WHL: WEEKLY MAGAZINE VOL.3, NUMBER 10 Hi guys, this issue is for days 46-50. Only 1 paper left to do now, but another one is fast coming. Man, am I busy or what :) Once again, I apologize for being late in the papers. I'm doing my best to have a good paper out every 5 games, all the while working, having 5 courses at the university, and being involved in 4-5 projects at school, at times I also try to eat and sleep, do some work for my company and so on. I must be crazy :) Contents: 1- Overall Team Standings 2- Forward of the Week 3- Defenseman of the Week 4- Goaltender of the Week 5- Rookie Report 6- Weekly 3-Star Award/Hat Trick/5+ Point/10+ Shot 7- PLATINUM 3 Stars Cup Leaders 8- 1st/2nd/3rd Stars Leaders 9- Hat Tricks Leaders 10- 5+ Shots Games Leaders 11- 10+ Shots Games Leaders 12- Team Offense Rating - Goals For 13- Team Offense Rating - Shots For 14- Team Defense Rating - Goals Against 15- Team Defense Rating - Shots Against 16- Roster Moves Report 17- Teams Tidbits 1- OVERALL TEAM STANDINGS The teams are ranked primarily by the percentage, and then, in case of a tie, by the number of wins. And finally, in case of another tie, by the difference between goals for and goals against. GP W L T GF GA PTS PCT LAST WEEK 1- VOODOO 52 36 11 5 321 182 77 .740 1 2- STALLIONS 50 31 15 4 204 155 66 .660 2 3- GRUNTS 51 29 13 9 208 152 67 .657 5 4- CORINTHS 50 31 16 3 189 155 65 .650 4 5- FREEZE 51 32 17 2 209 172 66 .647 6 6- STRANGERS 49 30 18 1 218 172 61 .622 3 7- SPARROWS 51 27 21 3 192 168 57 .559 7 8- VENOM 51 26 21 4 200 180 56 .549 11 9- LUNATICS 50 24 21 5 171 153 53 .530 8 10- CHIEFS 48 21 19 8 164 162 50 .521 10 11- WOLVES 51 24 23 4 192 182 52 .510 12 12- QUAKERS 50 24 23 3 167 165 51 .510 9 13- KRUSHERS 48 22 21 5 168 155 49 .510 15 14- DOMINATRS 49 22 21 6 209 209 50 .510 13 15- MONARCHS 50 22 23 5 184 177 49 .490 14 16- ROSES 51 21 24 6 170 190 48 .471 17 17- MALLRATS 50 23 27 0 182 198 46 .460 16 18- ENFORCERS 50 16 25 9 151 184 41 .410 20 19- STEELCATS 50 20 30 0 172 191 40 .400 18 20- SAINTS 51 17 30 4 162 221 38 .373 21 21- VIKINGS 50 17 30 3 159 203 37 .370 19 22- AGENTS 51 14 31 6 184 271 34 .333 22 23- FURY 49 12 32 5 166 234 29 .296 23 24- VIPERS 47 7 36 4 133 244 18 .191 24 2- FORWARD OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's forward of the week is Doug Weight of the Vancouver Voodoo. Last week, Weight scored 5 goals and added 8 assists for a total of 13 points in 5 games. The runners up were Steve Yzerman of the Penticton Venom and Pierre Turgeon of the Chicoutimi Sparrows. Now, notice Doug Weight's +/- isn't very good, to say the least :) Well, this is not his real number. This is a bug with the simulator. When players reach 50+ in +/-, the decrease of a certain number of points. Same thing happened to Paul Kariya of the Voodoo also. Last week, they were both +39 and this week +25. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Doug Weight VOODOO 5 5 8 13 -14 24 12 20.1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 6 7 5 12 1 35 2 20.0 Steve Yzerman VENOM 5 5 5 10 -2 24 7 20.1 3- DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's defenseman of the week is Jan Vopat of the Chi-Town Krushers. Last week, Vopat collected 2 goals and 6 assists for a total of 8 points, all the while keeping an excellent +7 record. The runners up were Bryan Berard of the Chicoutimi Sparrows, and Ray Bourque of the Spokane Chiefs. