Big Kahuna's NAHL Power Rankings - 12/2/2008
1. Topeka (0)
2. Mahoning Valley Phantoms (0)
3. St Louis Bandits (0)
4. Bismarck Bobcats (+1)
5. Traverse City North Stars (-1)
6. USNTDP (0)
7. Alexandria Blizzard (0)
8. Owatonna Express (0)
9. Alpena Ice Diggers (0)
10. Fairbanks Ice Dogs (0)
11. North Iowa Outlaws (0)
12. Wichita Falls Wildcats (+1)
13. Alaska Avalanche (-1)
14. Springfield Jr Blues (0)
15. Marquette Rangers (0)
16. Wenatchee Wild (+1)
17. Kenai River Brown Bears (-1)
18. Motor City Machine (0)
19. Albert Lea Thunder (0)
Last week was a weird one in the NAHL, which made it difficult to do this week's power rankings. 15 of the 19 teams in the league lost at least one game over the weekend, including the top 3 teams which lost to #13, #15, and #18 respectively. On the surface it looks like I have Fairbanks ranked too low, but they have played one of the worst teams in the league in Kenai River 10 times already. Wenatchee is playing pretty good hockey right now, and if that continues, they will start to climb up the rankings.
- Congratulations to former Express goalie Nick Graves who was named the NAHL's Goalie of the Week.
- Congratulations to former Express forward Brandon Brodhag who was named the Central Division Player of the Week
- The Express are 6th in the NAHL in goals scored on the season.
- This weekend's games with the St. Louis Bandits will feature the teams with the most penalty minutes (Bandits-652) and the least penalty minutes (Express-302) in the NAHL.
- With a pair of goals over the weekend, including the shorthanded game winner Friday night, Express forward Stephen Carew (Air Force Recruit) is now tied for 3rd in the NAHL in goals scored. He also leads the league in shooting percentage at .389 (14 goals on 36 shots)
- With his overtime game-winner Sunday night, Nick Carson pulled into a tie for the most game-winning-goals by a defenseman.
- I mentioned this the other night, but it's worth mentioning again: The Express have the #1 penalty kill unit in the NAHL at 91.4%.
- Troubling statistic: The Express have been outscored 34-19 in the 3rd period this season. This needs to change soon.
- The Express are 7-1-1 in games decided by one goal. This should pay off in the playoffs when every game is tight.
- Express forward Josh Daley has scored a goal in his last three games.
See you at the rink.
--Big Kahuna
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With the teams scheduled for this month being all ranked higher than us, we will have to play 3 periods of solid hockey to have a good month. This will be a true test of how the team has progressed over the season.
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