WHL: WEEKLY MAGAZINE VOL.3, NUMBER 6 Another very late paper, I know. What can I say, better late than never. I'm a busy guy. 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 18- Commish Notes 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 32 20 7 5 191 125 45 .703 4 2- STALLIONS 30 19 7 4 132 94 42 .700 3 3- GRUNTS 30 18 6 6 122 77 42 .700 1 4- QUAKERS 31 21 9 1 118 100 43 .694 2 5- LUNATICS 30 19 10 1 122 87 39 .650 6 6- STRANGERS 29 18 11 0 136 109 36 .621 5 7- CORINTHS 30 17 11 2 110 95 36 .600 7 8- FREEZE 30 16 12 2 115 104 34 .567 8 9- N.O.D. 28 13 10 5 103 86 31 .554 10 10- VENOM 31 16 13 2 123 109 34 .548 15 11- MONARCHS 31 15 12 4 118 103 34 .548 11 12- MALLRATS 30 16 14 0 118 114 32 .533 9 13- WOLVES 30 15 14 1 117 110 31 .517 14 14- SPARROWS 30 15 14 1 110 103 31 .517 17 15- DOMINATRS 31 13 14 4 142 137 30 .484 13 16- KRUSHERS 28 12 13 3 93 91 27 .482 12 17- VIKINGS 31 12 18 1 92 115 25 .403 16 18- STEELCATS 30 12 18 0 106 119 24 .400 20 19- ROSES 31 11 18 2 87 120 24 .387 19 20- SAINTS 32 11 20 1 104 143 23 .359 18 21- ENFORCERS 28 5 17 6 77 117 16 .286 21 22- AGENTS 30 7 21 2 107 173 16 .267 23 23- FURY 29 6 21 2 98 145 14 .241 22 24- VIPERS 28 5 22 1 76 141 11 .196 24 2- FORWARD OF THE WEEK AWARD This weeks' forward of the week is Pierre Turgeon of the Chicoutimi Sparrows. Last week, Turgeon scored 6 goals adding 4 assists for a total of 10 points. The runners up were Kevin Stevens of the Des Moines Dominators and Saku Koivu of the Kingston Corinthians. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 5 6 4 10 7 27 5 22.2 Kevin Stevens DOMINATORS 4 4 4 8 -3 18 11 22.2 Saku Koivu CORINTHIANS 5 3 5 8 2 23 0 13.0 3- DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK AWARD Once again this week, the d-man of the week is Bryan Berard of the Chicoutimi Sparrows. Last week, Berard scored 4 goals adding 7 assists for a total of 11 points in 5 games. The runners up were Stephane Quintal of the Kingston Corinthians and Scott Lachance of the Des Moines Dominators. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Bryan Berard SPARROWS 5 4 7 11 7 12 14 33.3 Stephane Quintal CORINTHIANS 5 0 6 6 5 3 7 0.0 Scott Lachance DOMINATORS 4 3 2 5 -1 9 0 33.3 4- GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's goaltender of the week is Eric Fichaud of the Chicoutimi Sparrows. Fichaud was in net for 4 of the 5 games the Sparrows played. He maintained a 2.25 gaa and a .922 save percentage, with a 4-0-0 record. The runners up were Jean-Sebastien Giguere of the Hamilton Steelcats and Corey Schwab of the Toronto Stallions. GP Min Gaa W L T Ga Sh Sv% Eric Fichaud SPARROWS 4 240 2.25 4 0 0 9 116 .922 J.S.Giguere STEELCATS 5 300 2.40 4 1 0 12 141 .915 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 4 240 3.22 3 0 1 13 123 .894 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 32 9 20 29 26 0 0 3 0 84 19 10.7 F 4 Sami Kapanen 31 9 15 24 -7 4 1 2 1 84 2 10.7 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 32 9 14 23 -23 2 0 0 0 70 27 12.9 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 30 9 13 22 -8 2 0 1 0 53 7 17.0 D 4 Per Gustafsson 31 3 19 22 12 0 0 1 0 34 50 8.8 F 25 Mike Grier 32 11 9 20 11 0 0 2 0 89 49 12.4 D 3 Mattias Ohlund 31 4 16 20 1 2 0 0 0 31 66 12.9 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 27 8 11 19 1 4 0 0 0 66 31 12.1 F 13 Andreas Dackell 31 7 11 18 5 0 0 2 0 68 18 10.3 F 32 Darren McCarty 32 7 11 18 6 0 0 1 0 79 127 8.9 F 16 Jim Campbell 30 7 10 17 5 0 0 1 0 58 63 12.1 D 5 Jason Holland 28 1 16 17 6 0 0 0 0 21 56 4.8 