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Jan Vopat KRUSHERS 5 2 6 8 7 15 19 13.3 Bryan Berard SPARROWS 6 2 5 7 1 12 20 16.7 Ray Bourque CHIEFS 5 0 6 6 -3 7 13 0.0 4- GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's goaltender of the week is Pat Jablonski of the Waterloo Lunatics. Last week, Jabber kept a 2.60 gaa along with a .907 save percentage. Jabber wasn't in any ways responsible to the Lunatics rather poor 1-3-1 record. The runners up were Blaine Lacher of the Kingston Corinthians and Chris Rogles of the Chi-Town Krushers. GP Min Gaa W L T Ga Sh Sv% Pat Jablonski LUNATICS 5 305 2.60 1 3 1 13 141 .907 Blaine Lacher CORINTHIANS 5 305 2.75 3 1 1 14 154 .909 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 5 305 3.15 3 2 0 16 155 .897 5- ROOKIE REPORT - Provided by Brian Howe Top 50 Point Earners P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 89 Dainius Zubrus 52 16 31 47 23 0 0 5 0 134 42 11.9 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 48 19 27 46 14 8 1 5 0 138 43 13.8 F 25 Mike Grier 52 20 16 36 25 0 0 4 0 164 85 12.2 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 40 11 25 36 32 1 0 2 0 117 33 9.4 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 51 11 25 36 -24 3 0 0 0 102 33 10.8 D 5 Jason Holland 49 6 30 36 10 0 0 1 0 40 67 15.0 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 51 17 16 33 -12 3 0 2 0 118 13 14.4 F 4 Sami Kapanen 50 14 19 33 -7 4 1 2 1 128 8 10.9 D 27 John Slaney 36 9 23 32 15 2 0 0 0 54 26 16.7 D 4 Per Gustafsson 43 6 23 29 13 0 0 1 0 50 58 12.0 D 3 Mattias Ohlund 45 6 22 28 -1 2 1 0 0 44 108 13.6 F 32 Darren McCarty 51 9 18 27 2 0 0 1 0 118 198 7.6 D 23 Dan McGillis 51 3 22 25 -6 0 0 0 0 20 98 15.0 F 11 Ed Ronan 51 10 14 24 -30 5 0 1 1 108 36 9.3 F 18 Jim Campbell 50 8 16 24 3 0 0 1 1 92 96 8.7 F 50 Rob Zamuner 36 10 13 23 -3 6 0 1 0 81 14 12.3 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 F 16 David Nemirovsky 42 8 14 22 -13 1 0 0 0 70 60 11.4 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 94 Ryan Smyth 43 10 10 20 11 3 0 1 0 81 84 12.3 F 11 Alex Hicks 51 7 13 20 2 7 0 1 0 125 125 5.6 D 3 David Wilkie 50 7 11 18 29 0 0 1 0 53 32 13.2 D 31 Vlastimil Kroupa 36 3 15 18 1 0 0 0 0 34 17 8.8 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 49 11 6 17 -5 5 0 3 0 129 97 8.5 F 15 Brad Smyth 41 5 12 17 -14 2 0 0 0 65 100 7.7 D 43 Al Iafrate 46 3 14 17 -5 0 1 2 0 27 105 11.1 F 15 Chris Simon 43 8 8 16 3 0 0 0 0 69 180 11.6 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 39 7 8 15 4 3 0 2 0 76 76 9.2 D 36 Rhett Warrener 51 7 8 15 -3 0 0 2 0 53 90 13.2 D 11 Aaron Ward 43 6 9 15 -8 0 0 1 0 37 69 16.2 F 71 Lonny Bohonos 35 5 10 15 0 1 0 0 0 53 42 9.4 D 32 Denis Gauthier 46 4 11 15 -25 1 0 0 0 39 132 10.3 D 4 Mike Wilson 41 3 12 15 -8 1 0 0 1 26 59 11.5 D 16 Ken Klee 51 5 9 14 -8 0 0 1 0 43 111 11.6 F 22 Gerard Gallant 50 7 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 91 164 7.7 F 20 Daniel Goneau 27 6 7 13 2 1 0 2 0 61 42 9.8 F 98 Alexandre Volchkov 17 5 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 27 28 18.5 D 14 Mattias Norstrom 42 2 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 24 106 8.3 D 34 Scott Walker 34 1 12 13 -5 1 0 0 0 20 60 5.0 D 10 Ricard Persson 50 1 12 13 -15 0 0 0 0 34 77 2.9 F 17 Rem Murray 51 9 3 12 -5 2 0 0 0 72 47 12.5 F 18 Stephen Guolla 44 8 4 12 0 0 0 1 0 61 54 13.1 D 2 David Cooper 37 3 9 12 9 1 0 0 0 34 43 8.8 D 11 Joel Bouchard 46 2 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 27 66 7.4 F 41 Harry York 31 8 3 11 -3 0 0 0 1 45 20 17.8 F 62 Steve Webb 17 7 4 11 9 0 0 1 0 34 41 20.6 F 31 Randy Gilhen 43 5 6 11 5 0 0 0 0 57 85 8.8 F 27 Joey Kocur 34 3 8 11 2 0 0 0 0 48 93 6.3 F 39 Darryl Laplante 22 7 3 10 7 0 1 2 0 63 40 11.1 D 18 Ian Moran 25 5 5 10 -4 0 0 0 0 38 20 13.2 Top 20 Goal Scorers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 52 20 16 36 25 0 0 4 0 164 85 12.2 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 48 19 27 46 14 8 1 5 0 138 43 13.8 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 51 17 16 33 -12 3 0 2 0 118 13 14.4 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 52 16 31 47 23 0 0 5 0 134 42 11.9 F 4 Sami Kapanen 50 14 19 33 -7 4 1 2 1 128 8 10.9 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 40 11 25 36 32 1 0 2 0 117 33 9.4 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 