Fun with rosters

A question posed to me the other day got me started on this latest project....who are the biggest and smallest teams in the league?

Below are the results, based on the height/weight listed on the rosters on WHL.ca. Height in these charts is given in inches and weight in pounds.

Teams ranked by average height:

	Players	Avg Ht	Avg Wt	Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks	26	73.35	186.35	17.81
Saskatoon Blades	24	72.88	189.88	18.08
Red Deer Rebels	24	72.79	183.42	17.83
Brandon Wheat Kings	25	72.76	185.72	18.08
Swift Current Broncos	24	72.75	188.92	18.04
Lethbridge Hurricanes	23	72.65	189.35	18.00
Regina Pats	24	72.63	183.00	17.83
Kelowna Rockets	23	72.48	188.96	17.87
Calgary Hitmen	23	72.43	188.96	18.04
Kamloops Blazers	22	72.36	182.23	17.82
Prince George Cougars	25	72.32	184.40	18.08
Seattle Thunderbirds	24	72.17	189.71	18.04
Prince Albert Raiders	23	72.13	186.91	18.00
Chilliwack Bruins	26	72.08	184.92	17.77
Moose Jaw Warriors	23	72.04	182.70	17.78
Kootenay Ice	22	72.00	184.00	17.86
Edmonton Oil Kings	24	71.92	182.17	17.88
Spokane Chiefs	23	71.91	186.74	18.00
Everett Silvertips	24	71.63	190.29	17.96
Vancouver Giants	23	71.48	181.83	18.04
Tri-City Americans	25	71.32	181.32	17.88
Medicine Hat Tigers	24	71.17	179.79	18.38

Hmmm....Portland is the biggest team in the league (by a whole half-inch over #2!) and Vancouver is the 3rd-smallest, but those stats sure don't have much to do with the standings.

Counting forwards only:

	#	Avg Ht	Avg Wt	Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks	15	73.27	182.27	17.87
Saskatoon Blades	15	72.67	189.00	17.93
Prince George Cougars	14	72.36	179.07	17.93
Red Deer Rebels	14	72.29	182.71	17.93
Brandon Wheat Kings	14	72.21	181.86	18.29
Moose Jaw Warriors	13	72.15	182.46	18.15
Lethbridge Hurricanes	13	72.08	189.85	18.23
Regina Pats	15	72.07	180.87	17.80
Swift Current Broncos	14	72.00	188.86	17.79
Kelowna Rockets	14	71.86	188.79	17.86
Kamloops Blazers	13	71.77	179.46	17.77
Prince Albert Raiders	13	71.77	182.54	18.15
Spokane Chiefs	13	71.77	184.92	17.92
Seattle Thunderbirds	14	71.71	183.36	18.29
Chilliwack Bruins	15	71.67	185.53	17.67
Calgary Hitmen	14	71.64	186.43	18.14
Edmonton Oil Kings	14	71.36	180.64	17.93
Vancouver Giants	14	71.36	182.29	17.79
Kootenay Ice	13	71.31	184.23	17.85
Everett Silvertips	15	71.27	188.40	17.73
Tri-City Americans	15	70.80	177.07	17.73
Medicine Hat Tigers	14	70.00	174.71	18.50

Defencemen only now:

	#	Avg Ht	Avg Wt	Avg Age
Lethbridge Hurricanes	8	74.25	192.75	17.63
Kelowna Rockets	7	74.00	195.43	17.71
Calgary Hitmen	7	74.00	197.71	18.00
Swift Current Broncos	8	73.88	186.88	18.13
Brandon Wheat Kings	9	73.78	190.89	17.89
Regina Pats	7	73.71	188.29	17.86
Portland Winter Hawks	9	73.56	195.78	17.78
Red Deer Rebels	8	73.25	186.63	17.63
Kamloops Blazers	7	73.14	186.29	17.86
Medicine Hat Tigers	8	73.13	189.75	18.38
Chilliwack Bruins	9	73.11	187.22	17.89
Saskatoon Blades	7	73.00	193.14	18.43
Seattle Thunderbirds	8	72.75	196.25	17.88
Kootenay Ice	7	72.71	186.86	18.00
Tri-City Americans	7	72.71	189.43	18.29
Prince Albert Raiders	8	72.63	191.63	17.63
Edmonton Oil Kings	7	72.57	187.00	17.86
Prince George Cougars	9	72.44	192.56	18.00
Spokane Chiefs	8	72.38	187.50	18.00
Everett Silvertips	7	71.86	196.43	18.57
Vancouver Giants	7	71.71	180.86	18.57
Moose Jaw Warriors	8	71.50	184.38	17.25

