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The implementation prior to last season to divide the CCHL into two conferences for the purposes of creating rivalries within each conference, while doing the same in pride for your conference during Inter-Conference play, has seemingly more than lived up to the hype of the separation.
"I think this season in particular has been fantastic," said Norsemen general manager, Blake Wendt. "Obviously if you're winning, it's a lot more fun. But the parity within our own Canosa Conference has been a dog fight all season. Now that we've officially played every team in the league, with being halfway through Inter-Conference games, it's just as much a fight every night going up against those guys. Both conferences are built well and very evenly matched."
Case in point, the current CCHL Standings:
# TEAM NAME GP W L T Pts PCT
1 Musicmen 42 37 3 2 76 0.905
2 Norsemen 42 29 9 4 62 0.738
3 Crusaders 42 29 10 3 61 0.726
4 Chinook 42 27 9 6 60 0.714
5 Thunder 42 26 10 6 58 0.690
6 Ronin 42 26 11 5 57 0.679
7 Millers 42 24 15 3 51 0.607
8 Puffin 42 23 15 4 50 0.595
9 Reign 42 23 16 3 49 0.583
10 Express 42 21 17 4 46 0.548
11 Ferrets 42 20 16 6 46 0.548
That's the top two clubs being from each conference. The Corfield with three in the top five, and the Canosa with six in the top eleven. It doesn't get much more evened out than that.
"At the beginning of the season, it was looking as if the Canosa Conference was the superior side," said Wendt. "But a few major impact trades completed by Calgary and Niagara Falls in particular, really boosted up the Corfield Conference. Dayton was completely running away. They still are an extremely dominant team. But the Chinook and Thunder will absolutely give them fits as we get closer and into the postseason. Niagara proved a couple of seasons ago that brut strength and physicality can get you to that ultimate goal. I personally don't see that changing for them. Calgary is a pretty stout, all-around good team. They more resemble the Musicmen in their defense and goaltending. Maybe don't have the offense to keep up with them. But (Carey) Price is capable of shutting down anyone's offense single handily. It has been and will be fun to compete at such a high caliber within our conference and hopefully one of those Corfield clubs in the postseason."
Outside of the top eleven in the CCHL, you have a mix of teams that are very close to moving up now or very soon, or rebuilding themselves into the contenders oftomorrow. Then there's Fort Erie. Like the falcon on a telephone pole. Just watching and waiting for their opportunity to swoop in.
"The Falcons are one of those clubs you always keep an eye on," said Wendt. "They sell off a bunch of their key assets, make it look like they have packed it in. But they're still hanging around. Still very much in contention of making some noise. Definitely not a fully committed rebuild team. It would not surprise me in the least if they make a deal or two to drastically alter their roster into a now team. Just don't see them getting their wings clipped and being in the audience this season."
For the Norsemen, the goals remain the same from before the season. The whole thing.
"We're not going anywhere," said Wendt. "First goal is to win the regular season conference. We're on the top rung, but know it's going to be a continued battle with Copenhagen and Victoria and really Georgetown and Reykjavik are in the ring too. We can't overlook any opponent, any night. Second goal is the Presidents' Trophy. Currently fourteen points behind Dayton is an enormous hill to climb to get there. But climb we will. Third goal is to win the Canosa Conference and the ultimate goal is the Kehler Cup."
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Kallum's Kids: A look at the prospects of the Georgetown Millers...
Kallum's Kids: A look at the prospects of the Georgetown Millers...
....a look at the prospect pipeline of the CCHL teams. Revisited to reflect GEO/DAY trade of 2nd of Dec.
Top 6 Forwards Grade: D
Brock Boeser, RW
Thomas Novak, C
Axel Holmstrom, LW
Mattias Janmark, C
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Top 4 Defensemen Grade: C
Noah Juulsen
Brett Pesce
Dylan McIlrath
-
Top 2 Goalies Grade: C
Igor Shestyorkin
Jordan Binnnington
Comments: Even after taking into account the trade with Dayton it is still a shallow pool. In the trade GEO also got a ton of picks. With good drafting this prospect pool could look better next year even though the graduations in this pool. But a big step forward for GEO and a nice trade to address the pool both short term and (hopefully) long term.
