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Blades Ranked Second in National Major Junior Hockey Rankings

By Les Lazaruk Jan 9, 2024 | 4:42 PM

The Saskatoon Blades jumped up two spots to second in this week’s C-H-L Top 10 rankings released Tuesday, behind only Baie Comeau of the Quebec Maritimes Junior League.

The Bridge City Bunch are 11-0-4 in their last 15 games as they get set to start a week of three home games Wednesday against the Vancouver Giants. Prince George is third and Portland eighth. Following is the news release from the C-H-L…..

CHL Top-10 Rankings: Saskatoon jumps to season-best No. 2, while London re-enters the Top-10

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024

TORONTO, ON — The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced today the Week 14 edition of its CHL Top-10 Rankings for the 2023-24 season.

For a fifth week in a row, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) are the No.1 team in the CHL Top-10 Rankings. With a 33-5-2-0 record, the Drakkar remain the only club in the CHL to have topped the 30-win plateau so far this season. Coming in at a season-high No. 2 is the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL), who have grabbed a share of first place in the WHL thanks to a CHL-best 15-game point streak (11-0-2-2). Rounding out the top-three is the Prince George Cougars of the WHL, whose 28 wins this season are the most of any CHL club outside of Baie-Comeau.

Among some of the other notable risers in this week’s rankings, the London Knights of the OHL, are back in the Top 10 for the first time since November having won nine in a row, which currently stands as the longest active winning streak in the CHL. Similarly, having both tallied five straight victories, the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the QMJHL and the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL were among the clubs who climbed up the rankings this week.

The next rankings will be released the week of January 15, following the 15th week of regular season action in all three member leagues of the CHL.

CHL Top-10 Rankings – Week 14
1. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2. Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3. Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4. Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5. Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
7. Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
8. Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
9. London Knights (OHL)
10. Soo Greyhounds (OHL)

For information and details about each individual club ranked in the CHL’s latest Top-10 Rankings, please visit chl.ca/video/2023-24-chl-top-10-rankings-week-14.