49 11 6 17 -5 5 0 3 0 129 97 8.5 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 51 11 25 36 -24 3 0 0 0 102 33 10.8 F 50 Rob Zamuner 36 10 13 23 -3 6 0 1 0 81 14 12.3 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 F 94 Ryan Smyth 43 10 10 20 11 3 0 1 0 81 84 12.3 F 11 Ed Ronan 51 10 14 24 -30 5 0 1 1 108 36 9.3 D 27 John Slaney 36 9 23 32 15 2 0 0 0 54 26 16.7 F 32 Darren McCarty 51 9 18 27 2 0 0 1 0 118 198 7.6 F 17 Rem Murray 51 9 3 12 -5 2 0 0 0 72 47 12.5 F 41 Harry York 31 8 3 11 -3 0 0 0 1 45 20 17.8 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 16 David Nemirovsky 42 8 14 22 -13 1 0 0 0 70 60 11.4 F 15 Chris Simon 43 8 8 16 3 0 0 0 0 69 180 11.6 F 18 Stephen Guolla 44 8 4 12 0 0 0 1 0 61 54 13.1 Top 20 Shot Takers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 52 20 16 36 25 0 0 4 0 164 85 12.2 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 48 19 27 46 14 8 1 5 0 138 43 13.8 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 52 16 31 47 23 0 0 5 0 134 42 11.9 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 49 11 6 17 -5 5 0 3 0 129 97 8.5 F 4 Sami Kapanen 50 14 19 33 -7 4 1 2 1 128 8 10.9 F 11 Alex Hicks 51 7 13 20 2 7 0 1 0 125 125 5.6 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 51 17 16 33 -12 3 0 2 0 118 13 14.4 F 32 Darren McCarty 51 9 18 27 2 0 0 1 0 118 198 7.6 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 40 11 25 36 32 1 0 2 0 117 33 9.4 F 11 Ed Ronan 51 10 14 24 -30 5 0 1 1 108 36 9.3 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 51 11 25 36 -24 3 0 0 0 102 33 10.8 F 18 Jim Campbell 50 8 16 24 3 0 0 1 1 92 96 8.7 F 22 Gerard Gallant 50 7 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 91 164 7.7 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 F 50 Rob Zamuner 36 10 13 23 -3 6 0 1 0 81 14 12.3 F 94 Ryan Smyth 43 10 10 20 11 3 0 1 0 81 84 12.3 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 39 7 8 15 4 3 0 2 0 76 76 9.2 F 17 Rem Murray 51 9 3 12 -5 2 0 0 0 72 47 12.5 F 19 Alexander Kharlamov 25 4 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 71 11 5.6 Top 20 G.A.A. GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 28 1685 2.92 18 9 1 0 0 82 844 .903 0 0 Chris Rogles 42 2545 3.18 20 17 5 0 0 135 1311 .897 0 0 Corey Hirsch 43 2600 3.23 31 8 4 0 1 140 1377 .898 0 0 Dominic Roussel 42 2530 3.32 18 22 2 0 2 140 1276 .890 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 30 1820 3.46 13 13 4 0 0 105 894 .883 0 0 J.S. Giguere 30 1800 3.70 12 18 0 0 1 111 990 .888 0 0 Steve Shields 29 1755 4.24 10 16 3 0 1 124 1109 .888 0 0 Top 20 Save Percentages GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 28 1685 2.92 18 9 1 0 0 82 844 .903 0 0 Corey Hirsch 43 2600 3.23 31 8 4 0 1 140 1377 .898 0 0 Chris Rogles 42 2545 3.18 20 17 5 0 0 135 1311 .897 0 0 Dominic Roussel 42 2530 3.32 18 22 2 0 2 140 1276 .890 0 0 Steve Shields 29 1755 4.24 10 16 3 0 1 124 1109 .888 0 0 J.S. Giguere 30 1800 3.70 12 18 0 0 1 111 990 .888 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 30 1820 3.46 13 13 4 0 0 105 894 .883 0 0 6- WEEKLY 3-STAR AWARD/HAT TRICK/5+ POINT/10+ SHOT - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 3 Manny Legace FREEZE 3 Jeff Hackett FURY 2 Owen Nolan ROSES 2 Steve Shields SAINTS 2 Dino Ciccarelli CHIEFS 2 Paul Kariya VOODOO 2 Don Beaupre ENFORCERS 2 Todd Harvey AGENTS 1 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 1 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Stu Barnes ROSES 2 Jere Lehtinen SAINTS 2 Steve Larouche SPARROWS 2 Vincent Damphousse VIKINGS 2 Doug Weight VOODOO 2 Andy Moog WOLVES 2 Bobby Holik KRUSHERS 2 Peter Ferraro ENFORCERS 2 Michal Sykora FREEZE 2 Neal Broten FREEZE 1 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Steve Yzerman VENOM 3 Len Barrie MALLRATS 2 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 2 Brian Wesenberg FREEZE 2 Doug Brown AGENTS 1 