DOGS REMAIN AT THE TOP

For a ninth consecutive week, the Saint John Sea Dogs are ranked as the No. 1 team in the Canadian Hockey League. The latest edition of the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings were released this afternoon.

The Sea Dogs won all three of their games this week by a combined score of 22-7. They kicked it off by derailing the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 7-2 on Wednesday at Harbour Station. The Dogs then travelled to Moncton for the final time this season and destroyed the Wildcats by score of 11-2. Finally, Saint John was able to hang on to a 4-3 lead and earn the victory Saturday in Halifax.

Saint John now has a comfortable 10-point lead over the Montreal Juniors with a game-in-hand in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s overall standings. The Sea Dogs have also all but locked up the Maritimes Division for a second straight year with a 21-point lead over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

Other QMJHL clubs to crack the Top 10 this week were the Juniors at No. 4 and the Quebec Remparts at No 6. The Drummondville Voltigeurs were an honourable mention again this week.

Here are the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for week 20:

1 Saint John Sea Dogs (44-5-1-2)
2 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (39-8-0-2)
3 Saskatoon Blades (41-10-0-2)
4 Montreal Juniors (37-9-4-3)
5 Red Deer Rebels (37-14-1-4)
6 Quebec Remparts (38-12-1-2)
7 Niagara IceDogs (33-11-2-4)
8 Portland Winterhawks (36-15-0-3)
9 Owen Sound Attack (35-15-0-2)
10 Ottawa 67's (33-15-1-1)

Honourable Mention:
Drummondville Voltigeurs (33-14-5-2)
Kootenay Ice (35-17-1-2)
Saginaw Spirit (32-16-3-1)

In this week's Buzzing The Net ‘Dynamic Dozen’, Saint John remained on top of the standings.

The Dogs travel to PEI on Friday to face the Rocket and then host the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday at Harbour Station.