Dogs Ranked 4th In CHL Top 10

The Saint John Sea Dogs moved up a spot in the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings this week. The latest edition of the rankings were released yesterday afternoon.

Winners of five straight and eight of their last 10, the Sea Dogs are ranked fourth in the Canadian Hockey League. Saint John played two games this past week, beating the Moncton Wildcats 1-0 and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6-3 at Harbour Station.

Saint John currently sits first overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a record of 36-13-0-2.

Other QMJHL teams in this week’s top 10 were the Shawinigan Cataractes at No. 3 and the Quebec Remparts at No. 9. The Victoriaville Tigres were an honourable mention.

The weekly rankings of the CHL’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 19.

1. London Knights (37-10-0-1)
2. Kamloops Blazers (35-11-1-3)
3. Shawinigan Cataractes (34-11-2-3)
4. Saint John Sea Dogs (36-13-0-2)
5. Tri-City Americans (35-12-1-1)
6. Plymouth Whalers (34-12-2-1)
7. Edmonton Oil Kings (33-12-2-4)
8. Kitchener Rangers (33-13-1-0)
9. Quebec Remparts (32-12-4-2)
10. Ottawa 67's (31-12-4-1) 

Honourable Mention:
Portland Winterhawks (33-14-2-1)
Victoriaville Tigres (33-16-0-2)
Niagara IceDogs (30-15-0-3)

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

Saint John plays two games this week – both on the road. The Dogs are in Drummondville on Friday night and then travel to Shawinigan to play the Cataractes at 5pm on Saturday.