Around the CCHL: As of 11/1/18...Loons loving life!

The CCHL sees most teams now having played 13 games and we certainly have some surprises, don't we? If you had the Loons as the top team in the league standings as of November 1st, good job!

Let's look at the numbers!

Who's Hot: CAP, LAS & MIN...

Who's Not: PAR, SPR & HAM...

Top Goal Scorers: Giroux (FOR), Radulov (DAY) 13 each, Zucker (SEA) 12 goals...

Top Assists: Duchene (SEA) 18, Granlund (POR) & T. Hall (MIN) 15 each...

Top Points: Duchene (SEA) 24, Tarasenko (REK) & Kessel (MIN) 23 each...

Top Hits: Wheeler (FOR) 30, Oshie (FNT) & Rackell (WIS) 29 each...

Top Shots Blocked: Hedman (REK) 26, Ekblad (SUD), Yandle (LAS) & Subban (REK) 27 each...

Goalies - Most Wins: Rinne (MIN) 9, Gibson (FOR), Dubnyk (DAY) & Allen (DRT) 8 each...

Goalies - Best Save Percentage: Rinne (MIN), .917, Bishop (FNT), .912 Allen (DRT), .911...


Random Thoughts:

*It's still very early in the season but - based on goal differential - the Canosa Conference may be shaping up in this way. The team with the best differential (+15) - MIN seems to be the class of the Conference and should remain at or near the top all season. VIC has the 2nd best "GD" with a (+9). Now it gets interesting as NO other team in the conference has a GD better than (+2). Six teams (LAS, REK, SIB, ISL, FNT & GEO) all sit between +2 and -2... In the Corfield Conference, four teams, (CAP, WIS, SEA & FOR) are each +11 or better, with only CGY & DAY posting a + on the year so far...

*A reminder that players with a "-R" at the end of their names may NOT be used in any CCHL games. These reserve players did not play in enough NHL games - (10 for skaters and 5 for goalies) - to qualify for use in the CCHL this season.

*Fun fact: Calgary's Sidney Crosby has already been involved in two fights this season. He's tied for 2nd in the entire league. I suspect GM Yip would strongly prefer that Sid leave the fisticuffs to someone else...

See you next week!