WHL: WEEKLY MAGAZINE VOL.3, NUMBER 12 Hi guys, this issue is for days 56-60. This paper will be the last before new editor Lee McEwen takes over the job. Contents: 1- Overall Team Standings 2- Playoffs Picture 3- Forward of the Week 4- Defenseman of the Week 5- Goaltender of the Week 6- WHL3 Weekly Awards History 7- WHL Players Profile 8- Rookie Report 9- Weekly 3-Star Award/Hat Trick/5+ Point/10+ Shot 10- PLATINUM 3 Stars Cup Leaders 11- 1st/2nd/3rd Stars Leaders 12- Hat Tricks Leaders 13- 5+ Shots Games Leaders 14- 10+ Shots Games Leaders 15- Team Offense Rating - Goals For 16- Team Offense Rating - Shots For 17- Team Defense Rating - Goals Against 18- Team Defense Rating - Shots Against 19- Roster Moves Report 20- 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 61 42 13 6 384 213 90 .738 1 2-STALLIONS 60 37 18 5 240 189 79 .658 4 3-GRUNTS 60 35 16 9 241 173 79 .658 2 4-STRANGERS 60 38 20 2 272 201 78 .650 6 5-CORINTHS 60 37 20 3 231 183 77 .642 5 6-FREEZE 59 36 21 2 236 195 74 .627 3 7-VENOM 59 31 23 5 238 204 67 .568 8 8-SPARROWS 62 33 25 4 242 199 70 .565 7 9-LUNATICS 60 30 23 7 218 182 67 .558 9 10-DOMINATRS 59 28 24 7 253 239 63 .534 11 11-QUAKERS 60 30 27 3 203 193 63 .525 12 12-CHIEFS 58 26 24 8 197 197 60 .517 10 13-WOLVES 59 28 27 4 218 216 60 .508 15 14-ROSES 60 27 27 6 202 216 60 .500 13 15-MONARCHS 61 27 29 5 225 224 59 .484 14 16-STEELCATS 60 28 32 0 219 224 56 .467 18 17-MALLRATS 61 27 32 2 206 229 56 .459 17 18-KRUSHERS 60 25 30 5 207 208 55 .458 16 19-ENFORCERS 61 19 33 9 175 222 47 .385 19 20-VIKINGS 60 21 36 3 192 245 45 .375 20 21-SAINTS 61 19 38 4 197 286 42 .344 21 22-AGENTS 61 18 37 6 219 322 42 .344 22 23-FURY 59 14 40 5 193 279 33 .280 23 24-VIPERS 59 7 48 4 167 336 18 .153 24 2- PLAYOFFS PICTURE We should see an interesting battle in the Wales Conference for the 6th, 7th and 8th spot between the Wolves, Monarchs, Steelcats and Mallrats. In the Campbell Conference, the Krushers could still take the 8th spot from Division rivals the Roses or Chiefs. Wales Conference GP W L T GF GA PTS PCT STALLIONS 60 37 18 5 240 189 79 .658 GRUNTS 60 35 16 9 241 173 79 .658 CORINTHS 60 37 20 3 231 183 77 .642 SPARROWS 62 33 25 4 242 199 70 .565 LUNATICS 60 30 23 7 218 182 67 .558 WOLVES 59 28 27 4 218 216 60 .508 MONARCHS 61 27 29 5 225 224 59 .484 STEELCATS 60 28 32 0 219 224 56 .467 ----- MALLRATS 61 27 32 2 206 229 56 .459 ENFORCERS 61 19 33 9 175 222 47 .385 AGENTS 61 18 37 6 219 322 42 .344 VIPERS 59 7 48 4 167 336 18 .153 Campbell Conference GP W L T GF GA PTS PCT VOODOO 61 42 13 6 384 213 90 .738 STRANGERS 60 38 20 2 272 201 78 .650 FREEZE 59 36 21 2 236 195 74 .627 VENOM 59 31 23 5 238 204 67 .568 DOMINATRS 59 28 24 7 253 239 63 .534 QUAKERS 60 30 27 3 203 193 63 .525 CHIEFS 58 26 24 8 197 197 60 .517 ROSES 60 27 27 6 202 216 60 .500 ----- KRUSHERS 60 25 30 5 207 208 55 .458 VIKINGS 60 21 36 3 192 245 45 .375 SAINTS 61 19 38 4 197 286 42 .344 FURY 59 14 40 5 193 279 33 .280 3- FORWARD OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's forward of the week is Theoren Fleury of the Surrey Strangers. During this period, Fleury scored 4 goals and added 8 assists for a total of 16 points in 6 games. The runners up are Paul Kariya of the mighty Vancouver Voodoo and Sergei Fedorov of the Winnipeg Wolves. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 6 4 12 16 16 22 8 18.2 Paul Kariya VOODOO 5 7 8 15 14 32 0 21.9 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 5 8 4 12 6 25 9 32.0 4- DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's defenseman of the week is Sandis ozolinsh of the Vancouver Voodoo. During this period, Ozolinsh collected 5 goals and 8 assists for a total of 13 points, and an excellent +14 record. The runners up are Raymond Bourque of the Spokane Chiefs and Kyle McLaren of the Winnipeg Wolves. