Monday, August 16, 2010

BY THE NUMBERS: ROAD WARRIORS

The Western Hockey League blog Small Thoughts At Large had some interesting stats on their blog today. The site compared the distances that all 18 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams travel in a season.

The stats showed that the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, travelling 29,855 km per season, see the largest amount of road in a campaign. Not only are the Eagles tops in the QMJHL, but are number one in the entire Canadian Hockey League.

“Longest driving distance between two cities in the QMJHL is (no surprise) Cape Breton to Rouyn-Noranda, which comes in at 2086 km,” writes Alan C. “Shortest distance is Drummondville to Victoriaville, at 62 km. All distances, for all three leagues, come from Mapquest.”

He notes that the numbers, of course, are estimates given side stops and other things.

Here are the numbers for the QMJHL:

Saint John finishes eighth in the league, travelling a total of 22,214 km a season for an average of 654.3 km per game. That places the team 23rd in the country (click link for all 60 ranked CHL teams) among longest travelers.

The Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors have the shortest distance to travel in the CHL, averaging just 346.6 km per game.

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