NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINGS EXTEND LEAD
The Detroit Red Wings had a busy and very successful week, playing 4 games and picking 7 of a possible 8 points to extend their lead over the second place New York Rangers. The Wings opened the week with a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in which they scored three third period goals to rally from a 3-2 deficit. The next night in New York they tied the Americans 1-1 thanks to a 28 save effort from goaltender Dylan Turnbull.
On Saturday Anthony Manca scored a pair of goals to give him 23 on the season as the Wings won at home over Toronto 4-1 and they finished the week with a 3-1 victory in Chicago on Sunday. Youngster Lee Taylor (6-15-21) had a goal and an assist to pace the Detroit attack.
The second place Rangers also had 4 games last week but they started off with back to back losses to Boston before winning a pair from the New York Americans to end the week.
Those two wins over the Rangers along with a victory at home over the Maroons and a Sunday night tie with Toronto allowed the Bruins to close the gap on second place to two points.
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NHL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS
Detroit 47 26 8 13 65
NY Rangers 49 23 14 12 58
Boston 46 22 12 12 56
Toronto 48 19 19 10 48
NY Americans 47 18 23 6 42
Chicago 45 14 17 14 42
Mon Canadiens 46 13 25 8 34
Mon Maroons 46 11 28 7 29
SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS
Ryan Dirk NYR 49 34 22 56
Anthony Manca DET 47 23 25 48
Neil Frank NYA 46 19 28 47
Matt Jambrosich BOS 46 25 20 45
Chris Maxwell TOR 48 11 33 44
Conner Hendricks DET 47 20 23 43
Nicolas Frenette NYR 49 12 31 43
Chris Bishop TOR 48 23 19 42
Lukas Borik NYR 49 14 28 42
Jean Fulatte NYR 49 6 36 42
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUND-UP
The hottest player in the league right now is Flin Flon Bombers left winger Ryan Farynuk who has 29 points including 13 goals in his last 12 games. Unfortunately for Farynuk his team has not enjoyed the same success, although they did win 6 of their last 12 games the Bombers remain last in the Prairie Division. Farynuk, an 18 year old Winnipeg native, is in his third season with the Bombers and has 67 points on the year. Last season he had 41 goals and 42 assists and he was taken with the 25th pick in the draft by the Montreal Maroons.
The hottest team in junior hockey remains the Regina Pats, who lead the CJHL with 66 points. The Pats have 31 wins on the season, 7 more than the London Knights, and Regina has suffered just 8 defeats.
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CJHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
LOWER CANADA DIV W L T PTS
Quebec 23 13 7 53
Montreal 22 13 6 50
Ottawa 16 18 7 39
Sherbrooke 17 25 3 37
Cornwall 9 25 8 26
UPPER CANADA DIV W L T PTS
Toronto 22 8 13 57
St Catharines 18 14 12 48
Niagara Falls 16 20 6 38
Oshawa 15 18 8 38
Peterborough 15 21 7 37
WESTERN CONFERENCE
ONTARIO DIV W L T PTS
London 24 16 4 52
Sudbury 23 13 5 51
Sault Ste Marie 19 18 5 43
Guelph 13 22 7 33
Windsor 12 29 2 26
PRAIRIE DIV W L T PTS
Regina 31 8 4 66
Edmonton 17 17 9 43
Brandon 16 18 10 42
Medicine Hat 15 18 8 38
Flin Flon 14 23 5 33
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS NHL RIGHTS
Chris Seftel StC 35 38 73 BOS
Rylan Farynuk FF 31 36 67 Maroons
Nathan Pare QUE 29 36 65 MON
Mykola Melnyk TOR 25 40 65 DET
Rob Ouellet CORN 32 31 63 1941 draft eligible
Antoine Desmarias REG 25 37 62 1941 draft eligible
Curtis McIntyre TOR 22 40 62 BOS
Eric Rufenach CORN 21 41 62 1941 draft eligible
Adam Goertzen StC 16 46 62 1942 draft eligible
Kyle Schellenberg SSM 29 31 60 1941 draft eligible
Eli Gunderson EDM 24 34 58 1941 draft eligible
Matt Garbowsky LON 19 39 58 CHI
While that covers the hockey stories for the week, the big news in sports
this week is the final rankings for college football end in a shared championship for just the second time in the 30 year history of the sport. Also the Heisman Trophy winner and all-America teams are announced.