Total grade: C-
Previous:
HAM A
BOS B
COP B
CAL C
DAY C
FOR C
Monday, December 7, 2015
Seattle Brew - Issue 4
Seattle Brew
Issue #4
The digest with news and notes from and about the CCHL and Seattle’s own CCHL team the Reign
Now that we have entered the holiday season, and the pandemonium associated with all the Black Friday deals are over, people can now focus on the CCHL as it nears the halfway point of the season. Over the last handful of weeks much has changed yet little has changed it’s a Dickensesque dilemma (best of times, worst of times sort of thing).
We look at the Reign’s play over the last month and here are a few takeaways
1. Consistently inconsistent. That best describes Seattle over the last little while, win streaks have been short-lived. Losing streaks have been short. They’ve lost to teams near the bottom of the league and beaten teams ahead of them in the standings. If you bet on sports avoid Seattle on your ticket as you never know which team will show up.
2. Depth charges. The one area Seattle management addressed in the offseason was adding some depth up front and on the blueline. A few of those additions have underachieved and have yet to show the same skills they put on display last year. As injuries have hit, the coaching staff has done well juggling the lines but in doing so they have had to alter the type of system played in those games.
3. Is there a doctor in the house? Seattle has not suffered the same number of injuries that some other CCHL franchises have this year (hello, Linz, Siberia and Springfield) but they have had 2/3 of their top line miss time and they currently have a couple wingers out. Luckily the injuries on defence have been minimal and trouble could arise if Wideman or Vlasic miss any extended periods.
4. The walking dead. Coach Stevens hates to be outworked. He along with assistants Ken Daneyko and John MacLean have preached effort and hardwork throughout the season. There have been times where the team has looked lackadaisical at best and listless at worst. While things have improved on that front in the last few weeks it rears its ugly head at the worst times which makes one wonder even if this team makes the playoffs will it be a one and done?
5. Silence is golden? Little moves or rumors of possible moves have come from Seattle’s head offices which makes one wonder if they are content with the team as it stands. If any moves are made they would have to go all in or start a complete rebuild? There have been rumblings of unhappiness but those seem to have waned over the last few weeks.
Seattle year to date
Boasting a 19-14-2 record is decent when you consider they have went 16-8-1 record over the last 25 games. Their penalty killing unit continues to excel having the highest PK% in the league at 90.2 and ranking 3rd overall in efficiency. Corey Crawford has played well and the defence is actually the 5th stingiest in the league. The offence has been paced by Evgeni Malkin whose 37 points in 30 games has him just outside the top 10 in scoring. Gustav Nyquist and Patrice Bergeron are the goal scoring leaders with 13 goals apiece. Dennis Wideman is in the top 10 in defencemen scoring having recorded 28 points year to date.
League news and notes
Minnesota is now just 3 points up on the defending champion Crusaders from Copenhagen. Will either team be able to have success against the Corfield division to build a lead before their head to head battles resume?
Winnipeg Ferrets Alex Steen has been an offensive juggernaut, not only does he sit 3rd in league scoring with 46 points but he also is 13 points ahead of the 2nd leading scorer on his team (Wheeler and Ladd have 33 pts) which is the biggest difference between a team’s top two scorers in the league.
The Musicmen made another astute move getting incredible value and a cash infusion for mostly late round picks. The cash will help their bottom line but a Championship win will net them some dollars and with only 50 goals surrendered in 35 games and the top offence in the league only an unforeseen disaster doesn’t see Dayton right there in the end.
The Falcons in Fort Erie have pulled off quite a feat this season. They have been able to rebuild and contend at the same time. A series of moves gutted last season’s finalist but their young talent has emerged already and they sit in the final playoff spot in the Corfield division.
The Aces in Montreal have been busted more often than they have cashed in this year but they have a core of young talent and have made moves to acquire extra picks as they look to become perennial contenders. The loss of the CCHL leader in goals by a defenceman Brent Burns may be hard to replace so hopefully Erik Johnson who was part of the return the Aces got can pick up where Burns left off.
Would the Linz Blackwings be higher in the standings had they not already suffered over 200 man games to injuries? We may find out soon as it appears they will have a full healthy roster early in the week. Even with the injuries unless someone other than Jiri Hudler or Ryan Johansen start scoring Linz may end up in the same precarious position, not enough talent to get them into the playoffs but too much talent to get a high draft pick.