Martin Rucinsky FURY 1 Jeff Hackett FURY 1 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 1 Kirk Muller GRUNTS 1 ------------------------------------ Hat Trick Leaders Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Joe Murphy GRUNTS 1 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Doug Weight VOODOO 1 Mike Grier VOODOO 1 Paul Kariya VOODOO 1 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 1 ------------------------------------ 5+ Point Game Leaders Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Paul Kariya VOODOO 1 Eric Lacroix CORINTHS 1 ------------------------------------ 10+ Shot Game Leaders Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Geoff Sanderson SPARROWS 1 Valeri Kamensky VENOM 1 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 1 Pat Flatley SPARROWS 1 Brian Wesenberg FREEZE 1 ------------------------------------ 7- PLATINUM 3 STARS CUP LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total ----------------------------------------------------- Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 9 9 6 78 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 12 2 3 69 Doug Weight VOODOO 8 6 4 62 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 10 3 2 61 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 9 3 3 57 Mike Modano VOODOO 9 3 2 56 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 6 6 2 50 Grant Fuhr CHIEFS 6 5 5 50 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 5 7 4 50 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 6 4 7 49 Owen Nolan ROSES 7 4 2 49 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 7 3 4 48 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 7 3 3 47 Andy Moog WOLVES 3 9 5 47 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 12 5 46 ----------------------------------------------------- 8- 1ST/2ND/3RD STARS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 12 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 10 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 9 Mike Modano VOODOO 9 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 9 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 8 Doug Weight VOODOO 8 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 7 Owen Nolan ROSES 7 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 7 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 12 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 9 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 9 Andy Moog WOLVES 9 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 8 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 8 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 8 Mark Messier STRANGERS 7 Ed Belfour STRANGERS 7 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 7 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 8 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 7 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 7 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 7 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 6 John Slaney ROSES 6 Sean Burke DOMINATRS 6 Don Beaupre ENFORCERS 6 Brian Wesenberg FREEZE 5 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 5 ------------------------------------ 9- HAT TRICKS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 4 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 4 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 3 Joe Murphy GRUNTS 2 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 2 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 2 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 2 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 2 Paul Kariya VOODOO 2 ------------------------------------ 10- 5+ POINT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Mark Messier STRANGERS 2 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 2 Mike Modano VOODOO 2 