WEHP Releases Weekly Top 10 Team Rankings

Top 10 Team Rankings for October 29, 2012
1.   SSAC Southgate Lions (10-0-1  88-24) 
2.   North Shore Winter Club (5-1-10  42-9) 
3.   Calgary Bisons (7-1-1  56-23) 
4.   Burnaby Winter Club (4-1-1  39-4)  
5.   OHA  (15-2-1  70-37) 
6.   Notre Dame  Hounds (4-0-2  32-14)
7.   Lloydminster Heat (7-1-3  69-35) 
8.   Winnipeg Hawks (5-1-0  31-10) 
9.   POE (3-0-0  22-3)
10. Calgary Northstar Sabres (7-1-1  43-17)

Honorable Mention
Coquitlam Chiefs (3-1-3), Winnipeg Monarchs (8-1-0), MLAC Scott Pump (5-2-1  37-25), Semiahmoo (3-1-3  25-14). Winnipeg Warriors (6-0-0)
Sherwood Park Flyers (4-1-3  54-23) 

Top 5 Saskatchewan AA Bantam
1.  Regina Pat Blues (6-0-0  34-10)
2.  West Central Wheat Kings (8-1-1  47-27)

3.  Prince Albert Venice House Raiders (7-1-0  63-29)

4.  Balgonie Prairie Storm (4-2-0  39-24)
5.  North East Wolfpack (6-1-0  43-18)

Western Canada Bantam Games - Sunday Morning Update

** Denotes - Key Game of top teams in league
British Columbia - PCAHA
Friday 26th
Coquitlam 3 at NSWC 3 FINAL
Caleb Fantillo, the team captain continues his strong play with 1-1-2, Genge and Lin with the other goals.  Tucek solid in goal, stopping 23/26 shots he faced.

Saturday 27th
Cloverdale 0 at BWC 23 FINAL
-Jaeger White with 15 points and Jake Kryski with 13 points in the game.

Sunday 28th
**BWC at Abbotsford
Surrey at Coquitlam
Langley at Cloverdale

British Columbia - OMAHA
Saturday 27th
Prince George 1 at Kelowna 4 FINAL

Alberta - AMBHL
Friday 26th
Edmonton SSAC 11 at Edmonton KC 3 Final
SSAC move to 9-0-1 with yet another lopsided victory on Friday night.  Tyler Benson once again led the way with 1-5-6.  He is way up top on the Alberta Bantam scoring race with 21-29-50 in only 10 games.  '99 born Ryan Anderson had 2-1-3, Josh Paterson had 2-2-4.  Paterson is far atop of the '99 born scoring race with 9 goals and 21 points in 10 games.

Saturday 27th
Camrose 2  at Red Deer Black 6 FINAL
Red Deer Black move to 5-4 and drop Camrose down to 0-8-1.  The Vikings remain the lone winless team in the AMBHL.  Red Deer got 2 goal games from 3 different players - Matthew Froehlick, Parker Smyth and Jeff De Wit.  De Wit had a 5 point game and now has 16 points in 9 games, tieing him with Luke Coleman for the team lead in points.  The shots were 45-22 for Red Deer.

St. Albert 4 at Fort Saskatchewan 3 FINAL
The Sabres win their first game of the season in moving to 1-7-0 while the Rangers drop to 2-5-2.

**Edmonton MLAC 9 at Lloydminster 3
In a bit of a stunner on Saturday, it was Edmonton MLAC all over the Lloydminster Heat 9-3.  It was Lloydminster's first loss of the season as they are now 7-1-2 while MLAC improve to 5-2-1 and serve notice that they are a team to be taken very series.  It was a huge game for Ryan Jevne as he scored 6 goals!  He also added 3 helpers for a 9 point game!  Nolan Volcan, the team scoring leader, coming in to the game had 3 points and small forward Ty Readman had 4 helpers.  Jevne now has 22 points in 8 games and Volcan has 19.  Defenseman Tristan Petrie had 1-1-2 for Lloydminster, he has 6 points and team goal scoring leader Cole Johnson scored his 16th of the year in his 10th game.  Lloydminster actually out-shot MLAC 46-31.  Hunter Lorenson was once again very strong for MLAC and is rapidly moving up our rankings.