And goaltenders....not that size is such a big deal here:

	#	Ht	Wt	Avg Age
Red Deer Rebels	2	74.50	175.50	18.00
Saskatoon Blades	2	74.00	185.00	18.00
Kootenay Ice	2	74.00	172.50	17.50
Swift Current Broncos	2	73.50	197.50	19.50
Kamloops Blazers	2	73.50	186.00	18.00
Everett Silvertips	2	73.50	183.00	17.50
Moose Jaw Warriors	2	73.50	177.50	17.50
Regina Pats	2	73.00	180.50	18.00
Portland Winter Hawks	2	73.00	174.50	17.50
Seattle Thunderbirds	2	73.00	208.00	17.00
Edmonton Oil Kings	3	73.00	178.00	17.67
Calgary Hitmen	2	72.50	176.00	17.50
Prince Albert Raiders	2	72.50	196.50	18.50
Brandon Wheat Kings	2	72.00	189.50	17.50
Kelowna Rockets	2	71.50	167.50	18.50
Medicine Hat Tigers	2	71.50	175.50	17.50
Prince George Cougars	2	71.50	185.00	19.50
Vancouver Giants	2	71.50	182.00	18.00
Spokane Chiefs	2	71.00	195.50	18.50
Tri-City Americans	3	70.67	183.67	17.67
Chilliwack Bruins	2	70.50	170.00	18.00
Lethbridge Hurricanes	2	70.00	172.50	18.00

The tallest players in the league are:

Brett Ponich	Portland Winter Hawks	6'7"	205
Keith Aulie	Brandon Wheat Kings	6'6"	222
Tyler Myers	Kelowna Rockets	6'6"	211
Tayler Jordan	Portland Winter Hawks	6'6"	171

There are nine players listed at 6'5".

The smallest players in the league are:

Brendan Gallagher	Vancouver Giants	5'6"	150
Joey Frazer	Medicine Hat Tigers	5'6"	162
Zack Dailey	Everett Silvertips	5'6"	166
Cody Chikie	Saskatoon Blades	5'7"	150
Kyle St. Denis	Kelowna Rockets	5'7"	164
Johnny Lazo	Tri-City Americans	5'7"	165
Uriah Machuga	Kamloops Blazers	5'7"	170
Dustin Sylvester	Kootenay Ice	5'7"	170

After them, twelve players are listed at 5'8".

The stockiest players in the league, using a pounds-per-inch-of-height ratio:

		Ht	Wt	lb/in
Graham Potuer	Everett Silvertips	73	234	3.21
Sena Acolatse	Seattle Thunderbirds	71	220	3.10
Mike Brown	Swift Current Broncos	74	228	3.08
Rigby Burgart	Calgary Hitmen	70	215	3.07
Dominik Pascovsky	Kootenay Ice	71	215	3.03
Jesse Dudas	Swift Current Broncosx	74	219	2.96
Mike Berube	Vancouver Giants	73	215	2.95
Mike Alexander	Everett Silvertips	70	206	2.94
Dwight King	Lethbridge Hurricanes	75	220	2.93
Blaine Tendler	Prince Albert Raiders	72	210	2.92

And the slightest ("skinniest"?) players:

		Ht	Wt	lb/in
Jeremy Boyer	Seattle Thunderbirds	71	152	2.14
Morgan Clark	Red Deer Rebels	73	158	2.16
Justin Maylan	Prince George Cougars	73	160	2.19
Tayler Jordan	Portland Winter Hawks	78	171	2.19
Chris Francis	Portland Winter Hawks	73	161	2.21
Oliver Gabriel	Portland Winter Hawks	73	161	2.21
Logan Proulx	Edmonton Oil Kings	68	150	2.21
Brett Connolly	Prince George Cougars	73	162	2.22
Graham Hood	Regina Pats	72	160	2.22
T.J. Foster	Edmonton Oil Kings	71	158	2.23