Perry 5GP 4G 4A 8PT, Schenn 5GP 2G 5A 7PT).

Hororable mentions:

Jakob Voracek, Minnesota Norsemen (4GP 3G 6A 9PT)
Sidney Crosby, Victoria Ronin (5GP 2G 7A 9PT)

Early Favorites for Season Awards by Silvio Saouaf of the Siberia Icecats...

Early Favorites for Season Awards

Welcome sports fans, this is the first edition of the CCHL Season Awards.  Let's take a look at the top 3 early candidates for each award as of 11/6/2015

President's Trophy
Dayton Musicmen - 31 out of a possible 34 points, and a shutout streak of over 3 games
Minnesota Norsemen - most points in the league with 32, and leading the league in goals scored
Victoria Ronin - 28 out of a possible 36 points, and own the second best offense in the league

Hart Trophy
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - leading the league in scoring and leading the top ranked Musicmen
Jeff Carter (MIN) - the leading scorer for the Norsemen is helping to bring the Norsemen to new heights
Carey Price (CLG) - One of the best goalies in the league, Carey is backstopping the surging Chinook

Norris Trophy
Roman Josi (GEO) - leading the Millers with 21 points in 18 games
Tyler Myers (VIC) - the Ronin backline is being lead by this big defender who is second in the league in points from a defenseman with 18
Justin Faulk (MIN) - the young blueliner has been lighting up the scoreboard and helping lead the Norsemen with 17 points

Vezina Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY) - Journeyman Dubnyk seems to have found a home with the Musicmen and it doesn't hurt to play behind a stoudt defense.  He leads the league with an eye-popping 1.12 GAA and .954 SV% and 5 shoutouts
Carey Price (CLG) - The young Chinook are depending on the Al-Star goalie to "Carey" their team and he has not disappointed, with a 1.46 GAA and .945 SV%, both good for 2nd in the league
Steve Mason (VIC) - Mason is doing a great job in keeping goals out for the high scoring Ronin.  His 2.03 GAA and .926 SV% are good for 3rd in the league

Jennings Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY)
Carey Price (CLG)
Steve Mason (VIC)

Calder Trophy (minimum 3 games played, not on last year's disk)
Aaron Ekblad (HAM) - this young blueliner is a star in the making, and has 11 points in 19 games
Andrew Hammond (DAY) - the young netminder has a GAA (0.71) that requires a microscope to find
Johnny Gaudreau (CLG) - the young sniper has 8 points in 17 games for the high flying Flames
Tobias Rieder (SAN) - 7 points in 16 games.  This young Islander is close enough to include in the race!

Selke Trophy
Jeff Carter (MIN) - this high scoring center also leads the league in +/- with a +22
Wayne Simmons (VIC) - the tough, power forward is currently second in the league with a +21
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - the typically "offensive only" forward is playing a strong 2-way game this year, with a +19

Art Ross Trophy
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - the ultra-talented Seguin leads the league with 29 points
Jeff Carter (MIN) - 28 points for the hulking center for the Norsemen
Zach Parise (MIN) - the speedy, skilled winger is currently 3rd in the league with 27 points

Rocket Richard Trophy
Jeff Carter (MIN) - Jeff's 14 goals leads the league, but he is followed closely by..
There is a 4 way tie for second place with 13 goals each
Mike Hoffman (GEO)
Corey Perry (GEO)
Wayne Simmonds (VIC)
Zach Parise (MIN)

GM of the Year
Bill Corfield (DAY) - GM Corfield has loaded up his team with a ton of talent from top to bottom.  The league leading Musicmen are dominating their opponents
Blake Wendt (MIN) - GM Wendt has not been shy about making trades to challenge for the title, and if they succeed, it will have been all worth it
Paul Canosa (VIC) - the shrewd GM Canosa continues to contend for the title year in and year out.  Watch out for the Ronin

YIP, YIP HOORAY: THE CCHL Team and Player of the Week..(Week five)

Calgary Chinook Presents:

THE CCHL Team and Player of the Week..(Week five)

Week 5: (Day 30 through Day 36)

CCHL Team of the week:

Dayton Musicmen (4-0-0)

This week we can see the elite teams starting to separate from the rest of the pack with the top 6 teams (Musicmen, Norsemen, Ronin, Chinook, Thunder and Crusaders) all have a perfect win record (no loss, no tie).  The most impressive team this week is the Dayton Musicmen which has over 190 minutes of shut out streak going.  Musicmen has recently added Eberle, Pavelski and Marc Staal via trades, the CCHL powerhouse just gets better and better.

Honorable mentions:

Niagara Thunder (4-0-0)
Minnesota Norsemen (3-0-0)

CCHL Player of the week:

Roman Josi, Georgetown Millers (3GP 1G 5A 6PT)

Getting 6 points in 3 games is no easy feat for CCHL defenders nowaday,  Roman Josi is one of the main reason why the Georgetown Miller is currently sitting at 4th place in the Canosa division.  Josi has 2 goals, 19 assists in 17 games which is on pace to 91 assists!

Honorable mentions:

Anze Kopitar, Copenhagen Crusaders (2GP 2G 4A 6PT)
Tyler Seguin, Dayton Musicmen (4GP 4G 3A 7PT)