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 29 8 8 16 -1 2 0 0 1 63 17 12.7 F 16 David Nemirovsky 23 7 9 16 -8 1 0 0 0 34 45 20.6 D 23 Dan McGillis 30 3 12 15 -3 0 0 0 0 13 66 23.1 F 94 Ryan Smyth 28 9 5 14 13 3 0 1 0 56 62 16.1 F 15 Chris Simon 30 6 8 14 6 0 0 0 0 41 144 14.6 F 11 Ed Ronan 30 5 9 14 -21 3 0 1 0 58 27 8.6 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 19 4 8 12 14 0 0 1 0 45 11 8.9 D 3 David Wilkie 30 5 6 11 14 0 0 1 0 32 20 15.6 D 11 Aaron Ward 31 4 7 11 2 0 0 0 0 31 44 12.9 D 16 Ken Klee 31 4 7 11 -3 0 0 1 0 33 56 12.1 D 27 John Slaney 16 3 8 11 6 1 0 0 0 21 8 14.3 D 14 Mattias Norstrom 23 2 9 11 12 0 0 0 0 16 50 12.5 F 17 Rem Murray 32 7 3 10 -4 2 0 0 0 48 24 14.6 F 11 Alex Hicks 30 6 4 10 2 6 0 0 0 80 88 7.5 D 18 Ian Moran 25 5 5 10 -4 0 0 0 0 38 20 13.2 F 22 Gerard Gallant 31 5 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 53 108 9.4 D 36 Rhett Warrener 32 5 5 10 2 0 0 0 0 40 60 12.5 F 27 Joey Kocur 26 2 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 45 69 4.4 D 43 Al Iafrate 30 2 8 10 -3 0 0 1 0 16 72 12.5 D 34 Scott Walker 27 1 9 10 0 1 0 0 0 16 43 6.3 D 32 Denis Gauthier 26 1 8 9 -16 1 0 0 0 22 73 4.5 D 10 Ricard Persson 30 1 8 9 -19 0 0 0 0 18 46 5.6 F 50 Rob Zamuner 14 6 2 8 1 4 0 0 0 38 7 15.8 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 30 6 2 8 -5 0 0 2 0 85 65 7.1 D 11 Joel Bouchard 27 1 7 8 -2 0 0 0 0 14 37 7.1 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 20 3 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 35 27 8.6 F 71 Lonny Bohonos 18 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 6 6.1 D 31 Vlastimil Kroupa 14 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 7.1 F 16 Cory Stillman 22 5 1 6 -6 2 0 3 0 41 46 12.2 F 18 Stephen Guolla 28 5 1 6 -6 0 0 0 0 36 31 13.9 F 19 Daniel Goneau 7 3 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 24 8 12.5 F 77 Anson Carter 10 3 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 30 8 10.0 F 10 Brantt Myrhes 29 3 3 6 -2 0 0 0 0 32 82 9.4 F 21 Alexei Lojkin 21 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 16 26 12.5 D 4 Mike Wilson 20 0 6 6 -2 0 0 0 0 9 41 0.0 F 23 Christian Dube 26 5 0 5 -1 0 0 0 0 33 26 15.2 F 39 Darryl Laplante 12 2 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 33 27 6.1 F 25 Sergei Berezin 25 1 4 5 -2 0 0 0 0 44 40 2.3 Top 20 Goal Scorers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 32 11 9 20 11 0 0 2 0 89 49 12.4 F 94 Ryan Smyth 28 9 5 14 13 3 0 1 0 56 62 16.1 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 30 9 13 22 -8 2 0 1 0 53 7 17.0 F 4 Sami Kapanen 31 9 15 24 -7 4 1 2 1 84 2 10.7 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 32 9 14 23 -23 2 0 0 0 70 27 12.9 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 32 9 20 29 26 0 0 3 0 84 19 10.7 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 27 8 11 19 1 4 0 0 0 66 31 12.1 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 29 8 8 16 -1 2 0 0 1 63 17 12.7 F 16 David Nemirovsky 23 7 9 16 -8 1 0 0 0 34 45 20.6 F 16 Jim Campbell 30 7 10 17 5 0 0 1 0 58 63 12.1 F 13 Andreas Dackell 31 7 11 18 5 0 0 2 0 68 18 10.3 F 32 Darren McCarty 32 7 11 18 6 0 0 1 0 79 127 8.9 F 17 Rem Murray 32 7 3 10 -4 2 0 0 0 48 24 14.6 F 50 Rob Zamuner 14 6 2 8 1 4 0 0 0 38 7 15.8 F 15 Chris Simon 30 6 8 14 6 0 0 0 0 41 144 14.6 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 30 6 2 8 -5 0 0 2 0 85 65 7.1 F 11 Alex Hicks 30 6 4 10 2 6 0 0 0 80 88 7.5 F 16 Cory Stillman 22 5 1 6 -6 2 0 3 0 41 46 12.2 D 18 Ian Moran 25 5 5 10 -4 0 0 0 0 38 20 