Hello and welcome to another season of amazing major junior hockey! With the first week in the books, let's dive into all the data. If you do not know me, let me introduce myself by telling you that I am a heavy data-driven person, and I love finding all the different ways to make data tell a story. Below, are some of the best stories the data has shown us after just one week of hockey.

The Two Best Teams Are At The Top, The Rest Is Wide Open

This may come as a surprise (if you do not have an understanding of numbers or rankings), but did you know that Anchorage and Vancouver are, like, really, really good? They are both sitting on 26 points in 18 games, and it's not hard to understand why. According to a super secret formulation calculation, both of these teams have 5-star offense and 5-star defense. They are the only teams with both offense and defense with 5-star ratings, and two of four teams with an offense or defense with a 5-star rating (Newfoundland having 5-star rated defense, and Carolina having a 5-star rated offense). Anchorage has 5 players in to top 50, and 11 players in the top 100. Vancouver has 3 players in the top 10, 5 in the top 20, 7 in the top 50, and 13 in the top 100. Both teams have a lot of star power, and a lot of depth. Who are all of these players in the rankings? Well, it'll be posted below at the end of the article!

Positional Positions

When it comes to the full teams, we know that Vancouver and Anchorage has the best teams, but what about based solely on positions? Well, let's start with the position that is front and center... center! (Please laugh at my puns)

For center, St. Louis has the best average center ranking, which is one of the weakest positions in the SHMJL right now, based on highest-ranked averages. Their centers average a rank of 60th, which is 8 better than 2nd-place Anchorage with an average of 68th.

As for the wings, Vancouver claims the top spot with an average ranking of 29th, way ahead of the next two, Vancouver and Colorado, with averages of 70th and 71st respectfully. A lot of that would have to do with them having not just the #1 ranked left winger, but the #1 ranked player overall. Right wing belongs to Carolina, with an average ranking of 31st, with Vancouver still showing their star talent coming in 2nd, with an average ranking of 60th.

When it comes to defense, only 3 teams have defensive cores ranked higher than 100th on average. They are Anchorage, Vancouver, and Newfoundland. On the left side, it is ranked as Anchorage (39th), Vancouver (59th), and Newfoundland (76th), and on the right side it is Vancouver (31st), Anchorage (80th), and Newfoundland (93rd).

Punching Above Their Weight Class

Just as there are teams that have the skill that are dominating, there are teams that are still dominating despite the skill gap. Nevada, for instance, is currently sitting in 3rd in the SHMJL standings with 22 points despite their 3-star ranked offense, and their 4-star ranked defense. Regina, currently 5th with 19 points, is credited with only 3-star ranked offense and defense to their name, but still pulling in points. The only team with a 1-star ranked defense, St. Louis, is currently riding their 4-star ranked offense to 7th in the standings, with 16 points. While having that star power on your team can never be a bad thing, there's plenty of teams that can compete just as well without it.

Talent Over Results

The front office of any hockey team should never let great talent pass them by, but games aren't won on talent alone. That talent needs to form a cohesive core that the entire team can be built around, and sometimes, it just doesn't always work as so. Take Grand Rapids, for instance. They have the highest ranked average of team talent, with an average rank of 80th, but when it comes to the power rankings, their average drops to 124th. That's a 44 position loss on average. They aren't the only teams that have that issue, as Colorado, Maine, and Nevada all have an average drop of 20 or more when comparing their talent rankings to their power rankings. All is not lost though, as the season is still young and those talented players can absolutely turn things around. If you need an example, look no further than Newfoundland. With an average talent rank of 130th (13th best), their average power ranking is 99th (3rd best).

