Odessa Jackalopes stay on top of the CHL Coaches Poll

The Odessa Jackalopes have widen their lead on the CHL Coaches Poll as the Jackalopes got an impressive 13 of the 15 first place votes (You can't vote for you selves). The only other team that were able to get any first place votes as the Colorado Eagles got the other 2 and trail the Jackalopes by 19 pts (139 to 121).

Elsewhere in the Rankings, the Laredo Bucks and Tulsa Oilers have each jumped 3 spots as the Bucks continue to stay in 2nd place in the Southern Conference while the Tulsa Oilers took over the Northern Conference Lead earlier this week.

On the bottom of the poll this week are the Amarillo Gorillas who are in 9th place who were in 5th while the Brahmas dropped 3 spots from #7 to #10.

Overall, the Southern Conference has 7 of the top 10 teams in the poll which includes the top 4 while the Colorado Eagles and Tulsa Oilers are the only teams being taken seriously in the North. In the South, after Conference Leading Odessa, the rest of the Conference is separated by just 6 points.


1 (1). Odessa Jackalopes (13) (11-1-1) 139 PTS

2 (3). Colorado Eagles (2) (7-2-1) 121 PTS

3 (6). Laredo Bucks (7-2-2) 106 PTS

4 (2). Allen Americans (7-3-1) 103 PTS

5 (8). Tulsa Oilers (8-3-0) 95 PTS

6 (NR). Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (6-5-2) 74 PTS

7 (4). Mississippi Riverkings (7-7-0) 55 PTS

8 (9). Rapid City Rush (6-5-1) 45 PTS

9 (5). Amarillo Gorillas (6-7-1) 29 PTS

10 (7). Texas Brahmas (5-6-2) 27 PTS

Others Getting Votes: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 20 PTS, Corpus Christi Icerayz 8 PTS, Missouri Mavericks 3 PTS

Dropped Out of Poll: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 20 PTS

This weeks Junior and College Rankings

Here's this weeks rankings for the Junior and College Rankings. The CJHL and NCAA rankings are now out while the CHL rankings won't come out till Wednesday.

Major Junior Rankings

Here's the current Major Junior Rankings till the new ones come out on Wednesday. Records of when the Rankings came out on Wedesnday.

1. Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) (11-1-1)

2. Calgary Hitmen (WHL) (9-3-0)

3. Windsor Spitfires (OHL) (9-3-1)

4. Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) (11-3-0)

5. Kitchener Rangers (OHL) (7-0-3)

6. London Knights (OHL) (8-3-0)

7. Kamloops Blazers (WHL) (8-4-2)

8. Vancouver Giants (WHL) (8-3-2)

9. Quebec City Ramparts (QMJHL) (10-2-3)

10. Tri-City Americans (WHL) (8-2-0)

Honorable Mentions

Mississauga St. Michaels Majors (OHL) (8-3-0)

St. John Seadogs (QMJHL) (10-4-1)

Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) (9-4-0)




Canadiean Jr. A Rankings

Not much changed at the top for this weeks Jr. A Rankings in Canada. The top 5 teams remain unchanged as the Spruce Groove Saints continue to be the top team with a great week with 5 straight wins and to go to a very strong 14-0-1 record and the best overall record in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Other changes include 4 new teams getting into the rankings. These are the New Market Hurricanes (CCHL), Woodstock Slammers (MJAHL), Surrey Eagles (BCHL), and the Abitibi Eskoimos (NOJHL) are jumping up in the rankings.

As for teams heading down, the Bonnyville Ponntiacs move down 3 spots from 6 to 9 which allowed the Georgetown Raiders (OJAHL), Pembrooke Lumber Kings (CJAHL), and the Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) all moving up 1 spot each. Some of the Honorable mentions include the Powell River Kings (BCHL) and the Wellington Dukes (CCHL).

CJHL Rankings

Numbers in Brackets are the previous rankings

1 (1). Spruce Groove Saints (AJHL)

2 (2). Kingston Voyageurs (OJAHL)

3 (3). Vernon Vipers (BCHL)

4 (4). Penticton Vees (BCHL)

5 (5). Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

6 (7). Georgetown Raiders (OJAHL)

7 (8). Pembrooke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)

8 (9). Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)

9 (6). Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)

10 (NR). Newmarket Hurricanes (CCHL)

11 (HM). Woodstock Slammers (MJAHL)

12 (NR). Surrey Eagles (BCHL)

13 (NR). Abitibi Eskimos (NOJHL)

14 (14). Ft. William North Stars (SIJHL)

15 (15). St. Jerome Panthers (LHJAAAQ)


Here's this weeks Honorable Mentions

Powell River Kings (BCHL)

Ft. Mcmurray Oil Barons (AJHL)

Toronto Jr. Canadiens (CCHL)

Wellington Dukes (CCHL)

Oakville Blades (OJAHL)