13.2 F 23 Christian Dube 26 5 0 5 -1 0 0 0 0 33 26 15.2 Top 20 Shot Takers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 32 11 9 20 11 0 0 2 0 89 49 12.4 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 30 6 2 8 -5 0 0 2 0 85 65 7.1 F 4 Sami Kapanen 31 9 15 24 -7 4 1 2 1 84 2 10.7 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 32 9 20 29 26 0 0 3 0 84 19 10.7 F 11 Alex Hicks 30 6 4 10 2 6 0 0 0 80 88 7.5 F 32 Darren McCarty 32 7 11 18 6 0 0 1 0 79 127 8.9 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 32 9 14 23 -23 2 0 0 0 70 27 12.9 F 13 Andreas Dackell 31 7 11 18 5 0 0 2 0 68 18 10.3 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 27 8 11 19 1 4 0 0 0 66 31 12.1 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 29 8 8 16 -1 2 0 0 1 63 17 12.7 F 11 Ed Ronan 30 5 9 14 -21 3 0 1 0 58 27 8.6 F 16 Jim Campbell 30 7 10 17 5 0 0 1 0 58 63 12.1 F 94 Ryan Smyth 28 9 5 14 13 3 0 1 0 56 62 16.1 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 30 9 13 22 -8 2 0 1 0 53 7 17.0 F 22 Gerard Gallant 31 5 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 53 108 9.4 F 17 Rem Murray 32 7 3 10 -4 2 0 0 0 48 24 14.6 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 19 4 8 12 14 0 0 1 0 45 11 8.9 F 27 Joey Kocur 26 2 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 45 69 4.4 F 25 Sergei Berezin 25 1 4 5 -2 0 0 0 0 44 40 2.3 F 16 Cory Stillman 22 5 1 6 -6 2 0 3 0 41 46 12.2 Top 20 G.A.A. GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 14 845 2.98 9 4 1 0 0 42 436 .904 0 0 Manny Legace 10 600 3.10 6 4 0 0 0 31 294 .895 0 0 Chris Rogles 22 1335 3.19 10 9 3 0 0 71 714 .901 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 24 1460 3.21 12 8 4 0 0 78 695 .888 0 0 Dominic Roussel 23 1380 3.26 15 8 0 0 2 75 674 .889 0 0 Corey Hirsch 26 1580 3.65 16 6 4 0 0 96 845 .886 0 0 J.S. Giguere 18 1080 3.67 8 10 0 0 1 66 608 .891 0 0 Steve Shields 23 1385 4.46 8 14 1 0 1 103 856 .880 0 0 Top 20 Save Percentages GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 14 845 2.98 9 4 1 0 0 42 436 .904 0 0 Chris Rogles 22 1335 3.19 10 9 3 0 0 71 714 .901 0 0 Manny Legace 10 600 3.10 6 4 0 0 0 31 294 .895 0 0 J.S. Giguere 18 1080 3.67 8 10 0 0 1 66 608 .891 0 0 Dominic Roussel 23 1380 3.26 15 8 0 0 2 75 674 .889 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 24 1460 3.21 12 8 4 0 0 78 695 .888 0 0 Corey Hirsch 26 1580 3.65 16 6 4 0 0 96 845 .886 0 0 Steve Shields 23 1385 4.46 8 14 1 0 1 103 856 .880 0 0 6- WEEKLY 3-STAR AWARD/HAT TRICK/5+ POINT/10+ SHOT - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 3 Yuri Khmylev AGENTS 2 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 2 Steve Larouche SPARROWS 2 Scott Niedermayer VENOM 2 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 1 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 Dave Tomlinson KRUSHERS 1 Owen Nolan LUNATICS 1 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Mark Messier STRANGERS 2 Vyacheslav Kozlov FURY 2 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 1 Sergei Samsonov KRUSHERS 1 Al MacInnis LUNATICS 1 John Leclair LUNATICS 1 Donald Audette LUNATICS 1 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 1 Robert Svehla MALLRATS 1 Ryan Smyth MALLRATS 1 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Andy Moog WOLVES 3 Peter Ing MALLRATS 2 John Slaney ROSES 2 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 2 Tomas Sandstrom VENOM 2 Wes Walz KRUSHERS 1 Russ Courtnall KRUSHERS 1 Vincent Damphousse LUNATICS 1 Jocelyn Thibault LUNATICS 1 John Leclair LUNATICS 