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Sandis Ozolinsh VOODOO 5 5 8 13 14 15 10 33.3 Raymond Bourque CHIEFS 5 3 8 11 -3 7 6 42.9 Kyle McLaren WOLVES 5 0 8 8 6 4 19 0.0 5- GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's goaltender of the week is Ed Belfour of the Surrey Strangers. During this period, Eddie kept a 2.50 gaa along with a .911 save percentage, and led the Strangers to a perfect record of 6-0-0. The runners up are two other goaltenders who had very similar records to Belfour's: Curtis Joseph of the Vancouver Voodoo and Blaine Lacher of the Kingston Corinthians. GP Min Gaa W L T Ga Sh Sv% Ed Belfour STRANGERS 6 360 2.50 6 0 0 15 167 .911 Curtis Joseph VOODOO 4 240 2.50 4 0 0 10 130 .923 Blaine Lacher CORINTHIANS 5 300 2.40 4 1 0 12 145 .917 6- WHL3 WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY WHL3 Player of the Week History Week 1 Alexei Yashin, Pittsburgh Quakers Week 2 Theoren Fleury, Surrey Strangers Week 3 Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Quakers Week 4 Doug Weight, Vancouver Voodoo Week 5 Mike Modano, Vancouver Voodoo Week 6 Pierre Turgeon, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 7 Mark Messier, Surrey Strangers Week 8 Daniel Briere, Hamilton Steelcats Pierre Turgeon, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 9 Martin Gelinas, Vancouver Voodoo Week 10 Doug Weight, Vancouver Voodoo Week 11 Pierre Turgeon, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 12 Theoren Fleury, Surrey Strangers WHL3 Defenseman of the Week History Week 1 Sandis Ozolinsh, Vancouver Voodoo Week 2 Bryan McCabe, Vancouver Voodoo Week 3 Bryan Berard, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 4 Roman Hamrlik, Toronto Stallions Week 5 Bryan Berard, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 6 Bryan Berard, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 7 Boris Mironov, Toronto Stallions Week 8 Aaron Miller, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 9 Jan Vopat, Chi-Town Krushers Week 10 Jan Vopat, Chi-Town Krushers Week 11 Aaron Miller, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 12 Sandis Ozolinsh, Vancouver Voodoo WHL3 Goaltender of the Week History Week 1 Ed Belfour, Surrey Strangers Week 2 Chris Osgood, St.John's Grunts Week 3 Chris Osgood, St.John's Grunts Week 4 Dominic Roussel, Pittsburgh Quakers Week 5 Corey Schwab, Toronto Stallions Week 6 Eric Fichaud, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 7 Eric Fichaud, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 8 Corey Schwab, Toronto Stallions Week 9 Eric Fichaud, Chicoutimi Sparrows Week 10 Pat Jablonski, Waterloo Lunatics Week 11 Mike Dunham, Oakland Roses Week 12 Ed Belfour, Surrey Strangers Weekly Awards Breakdown per Team Team Awards: P-D-G Tot --------------------------------------------------- Chicoutimi Sparrows 3-5-3 11 Vancouver Voodoo 4-3-0 7 Surrey Strangers 3-0-2 5 Toronto Stallions 0-2-2 4 Pittsburgh Quakers 2-0-1 3 Chi-Town Krushers 0-2-0 2 St.John's Grunts 0-0-2 2 Hamilton Steelcats 1-0-0 1 Oakland Roses 0-0-1 1 Waterloo Lunatics 0-0-1 1 7- WHL PLAYERS PROFILE These Career Record Reports were produced using Brian Howe's Career Statistics Viewer 2.0 Forsberg is without any doubt the best year of his career. He is one of the few players in the WHL who maintained a higher than 1 point/game average throughout his career. Career Record for Peter Forsberg (Peter Forsberg Age: 25 Born: 20/07/73) Regular Season Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 MONARCHS 70 35 40 75 -14 20 1 6 1 283 75 12.3 02 MONARCHS 73 23 39 62 -33 12 3 1 0 183 154 12.6 03 MONARCHS 61 44 36 80 0 26 1 6 0 334 142 13.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Season 204 102 115 217 58 5 13 1 800 371 12.8 ====================================================================== Playoffs Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 MONARCHS 6 7 3 10 -1 3 0 1 0 48 9 14.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Playoffs 6 7 3 10 3 0 1 0 48 9 14.6 ====================================================================== Preseason Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 MONARCHS 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 5.0 03 MONARCHS 10 1 7 8 -5 1 0 0 0 43 30 2.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Preseason 15 2 10 12 1 0 0 0 63 32 3.2 ====================================================================== All-Star Game Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 CAMPBELL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 16.6 03 WALES 3 2 1 3 -2 2 0 0 0 13 7 15.