Dogs Ranked 4th At The Half

The Saint John Sea Dogs close out the first half of the 2011-12 season ranked fourth in the Canadian Hockey League. The latest edition of the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings were released this afternoon.

The Sea Dogs enter the holiday break on a two-game winning streak. They defeated the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-3 on Friday at Centre 200 and the Moncton Wildcats 5-2 on Sunday in the Hub City.

Saint John sits second in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a record of 28-10-0-1 for 57 points. They are two points back of the first-place Quebec Remparts.

The Remparts are ranked third in the top 10 this week. The only other QMJHL team to crack this week’s list were the Shawinigan Cataractes at No. 5. The Halifax Mooseheads were an honourable mention.

The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League’s Top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.

Here are the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for week 14.

1. London Knights (25-7-0-1)
2. Tri-City Americans (27-7-0-0)
3. Quebec Remparts (28-6-2-1)
4. Saint John Sea Dogs (28-10-0-1)
5. Shawinigan Cataractes (25-9-2-2)
6. Plymouth Whalers (22-9-2-1)
7. Kamloops Blazers (24-9-1-1)
8. Edmonton Oil Kings (23-9-1-2)
9. Kitchener Rangers (22-10-1-0)
10. Moose Jaw Warriors (22-9-3-1)

Honourable Mention:
Ottawa 67's (20-9-4-1)
Halifax Mooseheads (22-11-1-2)
Vancouver Giants (22-12-1-1)

This week 14 edition of the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 will be the final set of rankings for 2011, with the next list to be released the first week of January, 2012.

In Buzzing The Net’s Dynamic Dozen this week, the Sea Dogs were ranked second behind the Remparts.