Twice before this year, I have calculated the average age of the players on each team's roster. With all the moves that have been made in the last few weeks, it's time to figure it out again:
Edmonton: Avg Age: 18.227 (1)
Moose Jaw: Avg Age: 18.217 (2)
Calgary: Avg Age: 18.174 (T-3)
Spokane: Avg Age: 18.174 (T-3)
Swift Current: Avg Age: 18.174 (T-3)
Everett: Avg Age: 18.167 (6)
Lethbridge: Avg Age: 18.136 (T-7)
Regina: Avg Age: 18.136 (T-7)
Kootenay: Avg Age: 18.13 (9)
Portland: Avg Age: 18.045 (10)
Vancouver: Avg Age: 18.043 (11)
Brandon: Avg Age: 18 (T-12)
Medicine Hat: Avg Age: 18 (T-12)
Kamloops: Avg Age: 17.913 (T-14)
Tri-City: Avg Age: 17.913 (T-14)
Chilliwack: Avg Age: 17.909 (16)
Seattle: Avg Age: 17.905 (17)
Prince Albert: Avg Age: 17.87 (18)
Kelowna: Avg Age: 17.783 (T-19)
Red Deer: Avg Age: 17.783 (T-19)
Saskatoon: Avg Age: 17.783 (T-19)
Prince George: Avg Age: 17.682 (22)
Edmonton is still the oldest team in the league - proof that being older doesn't mean better. Moose Jaw has jumped up from 9th (when I calculated this on December 12) to 2nd. You'd have to say Kelowna is doing pretty well in the standings, for being the 2nd-youngest (tied for that anyway) team in the league. And Prince George has dropped from 10th (on Dec 12th) down to last. The Cougars have actually dropped their average age by almost half a year from what it was back in November.
Here's how it looked on December 12:
Edmonton: Avg age: 18.227 (1)
Everett: Avg age: 18.174 (2)
Kamloops: Avg age: 18.130 (T-3)
Chilliwack: Avg age: 18.130 (T-3)
Lethbridge: Avg age: 18.130 (T-3)
Swift Current: Avg age: 18.091 (6)
Spokane: Avg age: 18.087 (7)
Calgary: Avg age: 18.080 (8)
Moose Jaw: Avg age: 18.043 (9)
Portland: Avg age: 18.042 (T-10)
Medicine Hat: Avg age: 18.042 (T-10)
Prince George: Avg age: 18.042 (T-10)
Prince Albert: Avg age: 18.040 (13)
Kootenay: Avg age: 18.000 (T-14)
Regina: Avg age: 18.000 (T-14)
Brandon: Avg age: 18.000 (T-14)
Saskatoon: Avg age: 18.000 (T-14)
Red Deer: Avg age: 17.917 (T-18)
Vancouver: Avg age: 17.917 (T-18)
Tri-City: Avg age: 17.87 (20)
Seattle: Avg age: 17.818 (21)
Kelowna: Avg age: 17.792 (22)
And how it looked the first time I did it, back on November 6:
Everett: Avg age: 18.217 (1)
Edmonton: Avg age: 18.19 (2)
Chilliwack: Avg age: 18.125 (T-3)
Prince George: Avg age: 18.125 (T-3)
Swift Current: Avg age: 18.091 (5)
Kamloops: Avg age: 18.087 (T-6)
Spokane: Avg age: 18.087 (T-6)
Regina: Avg age: 18.083 (8)
Calgary: Avg age: 18.08 (T-9)
Portland: Avg age: 18.08 (T-9)
Medicine Hat: Avg age: 18.077 (11)
Lethbridge: Avg age: 18.043 (T-12)
Prince Albert: Avg age: 18.043 (T-12)
Moose Jaw: Avg age: 18.042 (14)
Brandon: Avg age: 18 (15)
Kootenay: Avg age: 17.958 (16)
Saskatoon: Avg age: 17.913 (17)
Tri-City: Avg age: 17.875 (T-18)
Vancouver: Avg age: 17.875 (T-18)
Red Deer: Avg age: 17.826 (T-20)
Seattle: Avg age: 17.826 (T-20)
Kelowna: Avg age: 17.783 (22)
3 comments:
Edmonton is only the oldest team, because they have over 4 over age players this year. That, and the fact that expansion teams usually take other teams expendable players and make a team out of it.
Surprisingly Portland is on the higher end of the scale, even after releasing a 19 year old recently.
Alan, does the league have any standing to sue the NCAA for non-competition antitrust violations? It seems the NCAA are unfairly stacking the rules in their favor. Players are forced to choose long before they know what's good for them, and you end up with top bantam picks disappearing to sit on a bench in NCAA instead of getting the professional prep they would get in the Juniors.
you made the Seattle Times - uncredited of course...
from today's paper
Team's average
age is 18.17
Based on the average age of the players, the Silvertips are the sixth-oldest team in the WHL, averaging an age of 18.167.
Only Edmonton, which can carry two additional 20-year-olds as an expansion franchise, Moose Jaw, Calgary, Spokane and Swift Current have an older roster.
Prince George is the youngest team in the league at 17.682 with Seattle checking in at 17th with an average age of 17.905.
The ages are based on league eligibility, not necessarily by birthday. All players born in 1989, for example, are considered 18 whether they were born Jan. 1 or Dec. 31.
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