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Star Game 5 3 1 4 2 0 1 0 19 7 15.8 ====================================================================== Olympic Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 03 SWEDEN 8 3 9 12 -5 3 0 0 0 26 21 11.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Olympic 8 3 9 12 3 0 0 0 26 21 11.5 ====================================================================== Gretz is having a tough season, with career lows in almost all categories. Interestingly, the Great One has never made it to an All-Star game in the WHL. Career Record for Wayne Gretzky (Wayne Gretzky Age: 37 Born: 26/01/61) Regular Season Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 HITMEN 67 27 33 60 -25 15 1 1 0 226 63 11.9 02 HUSKIES 76 26 40 66 -1 18 0 5 1 295 80 8.8 03 LUNATICS 57 22 31 53 22 9 0 4 0 169 34 13.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Season 200 75 104 179 42 1 10 1 690 177 10.9 ====================================================================== Playoffs Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 HITMEN 16 5 20 25 12 4 0 1 0 45 6 11.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Playoffs 16 5 20 25 4 0 1 0 45 6 11.1 ====================================================================== Preseason Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 HITMEN 5 3 3 6 6 1 0 1 0 14 8 21.4 03 STRANGERS 11 5 11 16 1 1 0 0 0 40 12 12.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Preseason 16 8 14 22 2 0 1 0 54 20 14.8 ====================================================================== After an incredible season last year, this season is tough for Mario as well. He played his whole WHL career with the Albany Mallrats, and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy when they won the Cyper Cup in the first season. He has by far the best playoffs record in the WHL history. Career Record for Mario Lemieux (Mario Lemieux Age: 33 Born: 05/10/65) Regular Season Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 MALLRATS 72 49 48 97 14 21 2 4 0 279 81 17.5 02 MALLRATS 74 60 56 116 2 34 3 8 0 354 124 16.9 03 MALLRATS 51 22 39 61 -6 13 0 1 1 220 84 10.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Season 197 131 143 274 68 5 13 1 853 289 15.4 ====================================================================== Playoffs Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 MALLRATS 24 24 22 46 6 7 1 2 0 134 55 17.9 02 MALLRATS 15 13 13 26 6 6 0 3 0 60 28 21.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Playoffs 39 37 35 72 13 1 5 0 194 83 19.1 ====================================================================== Preseason Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 MALLRATS 5 4 5 9 3 1 0 1 0 14 7 28.5 03 MALLRATS 10 3 4 7 2 2 0 0 0 28 34 10.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Preseason 15 7 9 16 3 0 1 0 42 41 16.7 ====================================================================== All-Star Game Statistics Season Team GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 CAMPBELL 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13 2 15.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Star Game 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 2 15.4 ====================================================================== 8- ROOKIE REPORT - Provided by Brian Howe Rookie Scoring Statistics ************************* Top 50 Point Earners P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 39 Brian Wesenberg 56 23 31 54 12 11 1 6 0 178 68 12.9 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 61 17 37 54 26 0 0 5 0 149 42 11.4 F 25 Mike Grier 61 24 23 47 33 0 0 4 0 207 96 11.6 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 59 24 21 45 -5 4 0 2 0 142 17 16.9 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 61 14 29 43 -35 4 0 0 0 113 47 12.4 D 5 Jason Holland 58 6 36 42 15 0 0 1 0 44 69 13.6 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 48 13 26 39 30 1 0 2 0 139 45 9.4 D 27 John Slaney 45 10 26 36 