Coming into the season the consensus was that last year’s Championship run for the Detroit Falcons was more about smoke and mirrors than about a team on the rise. Most prognosticators felt that this season would be a year of adjustment. Gone were a large part of their veteran contingent and instead replaced with young inexperienced rookies. Many felt the Falcons would be a club on the outside of the playoff picture looking in.

Although only 34 games in, the Falcs are proving the naysayers wrong.

With 18 wins, 13 losses and 3 overtime defeats, Detroit currently find themselves sitting nicely in fourth place a mere point behind the Montreal Militia and their 40 points, and three points back of the Vancouver Whalers for second place in the SMJHL.

Unlike the dominance the top ranked St.Louis Scarecrows have shown at home with an impressive 12-4-1 record or the success the Militia have had on the road with the same record, Detroit has been consistent both at home and on the road. With a 9-8 home record, and a 9-5-3 away mark, the Falcons look to be doing just enough to keep themselves relevant.

A fourth place finish will be enough to take a trip to the dance, but should this club start to tilt the scales of success either on the road like Montreal or at home the way St.Louis has, the Detroit Falcons will once again be a club to be reckoned with.