WHL: WEEKLY MAGAZINE VOL.3, NUMBER 8 The second half of the season is well under way, and we are beginning to see what team will be there until the end. Some teams are getting stronger, some maintaining their performance level and some other weakening. Trading should be getting hot as the top teams are looking at patching the holes they have left and the weaker team might look at preparing for the future and acquiring picks and prospects for the upcoming seasons. This paper goes for days 36-40. 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's 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 42 27 10 5 252 158 59 .702 2 2- STALLIONS 40 26 10 4 169 122 56 .700 1 3- STRANGERS 38 25 13 0 184 136 50 .658 3 4- GRUNTS 41 22 10 9 163 115 53 .646 4 5- CORINTHS 40 24 14 2 153 127 50 .625 7 6- FREEZE 40 23 15 2 152 134 48 .600 8 7- LUNATICS 40 22 15 3 150 121 47 .588 5 8- QUAKERS 41 22 16 3 143 135 47 .573 6 9- SPARROWS 40 21 17 2 148 127 44 .550 15 10- WOLVES 41 21 19 1 158 146 43 .524 13 11- VENOM 41 20 19 2 161 150 42 .512 14 12- MALLRATS 40 20 20 0 157 156 40 .500 11 13- MONARCHS 41 18 18 5 147 144 41 .500 10 14- DOMINATRS 40 18 18 4 172 172 40 .500 9 15- N.O.D. 38 16 16 6 127 132 38 .500 12 16- KRUSHERS 38 18 18 3 128 124 37 .487 16 17- ROSES 40 16 21 3 121 151 35 .438 18 18- VIKINGS 40 15 22 3 130 158 33 .413 17 19- ENFORCERS 39 12 20 7 120 147 31 .397 21 20- SAINTS 42 15 24 3 129 174 33 .393 19 21- STEELCATS 40 15 25 0 133 153 30 .375 20 22- AGENTS 42 12 27 3 147 231 27 .321 22 23- FURY 40 8 28 4 135 192 16 .229 23 24- VIPERS 36 7 27 2 100 174 16 .222 24 2- FORWARD OF THE WEEK AWARD This week, for the first time ever in the WHL WEEKLY, there are 2 forwards of the week. Pierre Turgeon and Daniel Briere both had very good weeks and near even numbers. They both scored 7 goals and added 2 assists for a total of 9 points. Steve Larouche from the Chicoutimi Sparrows was the runner up. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Daniel Briere STEELCATS 5 7 2 9 2 27 2 25.9 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 5 7 2 9 4 28 5 25.0 Steve Larouche SPARROWS 5 6 3 9 6 23 4 26.0 3- DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's defenseman of the week is Aaron Miller from the Chicoutimi Sparrows. Last week, Miller scored twice and added 4 assits for a total of 6 points. The runners up were Bryan Berard also from the Sparrows, and rookie Eric Brewer from the Hamilton Steelcats. GP G A PTS +/- Sh Pn Sh% Aaron Miller SPARROWS 5 2 4 6 6 4 0 50.0 Bryan Berard SPARROWS 5 0 5 5 5 17 14 0.0 Eric Brewer STEELCATS 5 0 5 5 2 1 2 0.0 4- GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD This week's goaltender of the week is Corey Schwab from the Toronto Stallions. Last week, Schwab kept a 2.00 gaa and a .925 save percentage, leading the Stallions to a 3-1-0 record while he was in net. The runners up were Pat ablonski from the Waterloo Lunatics and Martin Brodeur from the Hamilton Steelcats. GP Min Gaa W L T Ga Sh Sv% Corey Schwab STALLIONS 4 240 2.00 3 1 0 8 107 .925 Martin Brodeur STEELCATS 4 240 2.50 2 2 0 10 133 .925 Pat Jablonski LUNATICS 3 180 2.33 1 2 0 7 84 .917 5- 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 89 Dainius Zubrus 42 12 27 39 39 0 0 4 0 116 32 10.3 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 37 12 19 31 5 5 1 2 0 88 37 13.6 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 41 16 14 30 -7 3 0 2 0 92 13 17.4 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 