1 ------------------------------------ Hat Trick Leaders Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Owen Nolan LUNATICS 1 Vitali Prokhorov N.O.D. 1 Mike Ricci ROSES 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 1 ------------------------------------ 5+ Point Game Leaders Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 ------------------------------------ 10+ Shot Game Leaders Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ John Leclair LUNATICS 1 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Valeri Kamensky VENOM 1 Patrik Juhlin VENOM 1 Mike Modano VOODOO 1 ------------------------------------ 7- PLATINUM 3 STARS CUP LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total ----------------------------------------------------- Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 6 6 4 52 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 8 3 1 50 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 6 2 3 39 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 6 2 3 39 Mike Modano VOODOO 6 2 2 38 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 5 4 1 38 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 5 3 3 37 Mark Messier STRANGERS 4 5 1 36 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 4 4 4 36 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 4 4 3 35 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 6 1 1 34 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 5 2 1 32 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 8 2 31 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 1 8 1 30 Tomas Sandstrom VENOM 3 4 3 30 ----------------------------------------------------- 8- 1ST/2ND/3RD STARS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 8 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 6 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 6 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 6 Mike Modano VOODOO 6 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 6 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 5 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 5 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 5 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 4 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 8 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 8 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 6 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 5 Marcel Cousineau MONARCHS 5 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 5 Mats Sundin CORINTHS 5 Mark Messier STRANGERS 5 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 4 Peter Bondra N.O.D. 4 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Jocelyn Thibault LUNATICS 5 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 5 Sean Burke DOMINATRS 5 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 4 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 4 Blaine Lacher VENOM 4 Andy Moog WOLVES 4 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 4 Mark Fitzpatrick AGENTS 3 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 3 ------------------------------------ 9- HAT TRICKS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 2 Mats Sundin CORINTHS 2 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 2 Bryan McCabe VOODOO 2 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 2 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 2 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 Owen Nolan LUNATICS 1 ------------------------------------ 10-5+ POINT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 Eric Lindros MALLRATS 1 Peter Bondra N.O.D. 1 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 1 Derek Mayer ROSES 1 Andrei Nikolishin STALLIONS 1 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 1 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 1 Mark Messier STRANGERS 1 ------------------------------------ 11-10+ SHOT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Mike Modano VOODOO 7 Esa Tikkanen STRANGERS 4 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 4 Mark Messier STRANGERS 3 Doug Weight VOODOO 3 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 2 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 2 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 2 Alexei Zhamnov STALLIONS 2 Valeri Kamensky VENOM 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 32 191 5.97 18 102 5.67 14 89 6.36 Surrey Strangers 29 136 4.69 14 72 5.14 15 64 4.27 Des Moines Dominators 31 142 4.58 12 53 4.42 19 89 4.68 Toronto Stallions 30 132 4.40 16 78 4.88 14 54 3.86 Waterloo Lunatics 30 122 4.07 13 59 4.54 17 63 3.71 St. John's Grunts 30 122 4.07 14 59 4.21 16 63 3.94 Penticton Venom 31 123 3.97 17 73 4.29 14 50 3.57 Albany Mallrats 30 118 3.93 12 45 3.75 18 73 4.06 Winnipeg Wolves 30 117 3.90 11 37 3.36 19 80 4.21 Philadelphia Freeze 30 115 3.83 17 64 3.76 13 51 3.92 Minneapolis Monarchs 31 118 3.81 15 63 4.20 16 55 3.44 Pittsburgh Quakers 31 118 3.81 19 69 3.63 12 49 4.08 Georgetown N.O.D. 28 103 3.68 12 51 4.25 16 52 3.25 Kingston Corinthians 30 110 3.67 22 90 4.09 8 20 2.50 Chicoutimi Sparrows 30 110 3.67 14 49 3.50 16 61 3.81 Boston Agents 30 107 3.57 15 42 2.80 15 65 4.33 Hamilton Steelcats 30 106 3.53 13 37 2.85 17 69 4.06 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 29 98 3.38 15 53 3.53 14 45 3.21 Chi-Town Krushers 28 93 3.32 14 50 3.57 14 43 3.07 Seattle Saints 32 104 3.25 18 60 3.33 14 44 3.14 Edmonton Vikings 31 92 2.97 15 46 3.07 16 46 2.88 Oakland Roses 31 87 2.81 13 38 2.92 18 49 2.72 Saskatoon Enforcers 28 77 2.75 15 47 3.13 13 30 2.31 Guelph Vipers 28 76 2.71 16 42 2.63 12 34 2.83 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 32 1597 49.91 18 867 48.17 14 730 52.14 Surrey Strangers 29 1151 39.69 14 572 40.86 15 579 38.60 Toronto Stallions 30 1056 35.20 16 606 37.88 14 450 32.14 Pittsburgh Quakers 31 1082 34.90 19 655 34.47 12 427 35.58 Penticton Venom 31 1072 34.58 17 604 35.53 14 468 33.43 Kingston Corinthians 30 1034 34.47 22 783 35.59 8 251 31.38 Chicoutimi Sparrows 30 1004 33.47 14 488 34.86 16 516 32.25 Philadelphia Freeze 30 1004 33.47 17 572 33.65 13 432 33.23 St. John's Grunts 30 1001 33.37 14 481 34.36 16 520 32.50 Waterloo Lunatics 30 986 32.87 13 442 34.00 17 544 32.00 Edmonton Vikings 31 1018 32.84 15 503 33.53 16 515 32.19 Georgetown N.O.D. 28 912 32.57 12 415 34.58 16 497 31.06 Albany Mallrats 30 973 32.43 12 427 35.58 18 546 30.33 Boston Agents 30 959 31.97 15 483 32.20 15 476 31.73 Minneapolis Monarchs 31 988 31.87 15 512 34.13 16 476 29.75 Chi-Town Krushers 28 891 31.82 14 457 32.64 14 434 31.00 Guelph Vipers 28 885 31.61 16 534 33.38 12 351 29.25 Des Moines Dominators 31 958 30.90 12 371 30.92 19 587 30.89 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 29 886 30.55 15 475 31.67 14 411 29.36 Saskatoon Enforcers 28 844 30.14 15 472 31.47 13 372 28.62 Winnipeg Wolves 30 903 30.10 11 337 30.64 19 566 29.79 Oakland Roses 31 923 29.77 13 397 30.54 18 526 29.22 Seattle Saints 32 951 29.72 18 557 30.94 14 394 28.14 Hamilton Steelcats 30 868 28.93 13 395 30.38 17 473 