Hello, sports fans. As we hit the 2/3 mark of the CCHL season, we look at the tightly disputed Canosa Conference. The conference is yielding a run for the conference title the likes of which has not been seen before in the CCHL. The last time a conference race was this close was back in 2015-16 when 27 points separated conference winning Puffin from the 6th place Express. This year, only 11 points separate the conference-leading Hamilton Tigers from the 6th place Minnesota Norsemen. Even the 7th place Islanders are only 7 points out of a playoff spot. This could be an epic end to a great conference season.
The Canosa Conference is certainly stacked from top to bottom and was able to win the intra-division title this year from the Corfield Conference, which features the best team in the league (by far), the Calgary Chinook. Will the Canosa Conference teams beat each other up in the postseason, leaving a tired and bloody team to potentially face the mighty Chinook in the finals, or will the Canosa Conference champion be so battle-tested from beating out so many great teams that it will be able to beat the odds-on favorites to win the Kehler Cup?
We asked GM Saouaf of the Siberia Icecats his thoughts. "We have a lot of great teams in our conference. The regular season is like a scene out of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. We have 6 great teams who will be fighting it out to overtake the other 5. For me, I would put my money on a Canosa team winning the Kehler Cup this year. We want the cup back in our conference! One year away from our conference is a year too much." Those are certainly fighting words from GM Saouaf. Will the Canosa Conference reign supreme in this battle royale? Only time will tell, so stay tuned sports fans!
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