42 11 18 29 -23 3 0 0 0 88 31 12.5 F 25 Mike Grier 42 14 14 28 18 0 0 4 0 121 63 11.6 D 5 Jason Holland 39 3 24 27 9 0 0 1 0 31 62 9.7 F 4 Sami Kapanen 41 9 17 26 -11 4 1 2 1 102 2 8.8 D 3 Mattias Ohlund 41 5 20 25 -1 2 1 0 0 39 93 12.8 D 4 Per Gustafsson 36 3 21 24 13 0 0 1 0 40 54 7.5 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 D 27 John Slaney 25 7 15 22 12 1 0 0 0 36 20 19.4 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 29 8 13 21 18 1 0 2 0 81 33 9.9 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 16 Jim Campbell 40 7 14 21 2 0 0 1 0 82 75 8.5 F 32 Darren McCarty 42 7 13 20 1 0 0 1 0 96 175 7.3 F 11 Ed Ronan 42 8 11 19 -23 4 0 1 0 87 34 9.2 D 23 Dan McGillis 41 3 16 19 -5 0 0 0 0 17 81 17.6 F 50 Rob Zamuner 25 8 10 18 -1 5 0 1 0 63 7 12.7 F 11 Alex Hicks 41 6 12 18 4 6 0 0 0 103 105 5.8 F 94 Ryan Smyth 38 9 8 17 10 3 0 1 0 74 82 12.2 F 15 Chris Simon 41 8 8 16 6 0 0 0 0 67 176 11.9 F 16 David Nemirovsky 32 7 9 16 -12 1 0 0 0 43 56 16.3 D 3 David Wilkie 40 7 9 16 25 0 0 1 0 49 24 14.3 F 6 Andrei Lomakin 30 5 8 13 7 2 0 2 0 57 42 8.8 D 11 Aaron Ward 40 5 8 13 -7 0 0 0 0 34 62 14.7 D 16 Ken Klee 41 4 9 13 -7 0 0 1 0 40 83 10.0 F 71 Lonny Bohonos 30 3 10 13 0 1 0 0 0 45 35 6.7 D 14 Mattias Norstrom 32 2 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 19 64 10.5 D 34 Scott Walker 34 1 12 13 -5 1 0 0 0 20 60 5.0 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 42 9 3 12 -5 3 0 3 0 112 82 8.0 F 18 Stephen Guolla 38 8 4 12 2 0 0 1 0 49 44 16.3 D 31 Vlastimil Kroupa 25 2 10 12 -1 0 0 0 0 25 11 8.0 D 36 Rhett Warrener 42 6 5 11 -3 0 0 1 0 48 79 12.5 D 10 Ricard Persson 40 1 10 11 -18 0 0 0 0 31 73 3.2 F 17 Rem Murray 42 7 3 10 -5 2 0 0 0 61 38 11.5 D 18 Ian Moran 25 5 5 10 -4 0 0 0 0 38 20 13.2 F 22 Gerard Gallant 41 5 5 10 -3 0 0 2 0 75 152 6.7 F 27 Joey Kocur 26 2 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 45 69 4.4 F 15 Brad Smyth 32 2 8 10 -15 1 0 0 0 46 94 4.3 D 43 Al Iafrate 35 2 8 10 -3 0 0 1 0 17 79 11.8 D 11 Joel Bouchard 37 2 8 10 -7 0 0 0 0 23 47 8.7 D 32 Denis Gauthier 37 1 9 10 -23 1 0 0 0 26 106 3.8 D 4 Mike Wilson 31 1 8 9 -5 0 0 0 0 11 55 9.1 F 62 Steve Webb 11 6 2 8 9 0 0 1 0 25 16 24.0 F 19 Daniel Goneau 17 4 4 8 -1 1 0 1 0 43 21 9.3 F 25 Sergei Berezin 34 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 59 60 6.8 D 6 Lee Sorochan 28 1 7 8 15 0 0 0 0 7 60 14.3 F 16 Cory Stillman 26 6 1 7 -6 2 0 3 0 54 62 11.1 F 10 Brantt Myrhes 40 3 4 7 -2 0 0 0 0 39 130 7.7 F 98 Alexandre Volchkov 14 2 5 7 -2 0 0 0 0 20 24 10.0 Top 20 Goal Scorers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 44 Jonas Hoglund 41 16 14 30 -7 3 0 2 0 92 13 17.4 F 25 Mike Grier 42 14 14 28 18 0 0 4 0 121 63 11.6 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 37 12 19 31 5 5 1 2 0 88 37 13.6 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 42 12 27 39 39 0 0 4 0 116 32 10.3 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 42 11 18 29 -23 3 0 0 0 88 31 12.5 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 F 94 Ryan Smyth 38 9 8 17 10 3 0 1 0 74 82 12.2 F 4 Sami Kapanen 41 9 17 26 -11 4 1 2 1 102 2 8.8 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 42 9 3 12 -5 3 0 3 0 112 82 8.0 F 50 Rob Zamuner 25 8 10 18 -1 5 0 1 0 63 7 12.7 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 29 8 13 21 18 1 0 2 0 81 33 9.9 F 18 Stephen Guolla 38 8 4 12 2 0 0 1 0 49 44 16.3 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 15 Chris Simon 41 8 8 16 6 0 0 0 