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One Loss After 11 Straight Wins Enough to Drop Blades Out of Top Spot in CHL Weekly Rankings

By Les Lazaruk Feb 27, 2024 | 12:37 PM

What have you done for me lately?!

That could be what voters for the weekly C-H-L Top 10 rankings might’ve been asking as the Saskatoon Blades dropped out of top spot Tuesday after four straight weeks at Number 1. Baie Comeau of the Quebec-Maritimes League is back in top spot while the Bridge City Bunch dropped to fifth spot following last Friday’s 4-1 home loss to Brandon. Four other W-H-L teams are listed in the Top 10 – Prince George in fourth while Portland, Everett and Swift Current are seventh through ninth, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Blue and Gold have only lost twice in regulation time in their last 33 games. Besides the Friday setback to Brandon, the other Blades’ loss in that time frame was by a 5-4 score in Red Deer on January 17. The Rebels are in Saskatoon Tuesday night with first face-off at 7 o’clock and CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show. Following is the news release from the C-H-L…..

CHL Top-10 Rankings: Week 21

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024TORONTO, ON — The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced today the Week 21 edition of its CHL Top 10 Rankings for the 2023-24 season.

With three straight wins on home ice, the QMJHL’s Baie-Comeau Drakkar jump back up to the no. 1 spot while the Saskatoon Blades drop to no. 2 after they lost their lone game of the week. The OHL’s London Knights remain at no. 3 after a pair of road wins.

The QMJHL’s Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are the only newcomer to the rankings in Week 21 as they take the no. 10 spot on the back of three road wins.

The next rankings will be released the week of March 4 following the 22nd week of regular season action in all three member leagues of the CHL.

CHL Top-10 Rankings – Week 21
1. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2. Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3. London Knights (OHL)
4. Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5. Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6. Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
7. Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
8. Everett Silvertips (WHL)
9. Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
10. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

For information and details about each club ranked in the CHL’s latest Top-10 Rankings, please visit chl.ca/video/2023-24-chl-top-10-rankings-week-21/.