27.82 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 30 77 2.57 14 36 2.57 16 41 2.56 Waterloo Lunatics 30 87 2.90 13 35 2.69 17 52 3.06 Georgetown N.O.D. 28 86 3.07 12 31 2.58 16 55 3.44 Toronto Stallions 30 94 3.13 16 43 2.69 14 51 3.64 Kingston Corinthians 30 95 3.17 22 73 3.32 8 22 2.75 Pittsburgh Quakers 31 100 3.23 19 63 3.32 12 37 3.08 Chi-Town Krushers 28 91 3.25 14 49 3.50 14 42 3.00 Minneapolis Monarchs 31 103 3.32 15 49 3.27 16 54 3.38 Chicoutimi Sparrows 30 103 3.43 14 52 3.71 16 51 3.19 Philadelphia Freeze 30 104 3.47 17 59 3.47 13 45 3.46 Penticton Venom 31 109 3.52 17 61 3.59 14 48 3.43 Winnipeg Wolves 30 110 3.67 11 33 3.00 19 77 4.05 Edmonton Vikings 31 115 3.71 15 53 3.53 16 62 3.88 Surrey Strangers 29 109 3.76 14 55 3.93 15 54 3.60 Albany Mallrats 30 114 3.80 12 42 3.50 18 72 4.00 Oakland Roses 31 120 3.87 13 52 4.00 18 68 3.78 Vancouver Voodoo 32 125 3.91 18 71 3.94 14 54 3.86 Hamilton Steelcats 30 119 3.97 13 40 3.08 17 79 4.65 Saskatoon Enforcers 28 117 4.18 15 67 4.47 13 50 3.85 Des Moines Dominators 31 137 4.42 12 48 4.00 19 89 4.68 Seattle Saints 32 143 4.47 18 80 4.44 14 63 4.50 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 29 145 5.00 15 74 4.93 14 71 5.07 Guelph Vipers 28 141 5.04 16 87 5.44 12 54 4.50 Boston Agents 30 173 5.77 15 85 5.67 15 88 5.87 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 30 857 28.57 22 625 28.41 8 232 29.00 Minneapolis Monarchs 31 900 29.03 15 417 27.80 16 483 30.19 Pittsburgh Quakers 31 903 29.13 19 530 27.89 12 373 31.08 Waterloo Lunatics 30 883 29.43 13 360 27.69 17 523 30.76 Penticton Venom 31 920 29.68 17 485 28.53 14 435 31.07 Toronto Stallions 30 902 30.07 16 464 29.00 14 438 31.29 St. John's Grunts 30 907 30.23 14 398 28.43 16 509 31.81 Chicoutimi Sparrows 30 910 30.33 14 427 30.50 16 483 30.19 Surrey Strangers 29 885 30.52 14 408 29.14 15 477 31.80 Georgetown N.O.D. 28 860 30.71 12 343 28.58 16 517 32.31 Oakland Roses 31 976 31.48 13 388 29.85 18 588 32.67 Albany Mallrats 30 952 31.73 12 362 30.17 18 590 32.78 Edmonton Vikings 31 985 31.77 15 440 29.33 16 545 34.06 Vancouver Voodoo 32 1040 32.50 18 548 30.44 14 492 35.14 Chi-Town Krushers 28 913 32.61 14 429 30.64 14 484 34.57 Winnipeg Wolves 30 999 33.30 11 346 31.45 19 653 34.37 Philadelphia Freeze 30 1017 33.90 17 591 34.76 13 426 32.77 Hamilton Steelcats 30 1054 35.13 13 433 33.31 17 621 36.53 Des Moines Dominators 31 1148 37.03 12 398 33.17 19 750 39.47 Seattle Saints 32 1207 37.72 18 668 37.11 14 539 38.50 Saskatoon Enforcers 28 1086 38.79 15 574 38.27 13 512 39.38 Boston Agents 30 1172 39.07 15 595 39.67 15 577 38.47 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 29 1200 41.38 15 573 38.20 14 627 44.79 Guelph Vipers 28 1270 45.36 16 739 46.19 12 531 44.25 16- ROSTER MOVES REPORT - By Michael Hebert After Day 26 -Strangers trade Jeff Shantz to the Vipers for Jim Carey -Corinthians trade Michal Sykora, Pavel Kriz, Matt Higgins and their 4th round draft pick to the Freeze for Eric Lacroix and Chad Kilger -Strangers demote Jayson More and bring up Jim Carey -Freeze promote Michal Sykora and Pavel Kriz -Corinthians promote James Patrick and bring up Eric Lacroix and Chad Kilger -Vipers promote Scott Bailey -Fury promote DJ Smith -Saints waive Jan Hlavac and promote Jamie McLennan -Wolves claim Ryan McGill off waivers After Day 27 -Corinthians promote Vincent Riendeau -Enforcers claim Jan Hlavac off waivers and waive Robin Bawa After Day 28 -Stallions trade Adam Oates, Matthew Barnaby and their 1st round draft pick to the Vikings for Alexei