0 67 176 11.9 F 11 Ed Ronan 42 8 11 19 -23 4 0 1 0 87 34 9.2 D 27 John Slaney 25 7 15 22 12 1 0 0 0 36 20 19.4 F 16 David Nemirovsky 32 7 9 16 -12 1 0 0 0 43 56 16.3 F 16 Jim Campbell 40 7 14 21 2 0 0 1 0 82 75 8.5 D 3 David Wilkie 40 7 9 16 25 0 0 1 0 49 24 14.3 F 32 Darren McCarty 42 7 13 20 1 0 0 1 0 96 175 7.3 Top 20 Shot Takers P # Player GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PIM PCT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 25 Mike Grier 42 14 14 28 18 0 0 4 0 121 63 11.6 F 89 Dainius Zubrus 42 12 27 39 39 0 0 4 0 116 32 10.3 F 18 Gary Shuchuk 42 9 3 12 -5 3 0 3 0 112 82 8.0 F 11 Alex Hicks 41 6 12 18 4 6 0 0 0 103 105 5.8 F 4 Sami Kapanen 41 9 17 26 -11 4 1 2 1 102 2 8.8 F 32 Darren McCarty 42 7 13 20 1 0 0 1 0 96 175 7.3 F 44 Jonas Hoglund 41 16 14 30 -7 3 0 2 0 92 13 17.4 F 39 Brian Wesenberg 37 12 19 31 5 5 1 2 0 88 37 13.6 D 44 Janne Niinimaa 42 11 18 29 -23 3 0 0 0 88 31 12.5 F 11 Ed Ronan 42 8 11 19 -23 4 0 1 0 87 34 9.2 F 35 Jeff O'Neill 37 10 12 22 4 2 0 0 1 82 32 12.2 F 16 Jim Campbell 40 7 14 21 2 0 0 1 0 82 75 8.5 F 45 Vaclav Prospal 29 8 13 21 18 1 0 2 0 81 33 9.9 F 13 Andreas Dackell 39 8 13 21 2 0 0 2 1 80 27 10.0 F 22 Gerard Gallant 41 5 5 10 -3 0 0 2 0 75 152 6.7 F 94 Ryan Smyth 38 9 8 17 10 3 0 1 0 74 82 12.2 F 15 Chris Simon 41 8 8 16 6 0 0 0 0 67 176 11.9 F 50 Rob Zamuner 25 8 10 18 -1 5 0 1 0 63 7 12.7 F 17 Rem Murray 42 7 3 10 -5 2 0 0 0 61 38 11.5 F 25 Sergei Berezin 34 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 59 60 6.8 Top 20 G.A.A. GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 23 1385 2.82 16 6 1 0 0 65 698 .907 0 0 Chris Rogles 32 1935 3.22 15 14 3 0 0 104 1016 .898 0 0 Dominic Roussel 33 1990 3.32 16 15 2 0 2 110 997 .890 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 26 1580 3.34 12 10 4 0 0 88 750 .883 0 0 Corey Hirsch 33 2000 3.48 22 7 4 0 0 116 1079 .892 0 0 J.S. Giguere 24 1440 3.75 9 15 0 0 1 90 801 .888 0 0 Steve Shields 26 1570 4.28 9 15 2 0 1 112 967 .884 0 0 Top 20 Save Percentages GOALTENDER GP MIN AVG W L T EN SO GA SA PCT PIM AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corey Schwab 23 1385 2.82 16 6 1 0 0 65 698 .907 0 0 Chris Rogles 32 1935 3.22 15 14 3 0 0 104 1016 .898 0 0 Corey Hirsch 33 2000 3.48 22 7 4 0 0 116 1079 .892 0 0 Dominic Roussel 33 1990 3.32 16 15 2 0 2 110 997 .890 0 0 J.S. Giguere 24 1440 3.75 9 15 0 0 1 90 801 .888 0 0 Steve Shields 26 1570 4.28 9 15 2 0 1 112 967 .884 0 0 Marcel Cousineau 26 1580 3.34 12 10 4 0 0 88 750 .883 0 0 6- WEEKLY 3-STAR AWARD/HAT TRICK/5+ POINT/10+ SHOT - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Keith Tkachuk CORINTHS 3 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 2 Doug Weight VOODOO 2 Mike Modano VOODOO 2 Jonas Hoglund WOLVES 2 Todd Harvey AGENTS 2 Kirk McLean FREEZE 2 Joe Murphy GRUNTS 1 Jason Holland GRUNTS 1 Mikael Nylander GRUNTS 1 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Mark Fitzpatrick AGENTS 2 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 2 Rusty Fitzgerald STALLIONS 2 Ed Belfour STRANGERS 2 Darcy Tucker WOLVES 2 Mikko Makela ENFORCERS 2 Bob Errey AGENTS 2 Gerry Fleming GRUNTS 1 Joe Murphy GRUNTS 1 Wendel Clark GRUNTS 1 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Calle Johansson GRUNTS 2 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 2 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 2 John Slaney ROSES 2 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 2 Martin Brodeur STEELCATS 2 