Saturday, May 9, 2009

Rockets' opponents

Just something to chew on....the WHL's final regular season standings:

1. Calgary, 59-9-3-1, 122pts
2. Vancouver, 57-10-2-3, 119pts
3. Saskatoon, 49-18-3-2, 103pts
4. Tri-City, 49-20-0-3, 101pts

What do three of the four teams on that list have in common.....yes, they all lost to the Rockets in the playoffs. Kelowna (who were #6 overall) beat three 100+ point teams and three of the top four teams in the league.

One other thing to note - this is six years in a row now, and 8 of the last 10, that the regular season champion has failed to win the playoff title.

1 comment:

Mike Kieluk said...

hmm yeah playoffs an entirely new season,I do not think it matters what your record was in the regular season

My point being Saskatoon lost to Lethbridge in 7 games and Kelowna beat Calgary in 6 games. I knew Kelowna was good but I honestly did not think that they could get past the Hitmen but they did and good for them. Love the blog. Keep it up.