16 2 0 0 0 65 42 15.4 D 4 Per Gustafsson 53 6 29 35 20 0 0 1 0 58 60 10.3 F 4 Sami Kapanen 61 14 20 34 -6 4 1 2 1 153 32 9.2 F 32 Darren McCarty 61 11 23 34 -3 0 0 1 0 139 226 7.9 D 3 Mattias Ohlund 51 6 26 32 -1 2 1 0 0 49 108 12.2 F 11 Ed Ronan 61 13 17 30 -28 6 0 1 1 137 41 9.5 F 50 Rob Zamuner 47 12 15 27 -11 8 0 2 0 102 19 11.8 F 16 David Nemirovsky 52 11 16 27 -14 1 0 1 0 95 68 11.6 F 15 Brad Smyth 51 9 18 27 -7 4 0 0 0 91 119 9.9 D 23 Dan McGillis 59 3 24 27 -10 0 0 0 0 25 119 12.0 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 42 13 13 26 -2 4 0 1 1 94 34 13.8 F 18 Jim Campbell 58 8 16 24 7 0 0 1 1 102 105 7.8 F 94 Ryan Smyth 54 11 12 23 14 4 0 1 0 93 99 11.8 D 31 Vlastimil Kroupa 47 6 17 23 -6 1 0 0 0 50 23 12.0 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 59 14 7 21 -5 6 1 3 0 148 121 9.5 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 11 Alex Hicks 53 7 14 21 2 7 0 1 0 128 129 5.5 D 3 David Wilkie 58 8 12 20 26 0 0 2 0 62 36 12.9 F 20 Daniel Goneau 37 7 13 20 7 1 0 2 0 74 61 9.5 F 62 Steve Webb 27 11 8 19 14 0 0 1 0 67 63 16.4 F 25 Sergei Berezin 53 10 9 19 -2 1 0 3 0 100 81 10.0 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 43 9 10 19 8 3 0 3 0 83 76 10.8 D 36 Rhett Warrener 61 9 10 19 -8 0 0 2 0 68 112 13.2 F 98 Alexandre Volchkov 27 8 10 18 0 0 0 0 0 54 41 14.8 F 15 Chris Simon 48 8 10 18 6 0 0 0 0 74 190 10.8 D 2 David Cooper 48 3 15 18 18 1 0 0 0 43 49 7.0 D 43 Al Iafrate 57 3 15 18 -8 0 1 2 0 33 143 9.1 F 71 Lonny Bohonos 40 5 12 17 2 1 0 0 0 59 49 8.5 F 22 Gerard Gallant 60 8 8 16 1 0 0 3 0 111 187 7.2 D 32 Denis Gauthier 56 4 12 16 -27 1 0 0 0 46 159 8.7 D 4 Mike Wilson 49 3 13 16 -10 1 0 0 1 29 72 10.3 F 20 Patrick Marleau 27 1 15 16 -16 0 0 0 0 35 73 2.9 F 17 Jarrod Skalde 40 6 9 15 -8 2 0 0 0 44 59 13.6 D 11 Aaron Ward 43 6 9 15 -8 0 0 1 0 37 69 16.2 D 10 Ricard Persson 53 1 14 15 -14 0 0 0 0 35 86 2.9 F 19 Alexander Kharlamov 36 13 1 14 4 3 0 2 0 107 17 12.1 D 16 Ken Klee 59 5 9 14 0 0 0 1 0 51 119 9.8 D 14 Mattias Norstrom 52 3 11 14 13 0 0 1 0 29 130 10.3 F 18 Stephen Guolla 53 9 4 13 0 0 0 1 0 69 54 13.0 D 11 Joel Bouchard 53 3 10 13 3 0 0 1 0 41 75 7.3 D 34 Scott Walker 34 1 12 13 -5 1 0 0 0 20 60 5.0 F 17 Rem Murray 61 9 3 12 -5 2 0 0 0 84 49 10.7 F 16 Cory Stillman 39 7 5 12 -4 2 0 3 0 82 83 8.5 Top 20 Goal Scorers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 44 Jonas Hoglund 59 24 21 45 -5 4 0 2 0 142 17 16.9 F 25 Mike Grier 61 24 23 47 33 0 0 4 0 207 96 11.6 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 56 23 31 54 12 11 1 6 0 178 68 12.9 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 61 17 37 54 26 0 0 5 0 149 42 11.4 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 59 14 7 21 -5 6 1 3 0 148 121 9.5 F 4 Sami Kapanen 61 14 20 34 -6 4 1 2 1 153 32 9.2 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 61 14 29 43 -35 4 0 0 0 113 47 12.4 F 19 Alexander Kharlamov 36 13 1 14 4 3 0 2 0 107 17 12.1 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 42 13 13 26 -2 4 0 1 1 94 34 13.8 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 48 13 26 39 30 1 0 2 0 139 45 9.4 F 11 Ed Ronan 61 13 17 30 -28 6 0 1 1 137 41 9.5 F 50 Rob Zamuner 47 12 15 27 -11 8 0 2 0 102 19 11.8 F 62 Steve Webb 27 11 8 19 14 0 0 1 0 67 63 16.4 F 16 David Nemirovsky 52 11 16 27 -14 1 0 1 0 95 68 11.6 F 94 Ryan Smyth 54 11 12 23 14 4 0 1 0 93 99 11.8 F 32 Darren McCarty 61 11 23 34 -3 0 0 1 0 139 226 7.9 D 27 John Slaney 45 10 26 36 16 2 0 0 0 65 42 15.4 F 25 Sergei Berezin 53 10 9 19 -2 1 0 3 0 100 81 10.0 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 43 9 10 19 8 3 0 3 0 83 76 10.8 F 15 Brad Smyth 51 9 18 27 -7 4 0 0 0 91 119 9.9 Top 20 Shot Takers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 61 24 23 47 33 0 0 4 0 207 96 11.6 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 56 23 31 54 12 11 1 6 0 178 68 12.9 F 4 Sami Kapanen 61 14 20 34 -6 4 1 2 1 153 32 9.2 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 61 17 37 54 26 0 0 5 0 149 42 11.4 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 59 14 7 21 -5 6 1 3 0 148 121 9.5 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 