SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
English River moves to 12th, Dryden remains honourable mention in CJHL rankings
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – On a franchise-record pace for wins the English River Miners continue to make a move up the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s weekly Top 20 rankings while the Dryden GM Ice Dogs remain in the hunt as well.
English River was slotted 12th in the 132-team CJHL this week while the Dryden GM Ice Dogs earned honourable mention status for a second consecutive week.
Under head coach and general manager Derek Sweet-Coulter, the Miners have gone 10-3-0-0 in Superior International Junior Hockey League play this season, including going 9-1 in their past 10 that featured a franchise-best eight-game win streak.
As for Dryden, the GM Ice Dogs are 8-2-1-0 and boast the best winning percentage in the SIJHL at .773.
They also hold two games in hand on the Miners who have a win mark of .769.
The new No. 1 team in the CJHL this week is College Francais de Longueuil of the QJHL.
Slipping to No. 2 is the MJHL’s Steinbach Pistons who lost a pair of one-goal games last week to fall from being the last unbeaten side in the CJHL.
Another QJHL squad in the Terrebonne Cobras was ranked No. 3. While two OJHL sides, in the Cobourg Cougars and Georgetown Raiders, round out the top five at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
The following is the latest CJHL Top 20 rankings and five honourable mention teams:
CJHL TOP 20 (As of Oct. 31)
RANK TEAM (LEAGUE) (LAST WEEK)
1. College Francais de Longueuil (LHJQ) (3)
2. Steinbach Pistons (MJHL) (1)
3. Les Cobras de Terrebonne (LHJQ) (2)
4. Cobourg Cougars (OJHL) (4)
5. Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) (10)
6. Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) (9)
7. Penticton Vees (BCHL) (5)
8. Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) (13)
9. Yarmouth Jr. ‘A’ Mariners (MHL) (8)
10. Estevan Bruins (SJHL) (17)
11. Powassan Voodoos (NOJHL) (HM)
12. English River Miners (SIJHL) (16)
13. OCN Blizzard (MJHL) (NR)
14. Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) (12)
15. Portage Terriers (MJHL) (11)
16. Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) (6)
17. Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) (HM)
18. Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) (14)
19. Cochrane Crunch (NOJHL) (7)
20. Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) (20)
Honourable Mention: Dryden GM Ice Dogs (SIJHL); Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL); Battlefords North Stars (SJHL); Miramichi Timberwolves (MHL); Pictou County Weeks (MHL)
ABOUT THE CJHL TOP 20 RANKINGS
The CJHL Top 20 weekly rankings are based upon a variety of factors, including the league in which the team plays, winning percentage, win-loss record, total points accumulated, goals-for versus goals-against ratio, etc.
ABOUT THE CJHL
The Canadian Junior Hockey League is a national organization comprised of all 10 Junior A hockey leagues in Canada.
The CJHL represents 132 teams and over 3,000 players and has just as many former players furthering their hockey careers at the professional, major junior and college level across North America.
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