Grand Prairie 4 at Southeast 7
The Southeast Hockey Hounds have now won 7 of their past 8 games and racked up another 7 goals on Saturday.  Southest have averaged just under 6 gpg and rack 4th in the AMBHL in that category.  Leading the way once again was the red hot Michael Doneff who scored 3 goals, he now has 13 goals and 27 points in 11 games.  Team scoring leader Jordan Taupert had a huge game with 2-4-6, giving him a team leading 29 points for the 5'5 130lb forward.  Michael Clarke had 5 points and now has a team leading 15 goals in 10 games.  D - Parker Bowles was strong once again as well for Southeast.  For Grand Prairie, it was John Tiede with a 3 point game and has a team leading 6 points in 9 games.  Southeast held a 42-30 edge in shots on goal.

Red Deer White 0 at Okotoks 2
The Okotoks Oilers win their first game of the season in moving to 1-9-0 while the Rebels White drop to 3-7-0.  For Okotoks, goalie Isiah Betinol was outstanding in stopping all 42 shots he faced.    A pair of key players for next year scored the goals as Nagy and Steer each scored their 2nd goals of the season.  '99 born goalie Dawson Weatherill was also solid for RD White in turning aside 33/35 shots.

**Calgary Northstar Sabres 3 at Calgary Bisons 3
In a battle of two of the better teams in the AMBHL, it was the Calgary Northstar Sabres scoring with under 5 minutes remaining to earn a tie vs. the Bisons.  Both teams are now 7-1-1 and sit tied atop the division standings.  The Northstar Sabres got 2 goals and 1 assist from team scoring leader Parker Aucoin.  Aucoin now has 13-6-19 this season in 9 games.  The Bisons got a good game from  Matthew Phillips picked up 1-2-3, giving him 18 points in 9 games.  Phillips sits just one point back of Dylan Williamson and his 19 points.  AA call-up D/F Josh Patrician picked up 2 goals for the Bisons.  He has 3 points in 3 games with them now and has 9 points in 6 games with AA. The shots were 28-28 in this one.

Calgary Flames 1 at Airdrie 1
Kurtis Chapman was the star of the game in stopping 40/41 shots he faced and got a goal from Barrett Sheen, his 4th of the year in a 1-1 tie.  Sheen leads the team with 8 points in 10 games.  The Flames Kyle Dumba stopped 20/21 shots and their lone goal came from Matteo Aiello, his 3rd of the season.

Sunday 28th
Okotoks at Calgary Flames
Grand Prairie at Lethbridge
Red Deer Black at Red Deer White
Lloydminster at Spruce Grove
Camrose at Airdrie
Calgary Royals at Southeast
Edmonton CAC at Edmonton SSAC

Saskatchewan - SBAAHL
Friday 26th
Swift Current 4  at Balgonie 2 FINAL

The Kabos Raiders move to 3-4-1 by doubling up a hot Balgonie squad on Friday.  Leading the way for Swift Current was Josh Nimegeeers with 2 goals, his first points of the season.  The Kabos Raiders top player Kole Lind remains out with injury.  Tanner Manz and Jared Legien scored for Balgonie.  Legien now has 18 points in 6 games.

Saturday 27th
**Regina Monarchs 6  at West Central 4 FINAL
The West Central Wheat Kings lose their first game of the season at the hands of the now 2-3-0 Regina Monarchs this afternoon.  It was a highly contested game with many power plays and good defensive game.  Jarred Hicks led the way for the Monarchs with 2-1-3, he now has 5 goals and 7 points in 5 games to lead the team.  Tanner Brewster had 1-2-3 and has 5 points now this season.  Ryder Kissick continued his strong play this season with 2 more goals, giving him 13 goals in 10 games.  Braydan Buziak had 3 assists.  Top stars Kolby Johnson and Garrett Pilon were quiet in this one.  Both are considered 2nd or 3rd round picks at this point in time.  Justen Close sat this one out in goal for West Central.