The List

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Power Rank	Name	Position	Team	Raw Talent Rank	Positional Rank	Power vs. Talent
1	Inactive Forever	RW	VAN	121	1	120
2	Brock Samson	RW	NBB	8	2	6
3	Thomas Sawschuk	C	NBB	4	1	1
4	Ryland Murphy	RW	QCC	61	3	57
5	Johnny FourStar	LW	VAN	93	1	88
6	Dan Craig	RW	NL	170	4	164
7	Jeff Hunziker	C	QCC	155	2	148
8	Bob Wehadababyitsaboy	RD	VAN	34	1	26
9	Theodore Svatos	RW	YUM	111	5	102
10	Jordan Tanner	LW	YUM	32	2	22
11	Johnny Shuffleboard	LD	ANC	13	1	2
12	Barg Hazbite	LW	ANC	149	3	137
13	Jussi Mutou	LW	COL	72	4	59
14	Levin Schattenaxt	RW	GFG	67	6	53
15	Ryan Quintana-Green	LD	VAN	53	2	38
16	Just-to-Buy My-Love	LW	REG	60	5	44
17	Arthur Kaliyev	LW	KEL	117	6	100
18	Rowan O'Beirne	C	REG	105	3	87
19	Aksel VINSen	RW	NBB	156	7	137
20	Thomas Liebold	C	VAN	65	4	45
21	Joseph Reed	C	ANC	109	5	88
22	Erik Erikson	C	NL	91	6	69
23	Mercedes Baylé	RW	REG	20	8	-3
24	Lily Jin Morrow	LW	VAN	90	7	66
25	Alexej Kastrba	RW	CAR	48	9	23
26	Dominik Winters	C	STL	124	7	98
27	Trevor Lahey	C	DET	16	8	-11
28	Shnopple Lopple	LD	NBB	49	3	21
29	Aumy Junior II	C	CAR	41	9	12
30	Westley Kirkpatrick	RD	CAR	31	2	1
31	Cheeks Klapanen	LD	ANC	44	4	13
32	Shootin Blanks	C	MET	36	10	4
33	Prince Marius	RW	DET	112	10	79
34	Furious Chicken	RD	YUM	211	3	177
35	Arnost Hlemyzd	RD	GFG	81	4	46
36	Marshall Madden	LW	STL	167	8	131
37	Alexandros Mograine	RW	CAR	159	11	122
38	Zedward Zilliams	LD	DET	194	5	156
39	The Murray	LW	DET	77	9	38
40	Kevin Kim	C	KEL	7	11	-33
41	Crazy Tomato	C	STL	9	12	-32
42	Artturi Lappalainen	RD	STL	161	5	119
43	Mick Mayhem	LD	MET	33	6	-10
44	Morgan Delfield	RW	MET	12	12	-32
45	Dan Johnston	RD	ANC	17	6	-28
46	Andren Akerson	LW	GFG	35	10	-11
47	Boho Biscuit	LD	REG	30	7	-17
48	Lazer Gato	LD	CAR	19	8	-29
49	Bellamy Blake	LD	VAN	119	9	70
50	Activity Check	C	KEL	103	13	53
51	Rocky Orwell	LD	KEL	51	10	0
52	Axel Hamalainen	RW	STL	88	13	36
53	Adelbert Steiner	RD	NL	188	7	135
54	Remington Richardson III	RD	VAN	26	8	-28
55	Ondrej von Stoodrick	LD	NL	160	11	105
56	Logan Webb	RW	MET	40	14	-16
57	Sad Ketchup	LW	NL	122	11	65
58	Bongo	RW	ANC	171	15	113
59	Scott Seitz	LW	VAN	15	12	-44
60	Filip Svatos	LW	CAR	207	13	147
61	Kenny Omega	RW	DET	69	16	8
62	Konig Wolf	RW	STL	85	17	23
63	Nick Larsson	RW	VAN	14	18	-49
64	Ubba Lodbrok	C	ANC	129	14	65
65	Billy Hill	LD	GFG	6	12	-59
66	Maxwell King II	LW	MET	18	14	-48
67	RIP THUNDERDOME 2013-2023	RD	GFG	24	9	-43
68	I-Stir MyPudding	RD	NBB	39	10	-29
69	Xavier Beausoleil	RW	COL	115	19	46
70	Jaromir Jagrbomb	LD	QCC	94	13	24
71	Entropy Sanchez	RW	NL	142	20	71