Vyacheslav Kozlov FURY 2 Zdenek Nedved KRUSHERS 1 Chris Rogles KRUSHERS 1 Gord Murphy KRUSHERS 1 ------------------------------------ Hat Trick Leaders Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Mike Modano VOODOO 2 Joe Murphy GRUNTS 1 Stephen Guolla KRUSHERS 1 Steve Sullivan MALLRATS 1 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 1 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 1 Ray Ferraro VIPERS 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 ------------------------------------ 5+ Point Game Leaders Player Team 5+ ------------------------------------ Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 Mike Modano VOODOO 1 Vlad Konstantinov VOODOO 1 ------------------------------------ 10+ Shot Game Leaders Player Team 10+ ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 2 Steve Sullivan MALLRATS 1 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 1 Petr Klima ROSES 1 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 1 Kelly Miller SPARROWS 1 Doug Weight VOODOO 1 Martin Gelinas VOODOO 1 Greg Adams VOODOO 1 ------------------------------------ 7- PLATINUM 3 STARS CUP LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total ----------------------------------------------------- Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 7 8 5 64 Mike Modano VOODOO 9 2 2 53 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 8 3 1 50 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 8 2 3 49 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 7 3 3 47 Doug Weight VOODOO 6 4 3 45 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 5 6 1 44 Grant Fuhr N.O.D. 5 5 3 43 Mark Messier STRANGERS 4 7 2 43 Joe Nieuwendyk DOMINATRS 4 6 4 42 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 4 6 3 41 Keith Tkachuk CORINTHS 6 3 2 41 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 7 1 1 39 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 5 3 4 38 Mark Recchi LUNATICS 5 3 3 37 ----------------------------------------------------- 8- 1ST/2ND/3RD STARS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe First Star Leaders Player Team 1st ------------------------------------ Mike Modano VOODOO 9 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 8 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 8 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 7 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 7 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 7 Keith Tkachuk CORINTHS 6 Doug Weight VOODOO 6 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 5 Owen Nolan LUNATICS 5 ------------------------------------ Second Star Leaders Player Team 2nd ------------------------------------ Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 9 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 8 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 8 Mark Messier STRANGERS 7 Chris Osgood GRUNTS 6 Mats Sundin CORINTHS 6 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 6 Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 6 Eric Fichaud SPARROWS 6 Ed Belfour STRANGERS 6 ------------------------------------ Third Star Leaders Player Team 3rd ------------------------------------ Dominic Roussel QUAKERS 8 Jocelyn Thibault LUNATICS 5 Jaromir Jagr QUAKERS 5 John Slaney ROSES 5 Corey Schwab STALLIONS 5 Blaine Lacher VENOM 5 Sean Burke DOMINATRS 5 Don Beaupre ENFORCERS 5 Calle Johansson GRUNTS 4 Wayne Gretzky LUNATICS 4 ------------------------------------ 