Around the CCHL: (Week of 10/22/18) Donuts Dancing, who really loves home cooking and the finances are here!!!

A look at who's hot, who's not, player movement and other news across the league

Who's Hot: Wisborg - 4 wins in a row and Siberia - 3 wins in a row are the two hottest teams in the CCHL. The Donuts sit tied with two other teams (SEA & MIN) for 1st place with 14 points. The Icecats, after a bit of a wobbly start, seems to have made some lineup adjustments and look more like the team we all expected them to be this season. Siberia sits tied for 13th overall with the Niagara Falls Thunder.

Who's Not: Parry Sound continues to look for their first victory on the young season. Also struggling so far are Springfield and Gillam. The Homers have some work to do but their core group is solid. Gillam is in a bit of a rebuild, so they should bounce around the bottom of the overall standings most of the season.

These teams LOVE home cooking: DAY (5-0-0), WIS (4-0-0) and the Icecats (4-1-0)...

These teams DON'T like to be at home: PAR (0-3-1) and DRT (1-3-0)...

These teams enjoy the road so far: SEA: (4-1-0), VIC (4-1-0) and POR (3-1-1)...

These teams don't so far: SPR: (0-4-0), GIL (0-4-0) and PAR (0-5-1)...

Finances are updated! In what has to be a miserable job, Bobby Nicol and Chris (call me Champ) Kash have the 2018-19 finances up on the website. All teams should be checking their team payrolls for errors and reporting any to Bobby ASAP. 18 of our 22 teams are considered financially healthy. The remaining 4 should be taking steps to stabilize their situation asap. (More info about CCHL Team financial health and requirement can be found in the rules Section K, subsections 2-3.)

"This ain't APBA anymore, Toto!" - Look for the standings to be much tighter in Simon than in the old APBA. One reason is the point awarded for OT and Shootout losses.

From an anonymous GM on Dayton's acquiring Derek Stepan from the Norsemen: "DAY has several high caliber players arriving over the next few seasons. Stepan helps the team they have this season and will show veteran leadership going forward. He's still a solid defensive player with very good faceoff skills. He didn't pay much for him so it should work out. Nice cash savings by Minny, too..."