72	Lean On (Coconut Mall)	RD	QCC	54	11	-18
73	Matt Stro	LW	CAR	80	15	7
74	Mephistopheles Morgonstjarna	RD	DET	43	12	-31
75	Colt Fox	C	VAN	136	15	61
76	Sim Wen	LD	ANC	71	14	-5
77	Kazuchika Okada	RD	ANC	166	13	89
78	Unspeakable Horror	RD	NBB	3	14	-75
79	Crystal McLeod	RW	KEL	190	21	111
80	Wes Thunderbass	LD	NL	59	15	-21
81	Nik Smith	RD	COL	75	15	-6
82	Kristian Seppanen	LD	YUM	116	16	34
83	Jaden Tanner	LD	VAN	84	17	1
84	Guy Incognito	RD	REG	178	16	94
85	Trey Daniels	LW	KEL	108	16	23
86	Daniel Durkburg	RW	KEL	66	22	-20
87	Jani Manty	C	GFG	76	16	-11
88	Betzee Nickelback	C	CAR	203	17	115
89	Brooklyn Physt	RD	KEL	70	17	-19
90	Graham Schwartz	LD	VAN	95	18	5
91	Nick Kodiak	LW	COL	177	17	86
92	Lucki Blackwood	LW	ANC	172	18	80
93	Heem Team	LD	NL	89	19	-4
94	Deep Thought	RW	ANC	78	23	-16
95	Philippe Le Bel	LD	REG	87	20	-8
96	Jonas Salat	RD	KEL	29	18	-67
97	Valerija Serapin	RD	COL	104	19	7
98	Jordan Thompson	RW	MET	127	24	29
99	Dunkler Sowerwine	RD	DET	79	20	-20
100	Florian Söderberg-Motyla	C	YUM	27	18	-73
101	Rence Sykut	LD	CAR	106	21	5
102	Mac Turner	C	REG	137	19	35
103	Jae-ik Barron	C	GFG	63	20	-40
104	Ho Lee-Smokes	LD	KEL	73	22	-31
105	Bobby Tkachuky	C	YUM	21	21	-84
106	Benny Hanna	LW	ANC	128	19	22
107	Adrians Skalbergs	LW	REG	5	20	-102
108	Shadow Fenix	C	COL	143	22	35
109	James MacAvoy	LW	COL	58	21	-51
110	Finn Weiß	RW	ANC	38	25	-72
111	Red Panda	LW	REG	214	22	103
112	Sunrise van de Schubbekutteveen	C	STL	42	23	-70
113	Cameron Dallas	LW	MET	100	23	-13
114	Buster Knutt	LD	MET	46	23	-68
115	Erno Joonas	RW	VAN	123	26	8
116	Jeff GoldBlum	RD	MET	83	21	-33
117	Jean-François Bokassa	RD	ANC	47	22	-70
118	Roman Roy	LW	NL	179	24	61
119	Fédot Fedorov	C	ANC	52	24	-67
120	Squidwardo Tentacles	RW	YUM	147	27	27
121	Dylan Jacob-Smith	C	NL	28	25	-93
122	Sergey Ivanov	LD	NBB	131	24	9
123	Oranj Konhe	RD	COL	11	23	-112
124	Andre Latreille	LW	GFG	144	25	20
125	Leon Rizzton	RD	MET	101	24	-24
126	Celeste Desjardins	LW	QCC	196	26	70
127	The Great Khali	RD	YUM	110	25	-17
128	Brandon Gilleyes	RW	COL	62	28	-66
129	Shawn Pawn	RW	QCC	202	29	73
130	Sonja Solberg	LW	QCC	201	27	71
131	Jaxson Reaper	LD	YUM	184	25	53
132	Sean Bird	RD	NL	25	26	-107
133	Napoleon Dinklage	LD	COL	181	26	48
134	Update Portal	LD	COL	99	27	-35
135	Johnny Patey V2	LD	QCC	135	28	0
136	Patrick Meyer	C	NBB	164	26	28
137	Marek Carda	RW	DET	68	30	-69
138	Leonard Wood	RW	COL	23	31	-115
139	Dee Fence	LD	STL	118	29	-21
140	Vyacheslav Shevchenko	C	YUM	1	27	-139
141	Mike Badcock	RW	DET	145	32	4
142	Chris Robertson	LD	CAR	130	30	-12
143	Dag-Otto Bjorntjanst	C	CAR	74	28	-69
