Dogs ranked 9th in CHL

[dogcatcher]

Three QMJHL teams atop Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 rankings

2008-01-30

TORONTO, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – The Canadian Hockey League today announced the CHL Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 rankings for week 18. Three Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams once again managed to crack the upper echelon of the CHL.

The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League's top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.

CHL Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 Rankings – week 18

1. Kitchener Rangers (39-6-1-2)
2. Spokane Chiefs (37-10-1-3)
3. Calgary Hitmen (36-13-1-3)
4. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (35-14-2-1)
5. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (36-13-1-4)
6. Vancouver Giants (32-12-1-5)
7. Tri-City Americans (35-12-1-2)
8. Belleville Bulls (33-10-3-2)
9. Saint John Sea Dogs (32-13-1-3)
10. Sault Ste-Marie Greyhounds (32-13-1-3)

Source: Canadian Hockey League

[qmjhlfan]

Why are the ones on the CHL website different I wonder? They have the 'Dogs ranked eighth, and they came out on Monday past.

www.chl.ca/CHLNews0708/0128.html

[dogcatcher]

The one that you've got was last weeks - Week 17. The one I posted is this week - Week 18. From the Q site.

[ontariohockeyfan]

The CHL rankings generally come out every Wednesday approx 12 noon. As for the Seadog ranking dropping one spot .Reason was probably the St John loss. The 3 Q teams in the top 10 Saint john has 3 games in hand on Rouyn-Noranda,and 5 in hand on Baie-Comeau.Should make an interesting finish in the Q.Win your games in hand and you have a good shot to finish ahead of these two in the Q.They have a tough schelude think 20 road games but if they get the breaks they have a chance to finish first in the Q.Just my opinion just will have to wait and see what happens.Going to be fun to watch.Watch for a 4th Q team to be ranked especially if they keep winning (Halifax ) only one point behind Saint John but have played one more game.

[juliansteed]

Very surprised to see us still in the Top 10 at all this week.

[dogbert]

juliansteed said:

Very surprised to see us still in the Top 10 at all this week.

The Herd getting trampled by the Huskies helped

[ontariohockeyfan]

watch for this team (Saint John ) move up in the CHL ranks this week.They won 3 out of 4 games this week and the only loss to Lewiston was due to a hot goalie.Watch them to be ranked as high as 8 th for sure as Belleville won only 1 of 3 games this week.Possibly as high as 7th depending on what Tri -City Americans did last week.

[robkennedy]

They won 3 out of 4 games this week and the only loss to Lewiston was due to a hot goalie.

I think you have it backwards--Lewiston outshot SJ 45-31, and won have won in a blowout had Travis Fullerton not been on top of his game. The scoring chances were decidedly in the Maineiacs favour.

However, one blemish in a 3-1 week probably won't matter a whole lot in the scheme of things when the rankings come out.