Finally some key injuries may hurt the following teams over the next couple of weeks;
Calgary – Giordano is out for around 3 weeks however the 2nd best defensive team in the CCHL has Carey Price…nuff said.
Montreal – The aforementioned Erik Johnson is out 3-4 weeks so evaluating his production for his new team will be delayed.
Portland – Kyle Okposo will still be out for a little over 1 week and even though Portland appears to be headed for a high draft pick Okposo was one of the few bright spots. He leads the Owls with 18 points, 9 goals, 2 GWG, an even +/- rating and 86 SOG and doing it averaging only 17 minutes per game.
Siberia – Word out of the North is that both Palmieri and Brewer will both be out at least 3 weeks more. Siberia has the #1 draft pick on the horizon, pending the lottery results, but the injury bug (197 man games lost) has devastated any momentum the Icecats had hoped to build.
Springfield – Marc Methot will be sidelined for around 3 weeks. Although he may not have the name recognition like other defenceman around the league he was the Homers best defenceman. He is the only Springfield regularly starting defenceman with a positive +/- rating at +4 and with 10 points is just 1 behind the Homers more heralded offensive dmen, Ryan Ellis and Dan Boyle.
Issue #4
The digest with news and notes from and about the CCHL and Seattle’s own CCHL team the Reign
Now that we have entered the holiday season, and the pandemonium associated with all the Black Friday deals are over, people can now focus on the CCHL as it nears the halfway point of the season. Over the last handful of weeks much has changed yet little has changed it’s a Dickensesque dilemma (best of times, worst of times sort of thing).
We look at the Reign’s play over the last month and here are a few takeaways
1. Consistently inconsistent. That best describes Seattle over the last little while, win streaks have been short-lived. Losing streaks have been short. They’ve lost to teams near the bottom of the league and beaten teams ahead of them in the standings. If you bet on sports avoid Seattle on your ticket as you never know which team will show up.
2. Depth charges. The one area Seattle management addressed in the offseason was adding some depth up front and on the blueline. A few of those additions have underachieved and have yet to show the same skills they put on display last year. As injuries have hit, the coaching staff has done well juggling the lines but in doing so they have had to alter the type of system played in those games.
3. Is there a doctor in the house? Seattle has not suffered the same number of injuries that some other CCHL franchises have this year (hello, Linz, Siberia and Springfield) but they have had 2/3 of their top line miss time and they currently have a couple wingers out. Luckily the injuries on defence have been minimal and trouble could arise if Wideman or Vlasic miss any extended periods.
4. The walking dead. Coach Stevens hates to be outworked. He along with assistants Ken Daneyko and John MacLean have preached effort and hardwork throughout the season. There have been times where the team has looked lackadaisical at best and listless at worst. While things have improved on that front in the last few weeks it rears its ugly head at the worst times which makes one wonder even if this team makes the playoffs will it be a one and done?
5. Silence is golden? Little moves or rumors of possible moves have come from Seattle’s head offices which makes one wonder if they are content with the team as it stands. If any moves are made they would have to go all in or start a complete rebuild? There have been rumblings of unhappiness but those seem to have waned over the last few weeks.
Seattle year to date
Boasting a 19-14-2 record is decent when you consider they have went 16-8-1 record over the last 25 games. Their penalty killing unit continues to excel having the highest PK% in the league at 90.2 and ranking 3rd overall in efficiency. Corey Crawford has played well and the defence is actually the 5th stingiest in the league. The offence has been paced by Evgeni Malkin whose 37 points in 30 games has him just outside the top 10 in scoring. Gustav Nyquist and Patrice Bergeron are the goal scoring leaders with 13 goals apiece. Dennis Wideman is in the top 10 in defencemen scoring having recorded 28 points year to date.
League news and notes
Minnesota is now just 3 points up on the defending champion Crusaders from Copenhagen. Will either team be able to have success against the Corfield division to build a lead before their head to head battles resume?
Winnipeg Ferrets Alex Steen has been an offensive juggernaut, not only does he sit 3rd in league scoring with 46 points but he also is 13 points ahead of the 2nd leading scorer on his team (Wheeler and Ladd have 33 pts) which is the biggest difference between a team’s top two scorers in the league.