144	Mikkel Enevoldsen	RD	REG	141	27	-3
145	Emil Karlsson	C	DET	138	29	-7
146	Dwayne Swanson	LW	MET	146	28	0
147	Mac Griddle	RW	NL	204	33	57
148	Simo Jääskeläinen	LD	DET	162	31	14
149	Wayne Glentzky	C	COL	86	30	-63
150	Tony Blundetto	RW	YUM	97	34	-53
151	Lilian Flapberg	RD	CAR	125	28	-26
152	Froya Solberg	C	QCC	187	31	35
153	Jerry Moonshine	LW	KEL	212	29	59
154	Derek Kong	C	COL	55	32	-99
155	David Soupre	RW	KEL	182	35	27
156	Bartholomew Chungus Gingersnap III	RD	REG	133	29	-23
157	Nico Nurminen	LW	QCC	102	30	-55
158	Kellen Watkins	LW	STL	126	31	-32
159	Pierre Mailloux	C	NL	132	33	-27
160	Roger Murdock	LD	CAR	168	32	8
161	David Grimes	LW	CAR	92	32	-69
162	Bobby Bob	LW	STL	196	33	34
163	Dalton Canders	RD	CAR	57	30	-106
164	Langston Hardison-Laurent	LW	YUM	154	34	-10
165	Kaarlo Koivunen	LD	YUM	213	33	48
166	Will Tomlander	LW	DET	151	35	-15
167	Sabage Cabage	LW	NL	157	36	-10
168	Newton Campbell	RD	YUM	134	31	-34
169	Colin Zwiers	C	NBB	185	34	16
170	Bryson Basham	LD	GFG	114	34	-56
171	GM's Son	C	VAN	183	35	12
172	Stormlord Imotekh	LD	DET	193	35	21
173	Gordon-William Gibbles	RW	GFG	22	36	-151
174	Juan Tymer	RD	QCC	189	32	15
175	John Peanut	LD	GFG	56	36	-119
176	Luma Lee	C	DET	209	36	33
177	Paul Bondage	RD	KEL	2	33	-175
178	Liam Rodgers	LD	COL	50	37	-128
179	Cal Juice	LW	NBB	10	37	-169
180	Tom Sperado	RW	QCC	176	37	-4
181	Micheal Rappaz-Creek	RD	QCC	196	34	15
182	Walter Melon	LW	CAR	205	38	23
183	Martins Priede	RD	DET	195	35	12
184	Leo Roze	LD	QCC	173	38	-11
185	Julian Kuznatsov	LW	MET	191	39	6
186	Ace Guilded	C	MET	140	37	-46
187	Brandon Strongstick	RW	GFG	165	38	-22
188	Bog Damsel	RD	STL	196	36	8
189	Dom Pongston	RD	STL	113	37	-76
190	Teal'c	RD	MET	45	38	-145
191	Rodrigo Banes	C	KEL	150	38	-41
192	Poiklm	C	GFG	107	39	-85
193	Jasper Wahls	LD	REG	64	39	-129
194	Jean-Luc Leduc	RW	STL	180	39	-14
195	Average Dude	RW	STL	210	40	15
196	Pablo IceCreamBar	LD	KEL	192	40	-4
197	Fred Bread	RW	YUM	148	41	-49
198	Shaggy Bear	LD	NBB	169	41	-29
199	Ana Parast	LW	REG	174	40	-25
200	Future Considerations	RW	REG	152	42	-48
201	Icee Richradson	LD	MET	200	42	-1
202	Petr Puklington	LW	NBB	163	41	-39
203	Carl Hatchimal	LW	NBB	153	42	-50
204	Cracker Pizza	LW	NL	208	43	4
205	Jake Berry	RW	NBB	139	43	-66
206	Jimothee Penjiman	LD	STL	98	43	-108
207	Masataka Ninomiya	C	REG	158	40	-49
208	Austin Dodd	LW	GFG	37	44	-171
209	Oskar Samuelsson	RD	GFG	206	39	-3
210	Daquavion Davis Jr	RW	QCC	96	44	-114
211	Troy McClure III	RD	REG	186	40	-25
212	Milk Jones	RD	NBB	82	41	-130
213	Thor Odinsson	RD	STL	120	42	-93
214	Zhang Liao	RD	STL	175	43	-39

