The Canadian Hockey League released their Top 10 today (
http://www.chl.ca/article/chl-announces-bmo-chl-top-10-rankings_150483)
Rank Team (Record)
1 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (10-0-1-0)
2 London Knights (7-1-1-0)
3 Spokane Chiefs (8-2-0-0)
4 Kingston Frontenacs (7-1-0-1)
5 Medicine Hat Tigers (7-1-1-0)
6 Seattle Thunderbirds (8-2-0-0)
7 Charlottetown Islanders (8-2-0-1)
8 Guelph Storm (6-3-0-0)
9 Kelowna Rockets (5-1-0-2)
10 Rimouski Oceanic (7-3-0-1)
Here is the Evans Rankings Top 10 as of 1:29 pm Pacific Time on 10/16
Rank Team (Record, Evans Rankings #)
1 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (10-0-1-0, 3.348)
2 Kingston Frontenacs (7-1-0-1, 2.839)
3 Spokane Chiefs (8-2-0-0, 2.631)
4 Guelph Storm (6-3-0-0, 2.533)
5 London Knights (7-1-1-0, 2.278)
6 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (6-1-0-1, 2.156)
7 Kelowna Rockets (5-1-0-2, 2.067)
8 Oshawa Generals (7-2-0-1, 1.922)
9 Medicine Hat Tigers (7-1-1-0, 1.783)
10 Charlottetown Islanders (8-2-0-1, 1.700)
Rank Team (Record, Evans Rankings #) CHL Rank
22 Seattle Thunderbirds (8-2-0-0, 0.705) #6
26 Rimouski Oceanic (7-3-0-1, 0.288) #10
Why I have these teams ranked so low:
Seattle: In my formula, you are not rewarded or punished for shootout wins or losses. Seattle has 3 shootout wins so far which already puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to accumulating a positive score. Add in the fact that of Seattle regulation or overtime wins only 1 has come from a team with a win % above .500, and 2 have come against teams with a win % of .100. Not a very good regulation/OT win resume so far. The next 5 games don't do the T-birds any favor either as they have Kamloops, PG, Swift Current, Tri-City and Vancouver. The Swift Current game should be a good one and one that they will need to win before a shootout in order to climb the Evans Rankings ladder.
Rimouski: Rimouski is ranked low due to bad luck. 7 wins on the season really aren't that bad but 2 were in a shootout and 2 were against winless Shawinigan. Right there they have 4 zeros were they could have some positive numbers. Unfortunately the shootout wins will remain zeros but if/when Shawinigan starts getting results, this will have a positive impact on Rimouski.