Zhamnov, Sergei Berezin and a 2nd round pick -Stallions bring up Alexei Zhamnov -Vikings bring up Adam Oates and Matthew Barnaby After Day 29 -Strangers trade Grigori Panteleev to the N.O.D. for Ronnie Stern -Dominators trade Steve Webb to the Strangers for Darrin Shannon -Corinthians trade Jason Dawe and Dominik Hasek to the Vikings for Boyd Devereaux, Nick Boynton and Manny Fernandez -Krushers trade Kelly Hrudey and the N.O.D.'s 1st round draft pick to the Vikings for Andrei Kovalenko -Quakers trade Todd Bertuzzi to the Steelcats for Bill Guerin and their 3rd round draft pick -Strangers trade Steve Webb, Tie Domi and the Vipers' 4th round pick to the Corinthians for Doug Gilmour -Steelcats trade David Lind and the N.O.D.'s 4th round draft pick to the Roses for Sheldon Kennedy -Strangers bring up Ronnie Stern and Doug Gilmour -Vikings bring up Jason Dawe and Kelly Hrudey -Steelcats bring up Todd Bertuzzi and Sheldon Kennedy -Corinthians bring up Steve Webb, Tie Domi and Manny Fernandez After Day 30 -Voodoo trade Mattias Norstrom, Eric Houde, Jamie Heward and the Mallrats 2nd round draft pick to the Sparrows for Igor Ulanov, Jamie Pushor and Jason Podollan -Sparrows bring up Mattias Norstrom -Voodoo bring up Igor Ulanov -Roses bring up David Ling -Quakers bring up Bill Guerin -Krushers demote Chris McAlpine and bring up Andrei Kovalenko 17- TEAMS TIDBITS the DOMINATORS -------------- The Des Moines Dominators made a few trades this week bringing in scoring Dman Paul Coffey, scoring center Bernie Nicholls and young right winger Brad Smyth. Rick Tocchet, Derek Plante and Vlad Malakov were the guys traded. The Dominators are still looking for some scoring Dmen and depending on how the new right wingers, Smyth, Stefan Ustorf and Joe Sacco, work out they could also be in the market for a scoring right winger. The Dominators are still holding on to their prospects and still intend to wait until next season to use them. Joe Thornton is still being primed to take over the number one center slot next year, while Dmen Paul Mara, Remi Royer are expected to crack the top four. Mario Larocque and Jeff Brown (II) have an outside chance at making the team. Right winger Ty Jones is also expected to make the third line and possibly the second line depending on how his developement comes along. Mike Richter is reportedly unhappy with the little playing time and the time in the press box as Nikolai Khabibulin has been in the back up role for Sean Burke. Richter has been shopped around but nothing has come of it yet. Though it is about a year away, Jeff Brown, Brian Curran and Paul Coffey could be the guys on their way out of Des Moines if the prospect Dmen are ready to play in the WHL next year. the SPARROWS -------------- Sparrows sweep weekly awards- The fifth week of action in the WHL was dominated by the Sparrows. For the first time in WHL History, all 3 awards were given to players of the same team. Pierre Turgeon was named Forward of the week, Bryan Berard Defenseman of the week, and Eric Fichaud Goaltender of the week. These 3 players have been the heart of the Sparrows in the last few games, allowing the team to climb up the ranks in the overall standings after a disappointing start. 18- COMMISH NOTES - By Michael Hebert -Rumour has it that there would be a farm team league forming soon. About half the WHL teams would either join the league or lend players to another team to complete their roster. That's all for for this week. Thanks for reading! 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