(Full spreadsheet is attached if you would like to look into it further!)

Umm, what is the ranking based on? Just curious what my numbers even mean..

Class S55

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Vancouver Whalers || 23S53 || VAN|| 0-0-0 || 20 PIM || 6 SOG || 14:45 TOIS54 || VAN|| 4-17-21 || 24 PIM ||76 SOG || 19:57 TOIS55 || VAN|| 4-15-19 || 24 PIM ||74 SOG || 20:54 TOIS56 || VAN|| 9-15-24 || 28 PIM ||144 SOG || 21:07 TOIS57 || VAN|| 15-29-44 || 18 PIM ||152 SOG || 23:05 TOI

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Winnipeg Aurora || 23S58 || MIN || 3-13-16 || 16 PIM || 102 SOG || 19:05 TOIS59 || EDM || 6-17-23 || 32 PIM || 186 SOG || 19:33 TOIS60 || EDM || 8-20-28 || 24 PIM || 137 SOG || 20:32 TOIS61 || WPG || 6-12-18 || 20 PIM || 93 SOG || 20:33 TOIS62 || WPG || 6-9-15 || 32 PIM || 93 SOG || 23:11 TOIS63 || WPG || 6-17-23 || 30 PIM || 94 SOG || 21:14 TOIS64 || WPG || 10-17-27 || 4 PIM || 121 SOG || 18:01 TOIPlayer History:Drafted 3rd Round to BUF S56Traded to Minnesota with a second rounder for a first round pickSigned with EDM 4Mx3yrTraded to SEA, Traded to WPG S61Signed with WPG IA Contract

Reincarnated- Class S71

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Anchorage Armanda || 23S70 || ANC || 3-5-8 || 14 PIM || 36 SOG || 17 GP S71 || ANC || 20-39-59 || 60 PIM || 157 SOG || 22:20 TOIS72 || ANC || 15-30-45 || 30 PIM || 163 SOG || 22:46 TOIS73 || ANC || 17-36-53 || 42 PIM || 190 SOG || 21:51 TOI

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Philadelphia Forge || 23S74 || PHI || 11-21-32 || 24 PIM || 116 SOG || 16:50 TOIS75 || PHI || 6-24-30 || 44 PIM || 98 SOG || 17:23 TOI------------------------------------------------------------Player History:Drafted 2nd Round to PHI Pick 36

Umm, what is the ranking based on? Just curious what my numbers even mean..

That's what I'm curious too maybe I'm just dumb

                                              

                                                   Thank you Enigmatic for the sig! 
                                                                         
                                             
                                              Kevin Kim (S71)|| C || Minnesota Monarchs || Team Canada || TPE - 1262
                                              Height: 6'0"
                                              Weight: 200lb
                                              Number: 96
                                              Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta
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                                              Season Stats:

                                              Playoff Stats: 

                                             
                                            

Average Dude's talent rank reminds him of his rank in high school

Umm, what is the ranking based on? Just curious what my numbers even mean..

It's a super secret formula of stats + TPE (A.K.A. raw talent) to create a number that gets computed to create a power ranking.

Goals, assists, shots, hits, etc. all factor into the formula. Not just offensive stats, but defensive stats as well.

I'm 14 on one stat man's list, not on another guy's list and 211th? On this list?


Damn idk how to feel about me

Colorado Raptors Capitan S42-Until Forever!
Czechia Wants you! Ask about a transfer!!