Weyburn at Regina Pat Blues
Moose Jaw 3 at North East 10
Battlefords 8 at Estevan 5
Sask Valley 5 at Yorkton 5

Sunday 28th
Battlefords at Weyburn
Notre Dame AA at Yorkton
Sask Valley at Melville
Moose Jaw at Humboldt
Balgonie at Swift Current

Manitoba - Winnipeg AAA League
Saturday 27th
Winnipeg Warriors 5 at Brandon 4 SO FINAL
Interlake 5 at Central Plains 2 FINAL
**Winnipeg Sharks 2 at Winnipeg Monarchs 4
Thunder Bay 1 at Pembina Valley 4
Thunder Bay at Pembina Valley

Sunday 28th
**Winnipeg Hawks at Winnipeg Sharks
Interlake at Yellowhead
Winnipeg Warriors at Thunder Bay

WHL Subway Super Series Rosters Announced Today

With that said, I thought it would be interested to see who was drafted and how high in the WHL Bantam Draft.  It just goes to show once again that how high you were picked is not the be all and end all and that if you continue to work hard, your success will and does come.  Certain players were drafted high, especially the list of defenseman but some were listed and others lower picks.  Here is the breakdown:

Summary is:
2008 Draft Picks - 12 players or 41.3%
2009 Draft Picks - 9 players or 31.0%
2010 Draft Picks - 3 Players or 10.0%
Listed - 5 Players or 17%

Average Selection in the bantam draft is 42nd amongst drafted players.  If you factor in the non draftees, it drops way down.  There are a total of 16 first round picks in total with 6 being from 2008 and 7 from 2009, while 2010 has 3 players but you have to be pretty elite to be picked as a 17 year old.  Just the 2nd, 13th and 15th overall players have been selected.

Since team Canada is usually made up of primarily 19 yr old players or 1993 born players this season.  Here is the average selected of those players from that year:  31.6 average selection, what is should be is 12.0.

The 2009 age group has 9 players picked at an average selection of 23.1.  Really no surprise given the fact the team had the 1-4 picks being highly regarded dmen!

Of those defenseman selected, just 2 were drafted outside the top 23 as Keegan Lowe and Ryan Pulock were drafted low very different reasons.  Pulock was a smallish 5'7 bantam player and Lowe was playing in Minnesota at the time and it wasn't clear if he was headed for the WHL - until Edmonton picked him of course!

The forwards are a combination of high picks and listed players.  The Forwards seem to be the biggest miss in the bantam draft, year after year.  Several players were small at the bantam draft time age.  Interesting to note that the top 3 drafted forwards aren't on the roster as RNH is in the NHL/Pro, while Forsberg isn't on the team and Chandler Stephenson is injured and may or may not have been selected.

It is interesting to note that 7 of the toop 9 picks from the 1993 age group or 19 yr olds were selected.  The exceptions were #6 overall Brent Benson and #8 Mitch Topping.  Only players in the first round to make it after were Holmbert #21.

