Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Around the CHL~ volume #2 season edition #3

Here is the last regular season Around the CHL for this year. These are the final leaders for each of the three leagues. The 2013 Presidents Cup playoffs are just around the corner. After winning it all last year, Shawinigan will pick first in the upcoming Quebec league draft. GO Moose GO!

League leaders
Goals - Reid Boucher 62 goals (OHL Sarnia Sting), Anthony Mantha 50 goals (QMJHL Val-d'Or Foreurs), Brendan Leipsic 49 goals (WHL Portland Winterhawks)
Assists - Charles Sarault 86 assists (OHL Sarnia Sting), Nicolas Petan 74 assists (WHL Portland Winterhawks), Ben Duffy 71 assists (QMJHL Prince Edward Island Rocket)
Points - Brendan Leipsic 120 points (WHL Portland Winterhawks), Ben Duffy 110 points (QMJHL Prince Edward Island Rocket), Vincent Trocheck 109 points (OHL Sarnia Sting)
Defencemen points - Brenden Kichton 85 points (WHL Spokane Chiefs), Mathieu Brisebois 73 points (QMJHL Rouyn-Noranda Huskies), Ryan Sproul 66 points (OHL Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds)
Rookie points - Valentin Zykov 75 points (QMJHL Baie-Comeau Drakkar), Nikolay Goldobin 68 points (OHL Sarnia Sting), Oliver Bjorkstrand 63 points (WHL Portland Winterhawks)
Goalie wins - Zachary Fucale 45 wins (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Andrey Markarov 37 wins (WHL Saskatoon Blades), Garret Sparks 36 wins (OHL Guelph Storm)
Save percentage - Patrik Bartosak 0.935 SAV% (WHL Red Deer Rebels), Malcolm Subban 0.934 SAV% (OHL Belleville Bulls), Etienne Marcoux 0.913 SAV% (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbraind Armada)
Goals against average - Mac Carruth 2.06 GAA (WHL Edmonton Oil Kings), Etienne Marcoux 2.14 GAA (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbraind Armada), Malcolm Subban 2.14 GAA (OHL Belleville Bulls)

Division winners
WHL - Portland Winterhawks 117 points/57 wins (U.S. division), Kelowna Rockets 108 points/52 wins (B.C. division), Edmonton Oil Kings 108 points/51 wins (Central division), Saskatoon Blades 94 points/44 wins (East division)
OHL - London Knights 105 points/50 wins (Midwest division), Belleville Bulls 96 points/44 wins (East division), Plymouth Whalers 93 points/42 wins (West division), Barrie Colts 92 points/44 wins (Central division)
QMJHL - Halifax Mooseheads 120 points/58 wins (Maritimes division), Baie-Comeau Drakkar 93 points/44 wins (TELUS East division), Blainville-Boisbraind Armada 90 points/41 wins (TELUS West division)

BMO CHL top ten ~ week 26
1. Halifax Mooseheads {58-6-2-1} week 25 #1
2. Portland Winterhawks {57-12-1-2} week 25 #2
3. London Knights {50-13-2-3} week 25 #3
4. Edmonton Oil Kings {51-15-2-4} week 25 #4
5. Kelowna Rockets {52-16-3-1} week 25 #5
6. Belleville Bulls {44-16-5-3} week 25 #6
7. Plymouth Whalers {42-17-5-4} week 25 #8
8. Kamloops Blazers {47-20-2-3} week 25 #9
9. Baie-Comeau Drakkar {44-19-2-3} week 25 #7
10. Rimouski Oceanic {41-18-3-6} week 25 #10
Honorable mentions: Calgary Hitmen {46-21-1-4 #n/a}, Owen Sound Attack {44-18-1-5 n/a}, Saskatoon Blades {44-22-2-4 n/a}

Happenings since last edition
*Justin Feser broke a WHL record for playing in the most consecutive games after playing in his 312th consecutive game on March 1st, all with Tri-City. It broke Dwayne Newman's record of 311 games between 1988-92 with Brandon and Victoria.
*Halifax was the first team this season to become regular season champions after beating Acadie-Bathurst on February 24.
*Mikhail Grigorenko was returned to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts, from Buffalo and only played in the last regular season game recording 4 points. Stefan Matteau was also returned to his junior team, Blainville-Boisbriand, by the New Jersey Devils for the playoffs.
*Jonathan Drouin played only played in 49 games but still was able to be second in league scoring with 105 points for a league best 2.14 points per game.
*After winning the Memorial Cup last year, Shawinigan was eliminated from the playoffs woth a couple weeks left only recording 37 points.


Note: the Halifax Mooseheads tied a QMJHL record for most wins in a single season with the 1973-74 Sorel Eperviers, the 1978-79 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs and the 2010-11 Saint John Sea Dogs. All four teams won 58 games in a season.

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