CHL Rankings Week 23

Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for week 23 of the 2009-10 season.  The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League’s Top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.

After being right near the top all season the long the Barrie Colts have finally climbed into the top spot this week. The Sea Dogs slide down to second and the Spitfires remain in third. The biggest move of the week comes from the Tri-City Americans who fall four spots to ninth this week. The Moncton Wildcats were also on the move, all the way into fourth from seventh. The Majors, Ice and Tigres are the honourable mentions this week.

BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings – Week 23

Rank		Team (Record)	Last Week Rank	Number of Weeks Ranked
1		Barrie Colts (48-8-0-2)	2	19
2		Saint John Sea Dogs (48-10-1-0)	1	20
3		Windsor Spitfires (45-10-0-5)	3	23
4		Moncton Wildcats (41-13-1-4)	7	6
5		Saskatoon Blades (41-14-3-4)	4	19
6		London Knights (43-14-0-2)	8	12
7		Brandon Wheat Kings (42-18-1-3)	6	14
8		Drummondville Voltigeurs (42-15-0-2)	9	21
9		Tri-City Americans (42-17-1-2)	5	18
10		Calgary Hitmen (43-17-1-1)	-	17
		Honourable Mention:
		Victoriaville Tigres (40-19-1-1)	-	11
		Mississauga Majors (37-16-4-2)	10	18
		Kootenay Ice (39-20-3-2)	-	0

Topics: Barrie Colts, Brandon Wheat Kings, Calgary Hitmen, CHL, CHL Rankings, Drummondville Voltigeurs, Kootenay Ice, London Knights, Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, Moncton Wildcats, OHL, QMJHL, Saint John Sea Dogs, Saskatoon Blades, Tri-City Americans, Victoriaville Tigres, WHL, Windsor Spitfires

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