The Musicmen made another astute move getting incredible value and a cash infusion for mostly late round picks. The cash will help their bottom line but a Championship win will net them some dollars and with only 50 goals surrendered in 35 games and the top offence in the league only an unforeseen disaster doesn’t see Dayton right there in the end.
The Falcons in Fort Erie have pulled off quite a feat this season. They have been able to rebuild and contend at the same time. A series of moves gutted last season’s finalist but their young talent has emerged already and they sit in the final playoff spot in the Corfield division.
The Aces in Montreal have been busted more often than they have cashed in this year but they have a core of young talent and have made moves to acquire extra picks as they look to become perennial contenders. The loss of the CCHL leader in goals by a defenceman Brent Burns may be hard to replace so hopefully Erik Johnson who was part of the return the Aces got can pick up where Burns left off.
Would the Linz Blackwings be higher in the standings had they not already suffered over 200 man games to injuries? We may find out soon as it appears they will have a full healthy roster early in the week. Even with the injuries unless someone other than Jiri Hudler or Ryan Johansen start scoring Linz may end up in the same precarious position, not enough talent to get them into the playoffs but too much talent to get a high draft pick.
Finally some key injuries may hurt the following teams over the next couple of weeks;
Calgary – Giordano is out for around 3 weeks however the 2nd best defensive team in the CCHL has Carey Price…nuff said.
Montreal – The aforementioned Erik Johnson is out 3-4 weeks so evaluating his production for his new team will be delayed.
Portland – Kyle Okposo will still be out for a little over 1 week and even though Portland appears to be headed for a high draft pick Okposo was one of the few bright spots. He leads the Owls with 18 points, 9 goals, 2 GWG, an even +/- rating and 86 SOG and doing it averaging only 17 minutes per game.
Siberia – Word out of the North is that both Palmieri and Brewer will both be out at least 3 weeks more. Siberia has the #1 draft pick on the horizon, pending the lottery results, but the injury bug (197 man games lost) has devastated any momentum the Icecats had hoped to build.
Springfield – Marc Methot will be sidelined for around 3 weeks. Although he may not have the name recognition like other defenceman around the league he was the Homers best defenceman. He is the only Springfield regularly starting defenceman with a positive +/- rating at +4 and with 10 points is just 1 behind the Homers more heralded offensive dmen, Ryan Ellis and Dan Boyle.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Kallum's Kids: A look at the prospects of the Fort Erie Falcons...
Kallum Kids: FOR
....a look at the prospect pipeline of the CCHL teams. After a vacation and a flurry of trades it looks like the prospects pools are set for a while.
Top 6 Forwards Grade:B-
Dylan Strome, C
Brendan Perlini, RW
Anthony Beauvillier, C
Philip Danault, LW
Remi Elie, LW
Daniel Catenacci, C
Top 4 Defensemen Grade: C
Vince Dunn
Matthew Spencer
David Musil
-
Top 2 Goalies Grade: B-
Alex Nedeljkovic
Antoine Bibeau
Comments: As sometimes can be expected in a perennial contenders there is a slim talent pool. In the list there is big span between top and bottom and some might even be
borderline for this list. Strome is top prospect followed by Perlini after that it is a significant drop.
Total grade: C
....a look at the prospect pipeline of the CCHL teams. After a vacation and a flurry of trades it looks like the prospects pools are set for a while.
Top 6 Forwards Grade:B-
Dylan Strome, C
Brendan Perlini, RW
Anthony Beauvillier, C
Philip Danault, LW
Remi Elie, LW
Daniel Catenacci, C
Top 4 Defensemen Grade: C
Vince Dunn
Matthew Spencer
David Musil
-
Top 2 Goalies Grade: B-
Alex Nedeljkovic
Antoine Bibeau
Comments: As sometimes can be expected in a perennial contenders there is a slim talent pool. In the list there is big span between top and bottom and some might even be
borderline for this list. Strome is top prospect followed by Perlini after that it is a significant drop.
Total grade: C
Sunday, November 15, 2015
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)
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)
Friday, November 6, 2015
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
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)
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)
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