Sea Dogs Move Up To No. 2

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

The Sea Dogs moved up to No. 2 from No. 3 this week after winning three straight games. Saint John hosted the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles for back-to-back games over the weekend, winning the Friday contest 5-2 and Saturday’s 4-1. Last night, the Sea Dogs needed overtime to dispatch the Moncton Wildcats by score of 2-1.

Despite all of their injury woes, the Sea Dogs have remained competitive. They are 8-1-0-1 in their last 10 games and sit first overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League standings with a record of 24-7-0-1.

Other QMJHL teams to crack this week’s Top 10 were the Quebec Remparts at No.4, Shawinigan Cataractes at No. 6 and the Victorivaille Tigres at No. 9.

Jacques Beaulieu and the Sarnia Sting slid to 10^th this week.

The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League’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 11:

1. London Knights (20-5-0-1)
2. Saint John Sea Dogs (24-7-0-1)
3. Tri-City Americans (19-6-0-0)
4. Quebec Remparts (21-5-2-1)
5. Saskatoon Blades (18-8-0-1)
6. Shawinigan Cataractes (19-8-1-2)
7. Kootenay Ice (18-5-1-2)
8. Plymouth Whalers (17-8-2-1)
9. Victoriaville Tigres (19-9-0-1)
10. Sarnia Sting (15-6-1-4)
 Honourable Mention:
Portland Winterhawks (17-9-1-1)
Kitchener Rangers (17-7-1-0)
Vancouver Giants (17-9-1-1)

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

Saint John plays two games this week – both are at Harbour Station. On Saturday, the Dogs host No. 6 ranked team in the CHL, the Cataractes, at 7pm and then on Sunday they host Alexandre Beauregard, Gabriel Bourret and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens at 3pm. 

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