59 24 21 45 -5 4 0 2 0 142 17 16.9 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 48 13 26 39 30 1 0 2 0 139 45 9.4 F 32 Darren McCarty 61 11 23 34 -3 0 0 1 0 139 226 7.9 F 11 Ed Ronan 61 13 17 30 -28 6 0 1 1 137 41 9.5 F 11 Alex Hicks 53 7 14 21 2 7 0 1 0 128 129 5.5 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 61 14 29 43 -35 4 0 0 0 113 47 12.4 F 22 Gerard Gallant 60 8 8 16 1 0 0 3 0 111 187 7.2 F 19 Alexander Kharlamov 36 13 1 14 4 3 0 2 0 107 17 12.1 F 50 Rob Zamuner 47 12 15 27 -11 8 0 2 0 102 19 11.8 F 18 Jim Campbell 58 8 16 24 7 0 0 1 1 102 105 7.8 F 25 Sergei Berezin 53 10 9 19 -2 1 0 3 0 100 81 10.0 F 16 David Nemirovsky 52 11 16 27 -14 1 0 1 0 95 68 11.6 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 42 13 13 26 -2 4 0 1 1 94 34 13.8 F 94 Ryan Smyth 54 11 12 23 14 4 0 1 0 93 99 11.8 F 15 Brad Smyth 51 9 18 27 -7 4 0 0 0 91 119 9.9 Top 20 G.A.A. GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Manny Legace 24 1440 2.92 14 10 0 0 1 70 710 .901 0 0 Corey Schwab 39 2350 3.06 25 12 2 0 0 120 1212 .901 0 0 Dominic Roussel 52 3130 3.22 24 26 2 0 2 168 1600 .895 0 0 Corey Hirsch 48 2905 3.33 33 10 5 0 1 161 1534 .895 0 0 Chris Rogles 53 3205 3.43 23 25 5 0 0 183 1630 .888 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 36 2180 3.58 15 17 4 0 0 130 1074 .879 0 0 J.S. Giguere 30 1800 3.70 12 18 0 0 1 111 990 .888 0 0 Steve Shields 35 2115 4.28 11 21 3 0 1 151 1340 .887 0 0 Top 20 Save Percentages GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 39 2350 3.06 25 12 2 0 0 120 1212 .901 0 0 Manny Legace 24 1440 2.92 14 10 0 0 1 70 710 .901 0 0 Dominic Roussel 52 3130 3.22 24 26 2 0 2 168 1600 .895 0 0 Corey Hirsch 48 2905 3.33 33 10 5 0 1 161 1534 .895 0 0 Chris Rogles 53 3205 3.43 23 25 5 0 0 183 1630 .888 0 0 J.S. Giguere 30 1800 3.70 12 18 0 0 1 111 990 .888 0 0 Steve Shields 35 2115 4.28 11 21 3 0 1 151 1340 .887 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 36 2180 3.58 15 17 4 0 0 130 1074 .879 0 0 9- WEEKLY 3-STAR AWARD/HAT TRICK/5+ POINT/10+ SHOT - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Mark Fitzpatrick AGENTS 2 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 2 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Andrei Nikolishin STALLIONS 2 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 2 Al MacInnis VIKINGS 2 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 2 Paul Kariya VOODOO 2 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 2 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Daniel Briere STEELCATS 3 Ron Francis STRANGERS 3 Mark Fitzpatrick AGENTS 2 Chris Chelios LUNATICS 2 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 2 Mike Dunham ROSES 2 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 2 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 2 Martin Brodeur STEELCATS 2 Jonas Hoglund WOLVES 2 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Jocelyn Thibault LUNATICS 2 Raymond Bourque CHIEFS 2 Nelson Emerson ROSES 2 Ed Belfour STRANGERS 2 Jarrod Skalde FREEZE 2 Sean Burke DOMINATRS 2 Todd Harvey AGENTS 1 Bryan Marchment FURY 1 Chris Gratton FURY 1 Cam Neely GRUNTS 1 ------------------------------------ Hat Trick Leaders Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 1 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 Mike Modano VOODOO 1 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 1 Steve Thomas MONARCHS 1 ------------------------------------ 5+ Point Game Leaders Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Paul Kariya VOODOO 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 1 Ron Francis STRANGERS 1 John MacLean VENOM 1 Steve Yzerman VENOM 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 Sandis Ozolinsh VOODOO 1 ------------------------------------ 10+ Shot Game Leaders Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Valeri Kamensky VENOM 2 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Roman Vopat SPARROWS 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 Paul Kariya VOODOO 1 Mike Modano VOODOO 1 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 1 Greg Adams VOODOO 1 Jarrod Skalde FREEZE 1 ------------------------------------ 10- PLATINUM 3 STARS CUP LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total ----------------------------------------------------- Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 10 13 6 95 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 15 5 4 94 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 11 5 3 73 Mike Modano VOODOO 11 4 2 69 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 9 6 2 65 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 8 5 7 62 Doug Weight VOODOO 8 6 4 62 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 9 4 4 61 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 10 3 2 61 Grant Fuhr CHIEFS 7 7 5 61 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 10 2 1 57 Don Beaupre ENFORCERS 8 3 6 55 Paul Kariya VOODOO 7 5 4 54 Steve Yzerman VENOM 8 3 4 53 Andy Moog WOLVES 4 9 6 53 ----------------------------------------------------- 11- 1ST/2ND/3RD STARS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 15 Mike Modano VOODOO 11 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 11 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 10 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 10 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 10 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 9 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 9 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 8 Steve Yzerman VENOM 8 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 13 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 12 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 10 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 10 Andy Moog WOLVES 9 Mike Dunham ROSES 8 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 8 Ed Belfour STRANGERS 8 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 8 Eric Fichaud SPARROWS 7 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Jocelyn Thibault LUNATICS 8 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 8 Joe Sakic STALLIONS 8 Blaine Lacher CORINTHS 8 Sean Burke DOMINATRS 8 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 7 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 7 Kirk Muller GRUNTS 6 Trevor Kidd MALLRATS 6 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 6 ------------------------------------ 12- HAT TRICKS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 6 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 4 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 4 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 3 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 3 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 3 Mike Modano VOODOO 3 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 3 Sergei Petrenko FREEZE 2 Joe Murphy GRUNTS 2 ------------------------------------ 13- 5+ POINT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Martin Gelinas VOODOO 3 Paul Kariya VOODOO 3 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 2 Mark Messier STRANGERS 2 Ron Francis STRANGERS 2 Mike Modano VOODOO 2 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 1 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 ------------------------------------ 14- 10+ SHOT GAME LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Mike Modano VOODOO 9 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 7 Valeri Kamensky VENOM 5 Doug Weight VOODOO 5 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 5 Esa Tikkanen STRANGERS 4 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 3 Mark Messier STRANGERS 3 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 3 Paul Kariya VOODOO 3 ------------------------------------ 15- TEAM OFFENSE RATING - GOALS FOR - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP GF Avg. GP GF Avg. GP GF Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Voodoo 61 384 6.30 33 227 6.88 28 157 5.61 Surrey Strangers 60 272 4.53 27 131 4.85 33 141 4.27 Des Moines Dominators 59 253 4.29 28 119 4.25 31 134 4.32 Penticton Venom 59 238 4.03 31 117 3.77 28 121 4.32 St. John's Grunts 60 241 4.02 31 130 4.19 29 111 3.83 Philadelphia