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 1 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 Eric Lindros MALLRATS 1 Peter Bondra CHIEFS 1 Derek Mayer ROSES 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 ------------------------------------ 11- 10+ SHOT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Mike Modano VOODOO 8 Doug Weight VOODOO 5 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 4 Esa Tikkanen STRANGERS 4 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 4 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 3 Mark Messier STRANGERS 3 Valeri Kamensky VENOM 3 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 2 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 2 ------------------------------------ 12- TEAM OFFENSE RATING - GOALS FOR - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP GF Avg. GP GF Avg. GP GF Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Voodoo 52 321 6.17 28 180 6.43 24 141 5.88 Surrey Strangers 49 218 4.45 21 100 4.76 28 118 4.21 Des Moines Dominators 49 209 4.27 22 96 4.36 27 113 4.19 Philadelphia Freeze 51 209 4.10 27 103 3.81 24 106 4.42 Toronto Stallions 50 204 4.08 27 121 4.48 23 83 3.61 St. John's Grunts 51 208 4.08 26 108 4.15 25 100 4.00 Penticton Venom 51 200 3.92 29 112 3.86 22 88 4.00 Kingston Corinthians 50 189 3.78 30 113 3.77 20 76 3.80 Winnipeg Wolves 51 192 3.76 24 79 3.29 27 113 4.19 Chicoutimi Sparrows 51 192 3.76 24 99 4.13 27 93 3.44 Minneapolis Monarchs 50 184 3.68 24 90 3.75 26 94 3.62 Albany Mallrats 50 182 3.64 23 85 3.70 27 97 3.59 Boston Agents 51 184 3.61 26 85 3.27 25 99 3.96 Chi-Town Krushers 48 168 3.50 23 86 3.74 25 82 3.28 Hamilton Steelcats 50 172 3.44 21 66 3.14 29 106 3.66 Spokane Chiefs 48 164 3.42 24 88 3.67 24 76 3.17 Waterloo Lunatics 50 171 3.42 23 88 3.83 27 83 3.07 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 49 166 3.39 26 88 3.38 23 78 3.39 Pittsburgh Quakers 50 167 3.34 27 86 3.19 23 81 3.52 Oakland Roses 51 170 3.33 24 89 3.71 27 81 3.00 Edmonton Vikings 50 159 3.18 22 80 3.64 28 79 2.82 Seattle Saints 51 162 3.18 26 90 3.46 25 72 2.88 Saskatoon Enforcers 50 151 3.02 27 96 3.56 23 55 2.39 Mississauga Vipers 47 133 2.83 26 71 2.73 21 62 2.95 13- TEAM OFFENSE RATING - SHOTS FOR - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP SF Avg. GP SF Avg. GP SF Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Voodoo 52 2517 48.40 28 1348 48.14 24 1169 48.71 Surrey Strangers 49 1790 36.53 21 779 37.10 28 1011 36.11 Kingston Corinthians 50 1787 35.74 30 1112 37.07 20 675 33.75 Chicoutimi Sparrows 51 1751 34.33 24 900 37.50 27 851 31.52 Penticton Venom 51 1734 34.00 29 1003 34.59 22 731 33.23 St. John's Grunts 51 1733 33.98 26 943 36.27 25 790 31.60 Philadelphia Freeze 51 1733 33.98 27 914 33.85 24 819 34.13 Oakland Roses 51 1684 33.02 24 832 34.67 27 852 31.56 Toronto Stallions 50 1648 32.96 27 931 34.48 23 717 31.17 Pittsburgh Quakers 50 1647 32.94 27 890 32.96 23 757 32.91 Spokane Chiefs 48 1563 32.56 24 796 33.17 24 767 31.96 Chi-Town Krushers 48 1558 32.46 23 787 34.22 25 771 30.84 Albany Mallrats 50 1606 32.12 23 804 34.96 27 802 29.70 Edmonton Vikings 50 1596 31.92 22 727 33.05 28 869 31.04 Mississauga Vipers 47 1485 31.60 26 859 33.04 21 626 29.81 Minneapolis Monarchs 50 1577 31.54 24 810 33.75 26 767 29.50 Waterloo Lunatics 50 1553 31.06 23 739 32.13 27 814 30.15 Boston Agents 51 1583 31.04 26 821 31.58 25 762 30.48 Winnipeg Wolves 51 1554 30.47 24 733 30.54 27 821 30.41 Saskatoon Enforcers 50 1523 30.46 27 866 32.07 23 657 28.57 Des Moines Dominators 49 1491 30.43 22 671 30.50 27 820 30.37 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 49 1490 30.41 26 825 31.73 23 665 28.91 Seattle Saints 51 1545 30.29 26 806 31.00 25 739 29.56 Hamilton Steelcats 50 1470 29.40 21 657 31.29 29 813 28.03 14- TEAM DEFENSE RATING - GOALS AGAINST - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP GA Avg. GP GA Avg. GP GA Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- St. John's Grunts 51 152 2.98 26 84 3.23 25 68 2.72 Waterloo Lunatics 50 153 3.06 23 67 2.91 27 86 3.19 Toronto Stallions 50 155 3.10 27 68 2.52 23 87 3.78 Kingston Corinthians 50 155 3.10 30 100 3.33 20 55 2.75 Chi-Town Krushers 48 155 3.23 23 80 3.48 25 75 3.00 Chicoutimi Sparrows 51 168 3.29 24 80 3.33 27 88 3.26 Pittsburgh Quakers 50 165 3.30 27 91 3.37 23 74 3.22 Philadelphia Freeze 51 172 3.37 27 86 3.19 24 86 3.58 Spokane Chiefs 48 162 3.38 24 72 3.00 24 90 3.75 Vancouver Voodoo 52 182 3.50 28 95 3.39 24 87 3.63 Surrey Strangers 49 172 3.51 21 78 3.71 28 94 3.36 Penticton Venom 51 180 3.53 29 103 3.55 22 77 3.50 Minneapolis Monarchs 50 177 3.54 24 87 3.63 26 90 3.46 Winnipeg Wolves 51 182 3.57 24 67 2.79 27 115 4.26 Saskatoon Enforcers 50 184 3.68 27 102 3.78 23 82 3.57 Oakland Roses 51 190 3.73 24 87 3.63 27 103 3.81 Hamilton Steelcats 50 191 3.82 21 58 2.76 29 133 4.59 Albany Mallrats 50 198 3.96 23 92 4.00 27 106 3.93 Edmonton Vikings 50 203 4.06 22 86 3.91 28 117 4.18 Des Moines Dominators 49 209 4.27 22 90 4.09 27 119 4.41 Seattle Saints 51 221 4.33 26 111 4.27 25 110 4.40 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 49 234 4.78 26 122 4.69 23 112 4.87 Mississauga Vipers 47 244 5.19 26 135 5.19 21 109 5.19 Boston Agents 51 271 5.31 26 135 5.19 25 136 5.44 15- TEAM DEFENSE RATING - SHOTS AGAINST - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP SA Avg. GP SA Avg. GP SA Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingston Corinthians 50 1456 29.12 30 859 28.63 20 597 29.85 Waterloo Lunatics 50 1479 29.58 23 640 27.83 27 839 31.07 Penticton Venom 51 1512 29.65 29 821 28.31 22 691 31.41 St. John's Grunts 51 1520 29.80 26 749 28.81 25 771 30.84 Toronto Stallions 50 1491 29.82 27 778 28.81 23 713 31.00 Minneapolis Monarchs 50 1514 30.28 24 731 30.46 26 783 30.12 Pittsburgh Quakers 50 1514 30.28 27 764 28.30 23 750 32.61 Surrey Strangers 49 1488 30.37 21 604 28.76 28 884 31.57 Chicoutimi Sparrows 51 1559 30.57 24 730 30.42 27 829 30.70 Albany Mallrats 50 1553 31.06 23 677 29.43 27 876 32.44 Oakland Roses 51 1586 31.10 24 715 29.79 27 871 32.26 Spokane Chiefs 48 1511 31.48 24 701 29.21 24 810 33.75 Chi-Town Krushers 48 1514 31.54 23 699 30.39 25 815 32.60 Vancouver Voodoo 52 1662 31.96 28 847 30.25 24 815 33.96 Philadelphia Freeze 51 1639 32.14 27 873 32.33 24 766 31.92 Winnipeg Wolves 51 1667 32.69 24 734 30.58 27 933 34.56 Hamilton Steelcats 50 1713 34.26 21 680 32.38 29 1033 35.62 Edmonton Vikings 50 1727 34.54 22 697 31.68 28 1030 36.79 Saskatoon Enforcers 50 1748 34.96 27 934 34.59 23 814 35.39 Des Moines Dominators 49 1746 35.63 22 709 32.23 27 1037 38.41 Seattle Saints 51 1908 37.41 26 927 35.65 25 981 39.24 Boston Agents 51 1945 38.14 26 1005 38.65 25 940 37.60 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 49 1996 40.73 26 1019 39.19 23 977 42.48 Mississauga Vipers 47 2170 46.17 26 1172 45.08 21 998 47.52 16- ROSTER MOVES REPORT - By Michael Hebert After Day 46 -Steelcats trade Ed Jovanovski and Daniel Goneau to the Dominators for Nikolai Khabibulin and Jason Botterill -Steelcats bring up Jason Botterill -Dominators bring up Ed Jovanovski and Daniel Goneau -Krushers waiver Nick Kypreos After Day 47 -Sparrows trade Michal Grosek to the Agents for Pat Flatley -Corinthians trade Vincent Riendeau to the Dominators for their 5th round draft pick in the next draft -Sparrows demote Kip Miller and promote Pat Flatley -Saints demote Randy Wood and promote Alexander Semak -Nick Kypreos reports to the Krushers' farm team After Day 48 -Steelcats promote Andrei Zyuzin 17- TEAMS TIDBITS the KRUSHERS ------------ Reports out of Chi-Town tell us that right winger Andrei Kovalenko is very unhappy with his limited ice-time with the Krushers. Apparently, Kovalenko has asked GM Jes Golbez for a trade. Both parties agreed