As with the goalies, the number in brackets is that team's rank across the league in that category. Below list is sorted by total games played, descending:
| # | Rookies | Ht (in.) | Wt (lb) | Age | Games | Points | |
| Saskatoon Blades | 8 | 2 | 73.38 (13) | 196.63 (6) | 18.50 (1) | 1033 (1) | 390 (1) |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 10 | 1 | 73.30 (15) | 198.00 (4) | 18.50 (1) | 931 (2) | 233 (7) |
| Portland Winterhawks | 7 | 2 | 73.57 (11) | 200.43 (3) | 18.14 (6) | 922 (3) | 366 (2) |
| Kelowna Rockets | 9 | 2 | 73.11 (17) | 195.89 (8) | 17.89 (15) | 905 (4) | 261 (5) |
| Brandon Wheat Kings | 8 | 2 | 73.50 (12) | 194.63 (12) | 18.13 (8) | 891 (5) | 295 (3) |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 8 | 3 | 74.75 (2) | 190.50 (18) | 18.25 (3) | 839 (6) | 173 (14) |
| Kootenay Ice | 8 | 2 | 74.38 (4) | 195.00 (11) | 18.13 (8) | 775 (7) | 196 (11) |
| Tri-City Americans | 8 | 3 | 72.88 (21) | 182.50 (22) | 18.25 (3) | 770 (8) | 195 (12) |
| Moose Jaw Warriors | 8 | 2 | 73.25 (16) | 193.13 (16) | 18.13 (8) | 760 (9) | 221 (8) |
| Swift Current Broncos | 7 | 2 | 74.00 (7) | 195.43 (9) | 18.14 (6) | 743 (10) | 202 (10) |
| Spokane Chiefs | 8 | 2 | 73.00 (18) | 186.25 (21) | 17.88 (17) | 742 (11) | 287 (4) |
| Kamloops Blazers | 9 | 3 | 73.00 (18) | 190.11 (20) | 17.89 (15) | 732 (12) | 161 (15) |
| Calgary Hitmen | 8 | 3 | 74.75 (2) | 201.88 (2) | 18.25 (3) | 697 (13) | 186 (13) |
| Vancouver Giants | 8 | 3 | 73.88 (8) | 190.25 (19) | 18.13 (8) | 668 (14) | 161 (15) |
| Edmonton Oil Kings | 8 | 2 | 73.88 (8) | 192.88 (17) | 18.00 (12) | 632 (15) | 253 (6) |
| Victoria Royals | 9 | 4 | 73.00 (18) | 197.89 (5) | 17.56 (21) | 577 (16) | 93 (20) |
| Red Deer Rebels | 10 | 4 | 73.70 (10) | 196.00 (7) | 18.00 (12) | 571 (17) | 141 (17) |
| Everett Silvertips | 8 | 4 | 74.13 (6) | 193.75 (13) | 17.88 (17) | 556 (18) | 215 (9) |
| Regina Pats | 8 | 3 | 73.38 (13) | 193.50 (14) | 18.00 (12) | 508 (19) | 107 (19) |
| Prince George Cougars | 8 | 4 | 74.25 (5) | 193.50 (14) | 17.88 (17) | 462 (20) | 70 (22) |
| Lethbridge Hurricanes | 8 | 4 | 72.50 (22) | 195.25 (10) | 17.88 (17) | 418 (21) | 108 (18) |
| Seattle Thunderbirds | 7 | 3 | 76.00 (1) | 202.86 (1) | 17.29 (22) | 340 (22) | 89 (21) |
So Portland has the league's most veteran defence group, while their I-5 rivals in Seattle have the least experienced. For some perspective there, Hawks defenceman Troy Rutkowski has 335 games of career experience, which is 5 games less than the entire Seattle defence.
Seattle does have the biggest average defence, checking in at a huge 6'4" and almost 203 pounds, the largest in the league in both height and weight. But can their big men play? Lethbridge has the smallest average defence, at 6'0.5". Lethbridge is also 4th-youngest (tied) and 2nd-least experienced (and half their experience is in Dan Johnston's body), so we'll see how a small, young, inexperienced defence can do.
Saskatoon's defence is the oldest and also has the most career points, with 390 - and that's 320 more points than the Prince George Cougars, the least offensively-successful team on the blueline.
1 comment:
What would be the points per game. Portland looked like about .3, Everett was about .5
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