Freeze 59 236 4.00 31 117 3.77 28 119 4.25 Toronto Stallions 60 240 4.00 33 144 4.36 27 96 3.56 Chicoutimi Sparrows 62 242 3.90 29 130 4.48 33 112 3.39 Kingston Corinthians 60 231 3.85 32 117 3.66 28 114 4.07 Winnipeg Wolves 59 218 3.69 29 95 3.28 30 123 4.10 Minneapolis Monarchs 61 225 3.69 27 103 3.81 34 122 3.59 Hamilton Steelcats 60 219 3.65 27 94 3.48 33 125 3.79 Waterloo Lunatics 60 218 3.63 30 123 4.10 30 95 3.17 Boston Agents 61 219 3.59 33 111 3.36 28 108 3.86 Chi-Town Krushers 60 207 3.45 31 110 3.55 29 97 3.34 Spokane Chiefs 58 197 3.40 29 103 3.55 29 94 3.24 Pittsburgh Quakers 60 203 3.38 32 103 3.22 28 100 3.57 Albany Mallrats 61 206 3.38 29 96 3.31 32 110 3.44 Oakland Roses 60 202 3.37 29 107 3.69 31 95 3.06 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 59 193 3.27 31 106 3.42 28 87 3.11 Seattle Saints 61 197 3.23 31 106 3.42 30 91 3.03 Edmonton Vikings 60 192 3.20 27 100 3.70 33 92 2.79 Saskatoon Enforcers 61 175 2.87 30 101 3.37 31 74 2.39 Mississauga Vipers 59 167 2.83 30 83 2.77 29 84 2.90 16- TEAM OFFENSE RATING - SHOTS FOR - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP SF Avg. GP SF Avg. GP SF Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Voodoo 61 2972 48.72 33 1603 48.58 28 1369 48.89 Surrey Strangers 60 2184 36.40 27 994 36.81 33 1190 36.06 Chicoutimi Sparrows 62 2221 35.82 29 1142 39.38 33 1079 32.70 Kingston Corinthians 60 2118 35.30 32 1179 36.84 28 939 33.54 Penticton Venom 59 2042 34.61 31 1066 34.39 28 976 34.86 Philadelphia Freeze 59 2019 34.22 31 1079 34.81 28 940 33.57 St. John's Grunts 60 2024 33.73 31 1107 35.71 29 917 31.62 Toronto Stallions 60 1989 33.15 33 1153 34.94 27 836 30.96 Pittsburgh Quakers 60 1955 32.58 32 1062 33.19 28 893 31.89 Oakland Roses 60 1950 32.50 29 979 33.76 31 971 31.32 Chi-Town Krushers 60 1937 32.28 31 1041 33.58 29 896 30.90 Waterloo Lunatics 60 1918 31.97 30 989 32.97 30 929 30.97 Spokane Chiefs 58 1852 31.93 29 952 32.83 29 900 31.03 Albany Mallrats 61 1938 31.77 29 989 34.10 32 949 29.66 Edmonton Vikings 60 1892 31.53 27 883 32.70 33 1009 30.58 Minneapolis Monarchs 61 1923 31.52 27 907 33.59 34 1016 29.88 Mississauga Vipers 59 1854 31.42 30 987 32.90 29 867 29.90 Boston Agents 61 1887 30.93 33 1039 31.48 28 848 30.29 Seattle Saints 61 1870 30.66 31 983 31.71 30 887 29.57 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 59 1798 30.47 31 986 31.81 28 812 29.00 Winnipeg Wolves 59 1789 30.32 29 885 30.52 30 904 30.13 Des Moines Dominators 59 1779 30.15 28 850 30.36 31 929 29.97 Saskatoon Enforcers 61 1826 29.93 30 951 31.70 31 875 28.23 Hamilton Steelcats 60 1790 29.83 27 847 31.37 33 943 28.58 17- 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 60 173 2.88 31 90 2.90 29 83 2.86 Waterloo Lunatics 60 182 3.03 30 88 2.93 30 94 3.13 Kingston Corinthians 60 183 3.05 32 104 3.25 28 79 2.82 Toronto Stallions 60 189 3.15 33 88 2.67 27 101 3.74 Chicoutimi Sparrows 62 199 3.21 29 93 3.21 33 106 3.21 Pittsburgh Quakers 60 193 3.22 32 107 3.34 28 86 3.07 Philadelphia Freeze 59 195 3.31 31 95 3.06 28 100 3.57 Surrey Strangers 60 201 3.35 27 91 3.37 33 110 3.33 Spokane Chiefs 58 197 3.40 29 94 3.24 29 103 3.55 Penticton Venom 59 204 3.46 31 112 3.61 28 92 3.29 Chi-Town Krushers 60 208 3.47 31 120 3.87 29 88 3.03 Vancouver Voodoo 61 213 3.49 33 112 3.39 28 101 3.61 Oakland Roses 60 216 3.60 29 95 3.28 31 121 3.90 Saskatoon Enforcers 61 222 3.64 30 114 3.80 31 108 3.48 Winnipeg Wolves 59 216 3.66 29 91 3.14 30 125 4.17 Minneapolis Monarchs 61 224 3.67 27 99 3.67 34 125 3.68 Hamilton Steelcats 60 224 3.73 27 72 2.67 33 152 4.61 Albany Mallrats 61 229 3.75 29 112 3.86 32 117 3.66 Des Moines Dominators 59 239 4.05 28 109 3.89 31 130 4.19 Edmonton Vikings 60 245 4.08 27 110 4.07 33 135 4.09 Seattle Saints 61 286 4.69 31 134 4.32 30 152 5.07 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 59 279 4.73 31 147 4.74 28 132 4.71 Boston Agents 61 322 5.28 33 166 5.03 28 156 5.57 Mississauga Vipers 59 336 5.69 30 159 5.30 29 177 6.10 18- TEAM DEFENSE RATING - SHOTS AGAINST - Provided by Brian Howe Overall Home Road Team GP SA Avg. GP SA Avg. GP SA Avg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingston Corinthians 60 1748 29.13 32 914 28.56 28 834 29.79 St. John's Grunts 60 1770 29.50 31 886 28.58 29 884 30.48 Waterloo Lunatics 60 1781 29.68 30 837 27.90 30 944 31.47 Penticton Venom 59 1754 29.73 31 873 28.16 28 881 31.46 Minneapolis Monarchs 61 1840 30.16 27 816 30.22 34 1024 30.12 Surrey Strangers 60 1819 30.32 27 763 28.26 33 1056 32.00 Toronto Stallions 60 1830 30.50 33 984 29.82 27 846 31.33 Pittsburgh Quakers 60 1838 30.63 32 943 29.47 28 895 31.96 Chicoutimi Sparrows 62 1904 30.71 29 883 30.45 33 1021 30.94 Albany Mallrats 61 1883 30.87 29 859 29.62 32 1024 32.00 Chi-Town Krushers 60 1860 31.00 31 926 29.87 29 934 32.21 Spokane Chiefs 58 1809 31.19 29 850 29.31 29 959 33.07 Oakland Roses 60 1878 31.30 29 859 29.62 31 1019 32.87 Philadelphia Freeze 59 1866 31.63 31 986 31.81 28 880 31.43 Vancouver Voodoo 61 1949 31.95 33 998 30.24 28 951 33.96 Winnipeg Wolves 59 1930 32.71 29 886 30.55 30 1044 34.80 Hamilton Steelcats 60 2032 33.87 27 860 31.85 33 1172 35.52 Edmonton Vikings 60 2045 34.08 27 859 31.81 33 1186 35.94 Saskatoon Enforcers 61 2082 34.13 30 1018 33.93 31 1064 34.32 Des Moines Dominators 59 2065 35.00 28 888 31.71 31 1177 37.97 Seattle Saints 61 2325 38.11 31 1123 36.23 30 1202 40.07 Boston Agents 61 2359 38.67 33 1283 38.88 28 1076 38.43 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 59 2429 41.17 31 1223 39.45 28 1206 43.07 Mississauga Vipers 59 2731 46.29 30 1357 45.23 29 1374 47.38 19- ROSTER MOVES REPORT - By Michael Hebert After Day 56 -Corinthians call up left winger Brian Savage After Day 57 -Voodoo call up left winger Vitali Yachmenev -Krushers demote defenseman Craig Rivet and call up right winger Jim Sandlak After Day 58 -Chiefs trade center Pat Lafontaine, defenseman Jyrki Lumme, right winger Dino Ciccarelli and right winger Steven Rice to the Lunatics for center Adam Oates, defenseman Eric Desjardins, right winger Matthew Barnaby and left winger Landon Wilson -Chiefs assign center Adam Oates, defenseman Eric Desjardins, right winger Matthew Barnaby and left winger Landon Wilson to their farm team -Lunatics assign center Pat Fafontaine, defenseman Jyrki Lumme, right winger Dino Ciccarelli and right winger Steven Rice to their farm team -Stallions call up Danton Cole After Day 59 -Vipers trade left winger Stu Grimson, right winger Trent McCleary, left winger Dave Thomlinson and defenseman Denis Tsygurov to the Lunatics for right winger Steven Rice, defenseman Doug Houda, left winger Mike Peluso and defenseman Marko Kiprusoff -Wolves trade left winger Patrick Poulin to the Corinthians for the Dominators' 5th round draft pick -Stallions trade right winger Mike Keane to the Saints for right winger Ray Sheppard -Chiefs call up center Adam Oates, defenseman Eric Desjardins and right winger Matthew Barnaby -Corinthians assign left winger Patrick Poulin to their farm team -Lunatics assign left winger Stu Grimson, right winger Trent McCleary, left winger Dave Thomlinson and defenseman Denis Tsygurov to their farm team, and call up center Pat Lafontaine, defenseman Jyrki Lumme, right winger Dino Ciccarelli, and right winger Claude Lemieux -Saints assign right winger Mike Keane to their farm team -Stallions assign right winger Ray Sheppard to their pro team -Vipers assign left winger Mike Peluso and defenseman Marko Kiprusoff to their pro team, and right winger Steven Rice and defenseman Doug Houda to their farm team After Day 60 -Sparrows trade right winger Matt Johnson to the Enforcers for defenseman Patrice Brisebois -Enforcers assign right winger Matt Johnson to their farm team -Sparrows assign defenseman Patrice Brisebois to their farm team 20- TEAMS TIDBITS nobody sent any! That's all for for this week. Thanks for reading! Thanks to all those who contributed to this edition of the WHL Weekly Magazine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hebert Web Hockey League Commissioner One time editor of the WHL Weekly Magazine CAUTION! Involvement in a fantasy hockey league can cause headaches, loss of sleep, and is very addictive. GO READ A BOOK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BECOME AN IDIOT!