that Kovalenko would continue playing with the team before being traded. Golbez would be after a d-man with good speed and puck control or a good scoring right winger. the LUNATICS ------------ The Waterloo Lunatics, one of best teams going into this season, have played horribly throughout this season. After making many deals to try to find the right chemistry on the team, it looks like GM Jason Stumpf cannot put anything together to create a winning a team. A team that is hampered by a lack of consistency has lead to major problems throughout the season. Will the Lunatics show up and win 8-1 like they did a couple weeks back, or will the team that was destroyed 5-0 by the Sparrows show up. Trades that have seen defencmen Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy leave town along with forwards Vincent Damphousse and Pavel Bure bringing into the fold Eric Desjardins, Chris Chelios, Wayne Gretzky and Adam Oates. Goaltender Pat Jablonski improved play to a point where he has been given the #1 spot on the team. Yet, nothing or nobody has been able to take control of the reigns of the Lunatics to help them step up their game. We believe that as playoffs near, Lunatics management will once again be looking to make some moves, but as to who and when we do not know. When a team is playing just above .500 hockey and has a roster holding some of the greatest offesive players in the league, yet none of them are anywhere near being on the top 15 for league scoring, and the team is close to falling into 3rd spot in their division, Lunatic fans and management will be asking what is going wrong, and folks, we can't help you out. >From Waterloo, Jim "The Anvil" Neihardt signing off.... the STALLIONS ------------- Sittler's After Five Report TORONTO(AP) - This has been our worst 5 game stretch since I took over here. We lost 4 of the 5 games, and are sitting with a 4 game losing streak. What is most puzzling about this losing skid is that we finally had two players at +2 (Sakic & Cooper). No to mention that Vanbiesbrouck finally came out of is -1 slump that has been in effect since nearly the start of the season. John played 3 games, a win and two losses and then he goes back to the -1!!!!! In the five game stretch we also saw Cooper go from a +2 back to a -1 without a league imposed streak adjustment. I am at a loss. We HAD over half the team at -1 and we were winning, not only winning but challenging for first overall! Now we have a third of the team at - streaks, and a third at + streaks and we are losing 4 in a row!? Go figure. Our best player over the past 5 games were; GP Player Name Goals Assists Pts SOG +/- PIM ------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Miikka Elomo 2 3 5 9 -1 23 Our next five games are against the Vipers, Fury, Dominators, Quakers and Freeze. Three of them are at home, where we play better. For some reason we can't play on the road this season. Perhaps we need a new line-up for the road, who knows... A note to GM's: Vanbiesbrouck may just need a change of venue. Anyone interested please message me. the STEELCATS ------------- Could be in the market to trade Craig Janney. I would like a dman of the same age with 6's in checking and shot preferrable. Or possibly a RWer with 6's in shot and checking. This could spell a callup for Olli Jokinen soon or perhaps Josh Holden who are one two in WFHL scoring. They would join recent call up Andrei Zyuzin if this happens. That's all for for this week. Thanks for reading! Thanks to all those who contributed to this edition of the WHL Weekly Magazine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments, suggestions, NOMINATIONS... to: MARC HEBERT Official WHL newsman fj491599@er.uqam.ca CAUTION! Involvement in a fantasy hockey league can cause headaches, loss of sleep, and is very addictive. 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