SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Monday, Jan. 26, 2015
Lakers move to 10th in CJHL Pointstreak Top 20 rankings
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – As one of the hottest club in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, the Fort Frances Lakers continue to move up the national Pointstreak Top 20 rankings.
Currently riding a 12-game winning streak, the Lakers were slotted in at No. 10 in the 129-team CJHL this week in the listings, which are produced in conjunction with International Scouting Services.
Fort Frances remains in top spot in the Superior International Junior Hockey League standings with a solid 29-7-0-1 overall record heading into game action this week.
The Lakers last tasted defeat back in early December when they dropped a 4-3 decision to the English River Miners.
Since Nov. 1, the defending SIJHL title holders and 2015 Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canada Jr. A Championship hosts have gone 19-2-0-0 under head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan.
Rolling right along as the No. 1 team in the CJHL is the red-hot Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League as their 45-2-2 record and .939 winning percentage would indicate.
A pair of Alberta Junior Hockey League squads round out the top three this week with the Spruce Grove Saints and Camrose Kodiaks sitting second and third respectively.
The following is the Pointstreak CJHL top 20 rankings along with five honourable mention teams for the period ending Jan. 25:
POINTSTREAK CJHL TOP 20
RANK TEAM (LEAGUE) (LAST WEEK)
1. Portage Terriers (MJHL) (1)
2. Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) (2)
3. Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) (5)
4. Penticton Vees (BCHL) (3)
5. Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) (4)
6. Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) (6)
7. Aurora Tigers (OJHL) (8)
8. Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) (7)
9. Woodstock Slammers (MHL) (8)
10. Fort Frances Lakers (SIJHL) (11)
11. Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) (10)
12. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners (NOJHL) (12)
13. Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) (13)
14. Brooks Bandits (AJHL) (14)
15. Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) (15)
16. Ottawa Jr. ‘A’ Senators (CCHL) (16)
17. Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) (18)
18. Vernon Vipers (BCHL) (17)
19. Pembroke Lumber Kings (CCHL) (19)
20. Sherbrooke Cougars (QJHL) (HM)
Honourable Mention: Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL), Steinbach Pistons (MJHL), Cobourg Cougars (OJHL), College Francais de Longueuil (QJHL), Dieppe Commandos (MHL)
ABOUT THE POINTSTREAK CJHL TOP 20 RANKINGS
The Pointstreak CJHL Top 20 weekly rankings, in conjunction with International Scouting Services (ISS), 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 129 teams and nearly 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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