The Valley West Hawks are on top of the BC Major Midget League after eight games, with seven wins and a tie, and 15 points.
The Hawks travelled to Nelson this past weekend and won 8-0 and then 5-4 to move into first place ahead of the Vancouver NW Giants, who were idle this weekend.
The Hawks are now three points ahead of the Giants, with both teams having played 8 games.
The Hawks, however, have yet to play any of the other top three teams in the league. That will end this coming weekend – when they face the NW Giants at home at the North Shore Winter Club (1:00 Saturday, and 10:45 Sunday).
With 10 games played, the NE Chiefs snuck by the NW Giants on weekend, and now sit in second place, two back of the Hawks. The Chiefs posted a 4-2 win and a 4-4 tie vs the South Island Royals in Victoria.
The Okanagan Rockets, who have also played 10, round out the top 4, a point back of the NW Giants.
The Royals, Caribou Cougars, and Fraser Valley Thunderbirds are in the middle of the pack a point behind the NW Giants. The Greater Vancouver Canadians trail one back, with 9 pts.
On the bottom of the ten team league, the North Island Silvertips have yet to record a win after ten starts. The Thompson Blazers have two wins and two ties and Kootenay Ice have have a win and a tie after eight games. (Scroll down for charts).
Scoring leaders:
Ben Evanish of the Hawks, moved into the lead on a six point weekend and with 14-4-18 is now four ahead of last week’s leader, Justin Wilson 5-9-14, who is now in fifth place.
Two Okanagan Rockets, Matt Kowalski 5-12-17 and Eli Zummack 3-13-16, moved into second and third place.; capitalizing on a 13-2 combined score against the winless Silvertips.
Luka Burzan of the Hawks, 3-1-2-15 is in fourth.
Four players are in hot pursuit in sixth place, including two Giants, Carter Stephenson 3-10-13 and Josh Latta 2-11-13, along with the Cougars’ Chase Dubois 3-10-13 and the Hawks’ Bradley Stonnell 1-12-13.
Goalies:
Nicolas Tallarico, backstopping the unbeaten Hawks has the best record for goaltenders, with 5 wins and a 1.38 GAA. Cole Demers, of the Okanagan Rockets, is in second spot, with 5 wins and a loss, and is also below 2 GAA per game, at 1.80.
Four goalies have posted three wins: Dorrin Luding of the Cougars is 3-2-1, 2.02; Matteo Paler Chow of the GV Canadians is 3-2-1, 2.53; Andrew Henderson of the Chiefs is 3-2-1, 2.60, and Reece Klassen of the Hawks is 3-0-1, 3.27.
2015-2016 Regular Season Team Standings
| Name | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | PIM/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley West Hawks | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 18 | 130 | 16 |
| Vancouver NE Chiefs | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 26 | 168 | 16 |
| Vancouver NW Giants | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 17 | 143 | 17 |
| Okanagan Rockets | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 24 | 116 | 11 |
| South Island Royals | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 22 | 88 | 11 |
| Cariboo Cougars | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 25 | 185 | 18 |
| Fraser Valley Thunderbirds | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 138 | 13 |
| Greater Vancouver Canadians | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 138 | 13 |
| Thompson Blazers | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 152 | 19 |
| Kootenay Ice | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 112 | 14 |
| North Island Silvertips | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 60 | 297 | 29 |
2015-2016 Top 10 Regular Season Scorers
| # | Name | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Evanish, Ben | Valley West Hawks | F | 7 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | Kowalski, Matt | Okanagan Rockets | F | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | Zummack, Eli | Okanagan Rockets | F | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | Burzan, Luka | Valley West Hawks | F | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 |
| 24 | Wilson, Justin | Vancouver NW Giants | F | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| 16 | Dubois, Chase | Cariboo Cougars | F | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| 8 | Stephenson, Carter | Vancouver NW Giants | D | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| 22 | Latta, Josh | Vancouver NW Giants | F | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 |
| 8 | Stonnell, Bradley | Valley West Hawks | D | 8 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | Leppard, Jackson | Vancouver NW Giants | F | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 19 | Lee, Chong Min | Vancouver NE Chiefs | F | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | Stevenson, Chase | Okanagan Rockets | F | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 20 | Ryan, Liam | Vancouver NE Chiefs | F | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| 18 | Bosa, Christian | Valley West Hawks | F | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 19 | Williams, Mitchell | Vancouver NW Giants | F | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 9 | Thomas, Colton | Cariboo Cougars | F | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Farren, Michael | Valley West Hawks | F | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Heathcote, Dawson | North Island Silvertips | F | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 21 | Guiney, Jordan | South Island Royals | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 16 | Shepard, Jackson | Vancouver NW Giants | F | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
2015-2016 Top 10 Regular Season Goalies
| # | Name | Team | GP | W | L | T | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Nicholas Tallarico | Valley West Hawks | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 |
| 1 | Cole Demers | Okanagan Rockets | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| 1 | Dorrin Luding | Cariboo Cougars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.02 |
| 35 | Matteo Paler Chow | Greater Vancouver Canadians | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.53 |
| 1 | Andrew Henderson | Vancouver NE Chiefs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.60 |
| 1 | Reece Klassen | Valley West Hawks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.27 |
| 35 | Beck Warm | Vancouver NW Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 1 | Austin Roden | South Island Royals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| 1 | David Tendeck | Vancouver NW Giants | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| 1 | Jordan Naylor | Fraser Valley Thunderbirds | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2.60 |
| 35 | Kolby Matthews | Vancouver NE Chiefs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.62 |
| 35 | Aaron Jakubowski | Cariboo Cougars | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.13 |
| 35 | Zakery Myrowich | South Island Royals | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.20 |
| 1 | Ben Kelsch | Kootenay Ice | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.30 |
| 35 | Paul Tucek | Fraser Valley Thunderbirds | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 1 | Lukas Shaw | Greater Vancouver Canadians | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.82 |
| 1 | Aris Anagnostopoulos | Thompson Blazers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.03 |
| 35 | Max Palaga | Thompson Blazers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.67 |
| 35 | Liam Hughes | Okanagan Rockets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.67 |
| 35 | John Hawthorne | North Island Silvertips | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.82 |
| 1 | Derek Krall | North Island Silvertips | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 |
| 35 | Curt Doyle | Kootenay Ice | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.93
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