S74 - Troy McClure IIII
Late To Draft - Signed by Regina Elk
Drafted 18th overall in SHL Draft to New England Wolfpack






S42-Troy McClure III- D-Retired
Undrafted Signing-S41
S43-S52 SHL Totals: 500 games played 32 goals 189 assists 891 hits 10227 minutes
S41-S42 SMJHL Totals: 100 games played 10 goals 52 assists 187 hits 1818 minutes
S41-S52 Czechia Totals: 124 games played 12 goals 42 assists 230 hits 2468 minutes




Awards
S41 WJC Gold Medal Champion Co-GM!!
S42 Quilha Agante Trophy Winner
S42 Ideen Fallah Trophy Winner
 S44 Champion Cup Champion - Winnipeg Jets
S53 Champion Cup Champion - Hamilton Steelhawks

this sure is a list of players

It's a super secret formula of stats + TPE (A.K.A. raw talent) to create a number that gets computed to create a power ranking.

Goals, assists, shots, hits, etc. all factor into the formula. Not just offensive stats, but defensive stats as well.

I'm number 1 in position rank and number 2 in power vs talent. Is that good?

Class S55

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Vancouver Whalers || 23S53 || VAN|| 0-0-0 || 20 PIM || 6 SOG || 14:45 TOIS54 || VAN|| 4-17-21 || 24 PIM ||76 SOG || 19:57 TOIS55 || VAN|| 4-15-19 || 24 PIM ||74 SOG || 20:54 TOIS56 || VAN|| 9-15-24 || 28 PIM ||144 SOG || 21:07 TOIS57 || VAN|| 15-29-44 || 18 PIM ||152 SOG || 23:05 TOI

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Winnipeg Aurora || 23S58 || MIN || 3-13-16 || 16 PIM || 102 SOG || 19:05 TOIS59 || EDM || 6-17-23 || 32 PIM || 186 SOG || 19:33 TOIS60 || EDM || 8-20-28 || 24 PIM || 137 SOG || 20:32 TOIS61 || WPG || 6-12-18 || 20 PIM || 93 SOG || 20:33 TOIS62 || WPG || 6-9-15 || 32 PIM || 93 SOG || 23:11 TOIS63 || WPG || 6-17-23 || 30 PIM || 94 SOG || 21:14 TOIS64 || WPG || 10-17-27 || 4 PIM || 121 SOG || 18:01 TOIPlayer History:Drafted 3rd Round to BUF S56Traded to Minnesota with a second rounder for a first round pickSigned with EDM 4Mx3yrTraded to SEA, Traded to WPG S61Signed with WPG IA Contract

Reincarnated- Class S71

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Anchorage Armanda || 23S70 || ANC || 3-5-8 || 14 PIM || 36 SOG || 17 GP S71 || ANC || 20-39-59 || 60 PIM || 157 SOG || 22:20 TOIS72 || ANC || 15-30-45 || 30 PIM || 163 SOG || 22:46 TOIS73 || ANC || 17-36-53 || 42 PIM || 190 SOG || 21:51 TOI

Johnny Shuffleboard || D || Philadelphia Forge || 23S74 || PHI || 11-21-32 || 24 PIM || 116 SOG || 16:50 TOIS75 || PHI || 6-24-30 || 44 PIM || 98 SOG || 17:23 TOI------------------------------------------------------------Player History:Drafted 2nd Round to PHI Pick 36

I'm number 1 in position rank and number 2 in power vs talent. Is that good?

So power ranking is the TPE + calc, so yes! Also, #2 in positional also means that you are the 2nd highest ranked in your position, which is also very good!

Wheres the link to the spreadsheet?

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ty to ragnar

Mac Turner || F || Regina Elks
Mac Turner:
6'4:
219:
#37:
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SMJHL:
S72: GP:66 G:14 A:31 PTS:45
S73: GP:66 G:17 A:36 PTS:53
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Awards:
S72 Brandon Holmes - Top Defensive Forward(SMJHL)
S73 All-Defensive Team (SMJHL)