Cornwall Colts (CJAHL)

Truro Bearcats (MJAHL)


Here's the leagues codes


Pacific Region

British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL)

Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL)


West Region

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL)

Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL)


Ontario Region

Central Canadian Junior Hockey League (CCHL)

Ontario Junior A Hockey League (OJAHL)

Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL)

Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL)


Altantic Region

Central Junior A Hockey League (CJAHL)

Quebec Junior A Hockey League (LHJAAAQ)

Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL)

NCAA Rankings

Here's the rankings for the NCAA, and the Miami of Ohio Redhawks have dominated the rankings with 46 first place votes and keep their #1 spot by a wide margin. A shakeup as North Dakota has moved up from #4 to #2 after a while Boston University has dropped a spot from 2 to 3. Despite having the week off, Chris Brown's Michigan team has been able to keep it's #5 ranking while teams like Cornell and Yale haven't yet hit the ice.

Lower down the rankings, some teams like Nebraska-Omaha and Wisconsin were the biggest movers as both teams moved 4 spots up. As for newly ranked teams, we have 2 of them this week Minnesota Duluth and Colorado College have moved up to 18 and 19 on the rankings.

1 (1). Miami of Ohio (46) (3-0-1) 994 PTS

2 (4). North Dakota (1) (3-0-1) 940 PTS

3 (2). Boston University (2) (0-1-0) 820 PTS

4 (3). Denver (2-2-0) 801 PTS

5 (5). Michigan (1-1-0) 784 PTS

6 (6). Cornell (0-0-0) 701 PTS

7 (11). Vermont (1) (2-1-0) 650 PTS

8 (8). Yale (0-0-0) 589 PTS

9 (7). Norte Dame (2-2-0) 554 PTS

10 (10). Princeton (0-0-0) 530 PTS

11 (9). Minnesota (0-1-1) 454 PTS

12 (16). Nebraska-Omaha (3-0-1) 366 PTS

13 (14). Mass.-Lowell (1-1-0) 363 PTS

14 (12). Boston College (0-1-0) 273 PTS

15 (17). Alaska (3-0-1) 253 PTS

16 (15). Bemidji State (2-0-0) 243 PTS

17 (13). Wisconsin (0-1-1) 205 PTS

18 (NR). Minnesota State (3-1-0) 175 PTS

19 (NR). Colorado College (2-1-1) 160 PTS

20 (18). Quinnipiac (3-0-0) 150 PTS


Fox Sports NHL Power Rankings

The Numbers in Brackets are the previous Rankings.

1 (2). NY Rangers

2 (3). Pittsburgh Penguins

3 (5). Columbus Blue Jackets

4 (11). Colorado Avalanche

5 (10). Atlanta Thrashers

6 (1). Buffalo Sabres

7 (16). Phoenix Coyotes

8 (6). Ottawa Senators

9 (12). Chicago Blackhawks

10 (4). Calgary Flames

11 (14). Dallas Stars

12. (13). Edmonton Oilers

13. (22). Washington Capitals

14. (17). St. Louis Blues

15. (8). Philadelphia Flyers

16. (19). New Jersey Devils

17. (15). San Jose Sharks

18. (20). Anaheim Ducks

19. (18). Detroit Red Wings

20. (7). Los Angeles Kings

21. (23). Tampa Bay Lighting

22. (25). Vancouver Canucks

23. (21). Boston Bruins

24. (26). Carolina Hurricanes

25. (9). Nashville Predators

26. (29). Florida Panthers

27. (27). Montreal Canadeins

28. (24). NY Islanders

29. (28). Minnesota Wild

30. (30). Toronto Maple Leafs

Tomorrow's Stars Game and The weeks Rankings

I won't be doing my usual twitter updates during the Stars game against the Nashville Preadtors tomorrow night because i'm going to be at the game tomorrow night. Now I don't have a phone that use the twitter and facebook capiblitys to update the game. So look for a game report sometime on Thursday.

This weeks Rankings

Major Junior Rankings

To see the Major Junior Rankings each week: http://www.chl.ca/

Look for the new CHL Rankings to come out tomorrow. In the mean time, here's the current rankings.

The new rankings for the CHL came out today and the Calgary Hitmen for the 2nd straight week as they will hold on the #1 rankings. For the biggest jumper, it was the Drummondville Voltigeurs who jumped from #5 to #2 while the London Knights jumped 4 spots where they now at #6 after being at #10 last week. Also we have 3 new teams up in the polls now as the Kitchener Rangers at 7, Vancouver Giants at 8 and the Rouyn-Nornda Huskies at 10 round out this weeks poll.

1. Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

2. Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

3. Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

4. Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)

5. Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

6. London Knights (OHL)

7. Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

8. Vancouver Giants (WHL)

9. Barrie Colts (OHL)

10. Rouyn-Nornda Huskies (QMJHL)


Honorable Mentions

Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

Sault St. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Here's a look at the CJHL, CHL and NCAA Rankings!