9- HAT TRICKS LEADERS - Provided by Brian Howe Player Team HT ------------------------------------ Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 3 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 3 Mats Sundin CORINTHS 2 Alexei Yashin QUAKERS 2 Alexander Mogilny STALLIONS 2 Daniel Briere STEELCATS 2 Theoren Fleury STRANGERS 2 Mike Modano VOODOO 2 Bryan McCabe VOODOO 2 Sergei Fedorov WOLVES 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 Jeremy Roenick KRUSHERS 1 Eric Lindros MALLRATS 1 Peter Bondra N.O.D. 1 Saku Koivu CORINTHS 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 Esa Tikkanen STRANGERS 4 Zigmund Palffy VOODOO 4 Peter Forsberg MONARCHS 3 Pierre Turgeon SPARROWS 3 Mark Messier STRANGERS 3 Mario Lemieux MALLRATS 2 Mats Sundin CORINTHS 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 42 252 6.00 21 132 6.29 21 120 5.71 Surrey Strangers 38 184 4.84 17 87 5.12 21 97 4.62 Des Moines Dominators 40 172 4.30 15 66 4.40 25 106 4.24 Toronto Stallions 40 169 4.23 23 107 4.65 17 62 3.65 St. John's Grunts 41 163 3.98 22 90 4.09 19 73 3.84 Albany Mallrats 40 157 3.93 17 67 3.94 23 90 3.91 Penticton Venom 41 161 3.93 23 90 3.91 18 71 3.94 Winnipeg Wolves 41 158 3.85 16 54 3.38 25 104 4.16 Kingston Corinthians 40 153 3.83 27 108 4.00 13 45 3.46 Philidelphia Freeze 40 152 3.80 22 79 3.59 18 73 4.06 Waterloo Lunatics 40 150 3.75 18 75 4.17 22 75 3.41 Chicoutimi Sparrows 40 148 3.70 20 79 3.95 20 69 3.45 Minneapolis Monarchs 41 147 3.59 20 80 4.00 21 67 3.19 Boston Agents 42 147 3.50 21 64 3.05 21 83 3.95 Pittsburgh Quakers 41 143 3.49 23 78 3.39 18 65 3.61 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 40 135 3.38 20 68 3.40 20 67 3.35 Chi-Town Krushers 38 128 3.37 18 62 3.44 20 66 3.30 Georgetown N.O.D. 38 127 3.34 18 66 3.67 20 61 3.05 Hamilton Steelcats 40 133 3.33 17 44 2.59 23 89 3.87 Edmonton Vikings 40 130 3.25 19 67 3.53 21 63 3.00 Saskatoon Enforcers 39 120 3.08 22 81 3.68 17 39 2.29 Seattle Saints 42 129 3.07 22 72 3.27 20 57 2.85 Oakland Roses 40 121 3.03 18 60 3.33 22 61 2.77 Guelph Vipers 36 100 2.78 21 55 2.62 15 45 3.00 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 42 2068 49.24 21 1028 48.95 21 1040 49.52 Surrey Strangers 38 1452 38.21 17 666 39.18 21 786 37.43 Kingston Corinthians 40 1458 36.45 27 1009 37.37 13 449 34.54 Chicoutimi Sparrows 40 1387 34.68 20 741 37.05 20 646 32.30 St. John's Grunts 41 1400 34.15 22 788 35.82 19 612 32.21 Pittsburgh Quakers 41 1379 33.63 23 776 33.74 18 603 33.50 Toronto Stallions 40 1344 33.60 23 809 35.17 17 535 31.47 Penticton Venom 41 1368 33.37 23 780 33.91 18 588 32.67 Philidelphia Freeze 40 1325 33.13 22 738 33.55 18 587 32.61 Edmonton Vikings 40 1305 32.63 19 638 33.58 21 667 31.76 Albany Mallrats 40 1281 32.03 17 596 35.06 23 685 29.78 Minneapolis Monarchs 41 1311 31.98 20 688 34.40 21 623 29.67 Georgetown N.O.D. 38 1211 31.87 18 597 33.17 20 614 30.70 Guelph Vipers 36 1145 31.81 21 703 33.48 15 442 29.47 Waterloo Lunatics 40 1269 31.73 18 591 32.83 22 678 30.82 Chi-Town Krushers 38 1188 31.26 18 583 32.39 20 605 30.25 Oakland Roses 40 1249 31.23 18 597 33.17 22 652 29.64 Boston Agents 42 1305 31.07 21 656 31.24 21 649 30.90 Des Moines Dominators 40 1228 30.70 15 462 30.80 25 766 30.64 Saskatoon Enforcers 39 1193 30.59 22 712 32.36 17 481 28.29 Winnipeg Wolves 41 1240 30.24 16 479 29.94 25 761 30.44 Seattle Saints 42 1264 30.10 22 681 30.95 20 583 29.15 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 40 1201 30.03 20 