14	*Brassart, Brady	6’1	192	1992	Calgary Hitmen - 43 rd overall in 2008
21	*Ewanyk, Travis	6’2	192	1992	Edmonton Oil Kings - 48th overall in 2008
28	*Lazar, Curtis	6’0	198	1994	Edmonton Oil Kings - 2nd overall in 2010
29	*Moroz, Mitch	6’2	208	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings - 30th overall in 2009
18	*St. Croix, Michael	6’0	179	1992	Edmonton Oil Kings- 4th overall in 2008
15	Sissons, Colton	6’1	194	1992	Kelowna Rockets - Listed by Sask
23	Reinhart, Sam	6’0	182	1994	Kootenay Ice - 15th overall in 2010
19	Shinkaruk, Hunter	5’11	175	1993	Medicine Hat Tigers - 14th overall in 2009
9	McNeill, Mark	6’2	210	1992	Prince Albert Raiders - 5th overall in 2008
20	Ouellette, Trent	6’0	175	1992	Regina Pats - Listed
16	Holmberg, Mitch	5’10	175	1992	Spokane Chiefs - 21st overall in 2008
17	*Lowry, Adam	6’5	201	1992	Swift Current Broncos - 78th overall in 2008
#	Defencemen	Ht	Wt	Year	Team
2	Pulock, Ryan	6’1	211	1993	Brandon Wheat Kings - 136th overall in 2009
8	*Reinhart, Griffin	6’4	202	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings - 3rd overall in 2009
27	Murray, Ryan	6’1	195	1992	Everett Silvertips - 9th overall in 2009
4	*Rielly, Morgan	6’0	205	1993	Moose Jaw Warriors - 2nd overall in 2009
24	*Dumba, Matt	6’0	182	1993	Red Deer Rebels - 4th overall in 2009
5	Siemens, Duncan	6’4	209	1992	Saskatoon Blades - 3rd overall in 2008
#	Goaltenders	Ht	Wt	Year	Team
31	*Broissoit, Laurent	6’3	200	1992	Edmonton Oil Kings - 26th overall in 2008
1	*Comrie, Eric	6’1	170	1994	Tri-City Americans - 13th overall in 2010

TEAM WHL COACHING STAFF / TRAINERS
Head Coach                         Don Nachbaur                     Spokane Chiefs
Assistant Coach                   Derek Laxdal                       Edmonton Oil Kings
Assistant Coach                   Don Hay                               Vancouver Giants
Athletic Trainer                     Nick Murray                         Vancouver Giants
Equipment Manager            Chad Scharff                       Vancouver Giant

Team WHL Roster – Victoria, BC – November 15, 2012

#	Forwards	Ht	Wt	Year	Team
14	*Brassart, Brady	6’1	192	1993	Calgary Hitmen - see above
21	*Ewanyk, Travis	6’2	192	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings see above
28	*Lazar, Curtis	6’0	198	1995	Edmonton Oil Kings - see above
29	*Moroz, Mitch	6’2	208	1994	Edmonton Oil Kings - see above
18	*St. Croix, Michael	6’0	179	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings - see avove
34	Lipon, JC	6’0	181	1993	Kamloops Blazers - Listed
9	Smith, Colin	5’11	175	1993	Kamloops Blazers - 7th overall in 2008
12	Fioretti, Sam	5’10	184	1993	Moose Jaw Warriors - Listed
7	Rattie, Ty	6’0	176	1993	Portland Winterhawks - 2nd overall in 2008
22	Black, Graham	6’0	179	1993	Swift Current Broncos - Listed
17	*Lowry, Adam	6’5	201	1993	Swift Current Broncos - see above
11	Hodges, Steven	6’0	175	1994	Victoria Royals - 9th overall in 2009
#	Defencemen	Ht	Wt	Year	Team
3	Lowe, Keegan	6’1	200	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings - 114th overall -2008
8	*Reinhart, Griffin	6’4	202	1994	Edmonton Oil Kings - see above
4	*Rielly, Morgan	6’0	205	1994	Moose Jaw Warriors - see above
51	Pouliot, Derrick	6’0	194	1994	Portland Winterhawks - 1st overall in 2009
26	Wotherspoon, Tyler	6’2	209	1993	Portland Winterhawks - 23rd overall in 2008
24	*Dumba, Matt	6’0	182	1994	Red Deer Rebels - see above
#	Goaltenders	Ht	Wt	Year	Team
31	*Broissoit, Laurent	6’3	200	1993	Edmonton Oil Kings - see above
1	*Comrie, Eric	6’1	170	1995	Tri-City Americans - see above