CJHL Rankings

In the CJHL Rankings, the Spruce Groove Saints have moved up as the new #1, after being dominated by BCHL Teams the first month of the season. The Vernon Vipers drop to #3 while the Penticton Vees are currently in 4th. As for the biggest drop, the AJHL'S Brooks Bandits have dropped from 6 to 10 which helps the Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) move up 5 spots and the Georgetown Raiders (OJAHL) moved up 3 spots. The newest team to jump up is the Abitibi Eskimos (NOJHL) at #13.

To See the Canadiean Junior A Info: http://www.cjhlhockey.com/

The Numbers in Brackets are the previous rankings.

1 (5). Spruce Groove Saints (AJHL)

2 (4). Kingston Voyageurs (OJAHL)

3 (1). Vernon Vipres (BCHL)

4 (2). Penticton Vees (BCHL)

5 (3). Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

6 (11). Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)

7 (10). Georgetown Raiders (OJAHL)

8 (7). Pembrooke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)

9 (8). Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)

10 (6). Brooks Bandits (AJHL)

11 (9). Burlington Cougars (CCHL)

12 (12). Truro Bearcats (MJAHL)

13 (NR). Abitibi Eskimos (NOJHL)

14 (14). Ft. Williams North Stars (SIJHL)

15 (15). St. Jerome Panthers (LHJAAAQ)


Honorable Mentions

Powell River Kings (BCHL)

Westside Warriors (BCHL)

Dryden Ice Dogs (SJHL)

Oakville Blades (OJAHL)

Cornwall Colts (CJAHL)

Woodstock Slammers (MJAHL)



League Code

Pacific Region

British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL)

Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL)


West Region

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL)

Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL)


Ontario Region

Ontario Junior A Hockey League (OJAHL)

Central Canadiean Hockey League (CCHL)

Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL)

North Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL)


Atlantic Region

Central Junior A Hockey League (CJAHL)

Quebec Junior A Hockey League (LHJAAAQ)

Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL)



NCAA Rankings

To see more info on College Hockey: http://www.uscho.com/

After the first week of NCAA Games, the Redhawks from the Miami of Ohio are the new #1 in the country after winning both of their games at St. Cloud State with 28 first place votes. 4 teams have entered the rankings as Bemijdi State, Mass.-Lowell, Nebraska-Omaha and Alaska are now in ranked 15-19. Denver who was the #1 during the preseason is now down to 3, Vermont was able to move up 3 places to 11 and St. Cloud State dropped from 15 to 19 in the rankings.

1 (4). Miami of Ohio (CCHA) (2GP 2-0-0)

2 (2). Boston University (Hockey East) (0 GP 0-0-0)

3 (1). Denver (WCHA) (2 GP 1-1-0)

4 (6). North Dakota (WCHA) (2 GP 2-0-0)

5 (3). Michigan (CCHA) (2 GP 1-1-0)

6 (7). Cornell (ECAC) (0 GP 0-0-0)

7 (5). Norte Dame (CCHA) (2 GP 1-1-0)

8 (8). Yale (ECAC) (0 GP 0-0-0)

9 (9). Minnesota (WCHA) (0 GP 0-0-0)

10 (10). Princeton (ECAC) (0 GP 0-0-0)

11 (14). Vermont (Hockey East) (2 GP 1-1-0)

12 (12). Boston College (Hockey East) (0 GP 0-0-0)

13 (13). Wisconsin (WCHA) (0 GP 0-0-0)

14 (11). Mass.-Lowell (Hockey East) (2 GP 1-1-0)

15 (NR). Bemidji State (CHA) (2 GP 2-0-0)

16 (NR). Nebraski-Omaha (CCHA) (2 GP 2-0-0)

17 (NR). Alaska (CCHA) (2 GP 2-0-0)

18 (NR). Quinnipiac (ECAC) (2 GP 2-0-0)

19 (15). St. Cloud State (WCHA) (2 GP 0-2-0)

20 (20). Northeastern (Hockey East) (2 GP 1-1-0)

Even though the NHL Power Rankings on Fox are more opion then anything, it's a good idea on what's going on in the league. For your Dallas Stars, they are currently in 14th which is up from 20th from last weekend when the season started.

1. Buffalo

2. NY Rangers

3. Pittsburgh

4. Calgary

5. Columbus

6. Ottawa

7. Los Angeles

8. Philadelphia

9. Nashville

10. Atlanta

11. Colorado

12. Chicago

13. Edmonton

14. Dallas

15. San Jose

16. Phoenix

17. St. Louis

18. Detroit

19. New Jersey

20. Anaheim

21. Boston

22. Washington

23. Tampa Bay

24. NY Islanders

25. Vancouver

26. Carolina

27. Montreal

28. Minnesota

29. Florida

30. Toronto