618 30.90 20 583 29.15 Hamilton Steelcats 40 1167 29.18 17 517 30.41 23 650 28.26 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 41 115 2.80 22 67 3.05 19 48 2.53 Waterloo Lunatics 40 121 3.03 18 49 2.72 22 72 3.27 Toronto Stallions 40 122 3.05 23 59 2.57 17 63 3.71 Kingston Corinthians 40 127 3.18 27 88 3.26 13 39 3.00 Chicoutimi Sparrows 40 127 3.18 20 66 3.30 20 61 3.05 Chi-Town Krushers 38 124 3.26 18 63 3.50 20 61 3.05 Pittsburgh Quakers 41 135 3.29 23 79 3.43 18 56 3.11 Philidelphia Freeze 40 134 3.35 22 74 3.36 18 60 3.33 Georgetown N.O.D. 38 132 3.47 18 51 2.83 20 81 4.05 Minneapolis Monarchs 41 144 3.51 20 69 3.45 21 75 3.57 Winnipeg Wolves 41 146 3.56 16 45 2.81 25 101 4.04 Surrey Strangers 38 136 3.58 17 66 3.88 21 70 3.33 Penticton Venom 41 150 3.66 23 85 3.70 18 65 3.61 Vancouver VooDoo 42 158 3.76 21 80 3.81 21 78 3.71 Saskatoon Enforcers 39 147 3.77 22 87 3.95 17 60 3.53 Oakland Roses 40 151 3.78 18 68 3.78 22 83 3.77 Hamilton Steelcats 40 153 3.83 17 47 2.76 23 106 4.61 Albany Mallrats 40 156 3.90 17 66 3.88 23 90 3.91 Edmonton Vikings 40 158 3.95 19 72 3.79 21 86 4.10 Seattle Saints 42 174 4.14 22 91 4.14 20 83 4.15 Des Moines Dominators 40 172 4.30 15 61 4.07 25 111 4.44 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 40 192 4.80 20 94 4.70 20 98 4.90 Guelph Vipers 36 174 4.83 21 110 5.24 15 64 4.27 Boston Agents 42 231 5.50 21 111 5.29 21 120 5.71 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 40 1160 29.00 27 769 28.48 13 391 30.08 Waterloo Lunatics 40 1168 29.20 18 502 27.89 22 666 30.27 Minneapolis Monarchs 41 1212 29.56 20 586 29.30 21 626 29.81 Penticton Venom 41 1221 29.78 23 654 28.43 18 567 31.50 Toronto Stallions 40 1193 29.83 23 669 29.09 17 524 30.82 St. John's Grunts 41 1231 30.02 22 635 28.86 19 596 31.37 Chicoutimi Sparrows 40 1204 30.10 20 604 30.20 20 600 30.00 Pittsburgh Quakers 41 1235 30.12 23 653 28.39 18 582 32.33 Surrey Strangers 38 1151 30.29 17 496 29.18 21 655 31.19 Albany Mallrats 40 1248 31.20 17 498 29.29 23 750 32.61 Oakland Roses 40 1252 31.30 18 544 30.22 22 708 32.18 Chi-Town Krushers 38 1215 31.97 18 552 30.67 20 663 33.15 Georgetown N.O.D. 38 1217 32.03 18 539 29.94 20 678 33.90 Vancouver VooDoo 42 1364 32.48 21 640 30.48 21 724 34.48 Philidelphia Freeze 40 1302 32.55 22 733 33.32 18 569 31.61 Winnipeg Wolves 41 1338 32.63 16 490 30.63 25 848 33.92 Edmonton Vikings 40 1372 34.30 19 598 31.47 21 774 36.86 Hamilton Steelcats 40 1380 34.50 17 563 33.12 23 817 35.52 Saskatoon Enforcers 39 1417 36.33 22 784 35.64 17 633 37.24 Seattle Saints 42 1528 36.38 22 783 35.59 20 745 37.25 Des Moines Dominators 40 1467 36.67 15 498 33.20 25 969 38.76 Boston Agents 42 1598 38.05 21 789 37.57 21 809 38.52 Fort Saskatchewan Fury 40 1607 40.17 20 735 36.75 20 872 43.60 Guelph Vipers 36 1658 46.06 21 971 46.24 15 687 45.80 16- ROSTER MOVES REPORT - By Michael Hebert After Day 36 -Stallions demote Ville Peltonen -Voodoo promote Greg Smyth -Saints demote Mikhail Shtalenkov and promote Vladimir Vorobiev After Day 37 -Krushers trade Dale Hawerchuk, Dallas Drake and Wade Belak to the Quakers for Bobby Holik, Jim Sandlak and Future Considerations -Strangers trade Sylvain Blouin and Robert Dirk to the Quakers for Mike Eagles and Brad Dalgarno -Krushers trade Steve Duchesne and Wes Walz to the Strangers for Rob Blake, Geoff Courtnall and their own 2nd round draft pick -Quakers bring up Dale Hawerchuk -Strangers bring up Steve Duchesne -Krushers bring up Bobby Holik, Rob Blake and Geoff Courtnall -Fury promote Brad Isbister After Day 38 -Steelcats demote Scott Levins -Mallrats promote Miroslav Guren 17- TEAMS TIDBITS the STALLIONS ------------- Sittler's After Five Report TORONTO(AP) - Toronto heads into the Christmas break with a 2nd over-all placing. A disapointing loss to the Wolves earlier along with a split in the Home/Home series with the Sparrows gives us a 3-2-0 record for the past five games. The road still seems to be Toronto's weakness, with 8 of the teams 10 loses coming on the road. Toronto plays 4 of there next 5 at home, but then go on the road for 4 of the next 5 games. Our best players over the past 5 games were; GP Player Name Goals Assists Pts SOG +/- PIM ------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Joe Sakic 5 0 5 24 1 4 5 Boris Mironov 0 5 5 3 0 8 5 Todd Warriner 4 0 4 16 4 2 5 Alexander Mogilny 3 1 4 13 1 9 5 Rusty Fitzgerald 2 2 4 21 1 0 5 Alexei Zhamnov 0 4 4 12 3 13 GP Player Name Record Sh Ag. Go Ag. GAA Save % ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Corey Schwab 3-1-0 107 8 2.00 .925 Toronto seems to be a magnet for slight injuries. With 9 of our players slumping, including our top Left winger, our top Right Winger, our top goalie, three of our top 6 defencemen, and two of our top 3 centres all in a -1 slump. If not for the +1's of Sakic, Schwab, Bergkvist and Nikolishin and the +2 of Fitzgerald this club could really be struggling. Toronto's depth is really being tested this season, and I can only hope that things even out before the playoffs begin. This past week saw Joe Sakic break a team record for power-play goals. Set last year by Stephane Richer at 11, Joe surpassed it with 4 PP goals in 5 games giving him 14 so far this season. Joe Sakic's best season was in season #1, while with the Voodoo organization he scored 79 points in 74 games with 39 goals and 25 PP goals with 5 game winners. Joe is currently on a pace to get 77 points with 46 goals and 26 PP goals and 5 game winners. With a little help he might have a career season. Career Scoring ahead: Player Looking for... Needs --------------------------------------------- Joe Sakic 100 Assists 1 Stephane Richer 100 Assists 1 Roman Hamrlik 100 Assists 5 Alexei Zhamnov 250 Points 6 Todd Warriner 100 Points 6 Miikka Elomo 100 Points 7 Joe Sakic 100 Goals 9 Alexander Mogilny 100 Goals 11 Hoping this is out before Christmas, here is Toronto's Christmans Greetings to all GM's. All the best for the New Year guys! Final Note: Richard Smehlik, D, is still available to trade offers. the VIPERS ---------- The Vipers new G.M. has last seen whipping his team into place after the first 40 dismal games of the season. The G.M. was seen pushing the lazy players around the ice. The coach is trying to impress his work ethic on the team in the hopes of winning more games. After this hard practice the team went out and tied the fury in our first game under the new management. The fans in Mississauga have some new hope for the team now but's its going to be a long uphill battle before this team is a contender again. Craig Vipers Zamboni driver in training. 18- COMMISH'S NOTES -This season is going very well. We have the best participation ever and a great bunch of GMs. Thanks to all and good luck for the remaining of the season! 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. GO READ A BOOK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BECOME AN IDIOT! [ Part 3: "Attached Text" ]