Abbotsford is hard to ignore with this win streak they have been on, so they are the number one team as the season winds down.
Let’s get into it.
1. Abbotsford Canucks
Last Week: 4th (up 3)
Record: 40-23-2-1
Canucks tear continues. Do they have enough time to chase down Colorado for the top spot in the Pacific?
2. Colorado Eagles
Last Week: 1st (down 1)
Record: 40-19-5-3
Continue to lead the Pacific, for now, unless Abbotsford chases them down.
3. Laval Rocket
Last Week: 2nd (down 1)
Record: 44-17-3-2
Did we just witness a possible Calder Cup Final Preview between the Rocket and Canucks?
4. Hershey Bears
Last Week: 6th (up 2)
Record: 41-16-6-1
Get breathing room this weekend on second place and it is looking more and more likely that Hershey will win the division.
5. Rochester Americans
Last Week: 5th (no change)
Record: 41-19-4-3
Amerks trying to chase down the correct Laval pace.
6. Charlotte Checkers
Last Week: 7th (up 1)
Record: 39-21-3-3
Got some space between them and the sputtering Penguins.
7. Texas Stars
Last Week: 3rd (down 4)
Record: 40-23-3
Division leading Stars have gone cold all of a sudden.
8. Ontario Reign
Last Week: 9th (up 1)
Record: 40-23-3-1
Reign clinched a spot this weekend and are neck and neck with the Canucks trying to chase down the Eagles.
9. Providence Bruins
Last Week: 10th (up 1)
Record: 37-23-5-3
The four hour trip to Utica in the middle of an April three in three was inhumane. The result was what you would have expected, a Bruins loss.
10. Syracuse Crunch
Last Week: 19th (up 9)
Record: 33-21-8-4
Crunch are 8-2 in their last ten to run to third in the North as this yo-yo season continues for Syracuse.
11. Milwaukee Admirals
Last Week: 11th (no change)
Record: 35-21-5-6
Playoff type games between the Admirals and Stars this past weekend.
12. Chicago Wolves
Last Week: 13th (up 1)
Record: 35-28-4
Locked up a playoff spot and the last time they were in they won the whole damn thing.
13. Springfield Thunderbirds
Last Week: 18th (up 5)
Record: 34-28-2-4
Thunderbirds are tied in points with the Phantoms (74) and looking to separate themselves a bit with just four games left.
14. Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Last Week: 15th (up 1)
Record: 33-27-6-2
Looking like the Phantoms are going to be good to go for a playoff spot, just a matter of where they end up.
15. Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Last Week: 8th (down 7)
Record: 37-21-7-1
Oof. Work those bugs out because if you lose three straight like the Penguins just did your playoff season is over.
16. Calgary Wranglers
Last Week: 20th (up 4)
Record: 34-27-4-3
Good little response with some wins to at least gaunter the bottom doesn’t completely fall out.
17. Toronto Marlies
Last Week: 12th (down 5)
Record: 33-23-4-7
Toronto is cold at the moment but should be in good shape to be one of the last teams in the North to punch a playoff ticket.
18. Coachella Valley Firebirds
Last Week: 16th (down 2)
Record: 36-24-2-5
4-5-1 streak all but guarantees that the Firebirds won’t be leading the Pacific at the end of the season.
19. Utica Comets
Last Week: 24th (up 5)
Record: 29-30-5-2
Comets are on a 5-0 run with six games left.
20. Grand Rapids Griffins
Last Week: 25th (up 5)
Record: 34-26-4-2
Backed into a playoff spot last weekend but played like a playoff team this weekend picking up some wins.
21. San Jose Barracuda
Last Week: 14th (down 7)
Record: 33-25-5-4
Barracuda hopeful they start the playoffs with home ice advantage.
22. Cleveland Monsters
Last Week: 26th (up 4)
Record: 33-22-5-6
Needed a big weekend against the Penguins and got exactly that, sweeping them back to Wilkes-Barre.
23. Tucson Roadrunners
Last Week: 29th (up 6)
Record: 32-20-3-2
Roadrunners protecting last playoff spot in the Pacific.
24. Iowa Wild
Last Week: 31st (up 7)
Record: 26-35-5-1
Nice little four game win streak never hurts but it’s much too little, way too late.
25. San Diego Gulls
Last Week: 17th (down 8)
Record: 27-32-5-3
Rough trip to the Midwest all but closes the book on the Gulls chance for a playoff berth.
26. Belleville Senators
Last Week: 21st (down 5)
Record: 31-26-4-5
Senators looking less and less to be a playoff team.
27. Hartford Wolf Pack
Last Week: 23rd (down 4)
Record: 27-30-7-2
Valiant effort to maintain a playoff contender looks to be done and dusted.
28. Rockford IceHogs
Last Week: 22nd (down 6)
Record: 28-30-6-2
Rockford will likely be the last tam in the Central to clinch but have not been playing like it of late.
29. Bakersfield Condors
Last Week: 28th (down 1)
Record: 28-27-7-3
Get the utensils ready in Bakersfield.
30. Henderson Silver Knights
Last Week: 27th (down 3)
Record: 28-34-3-1
Need to win all six remaining games to finish .500.
31. Manitoba Moose
Last Week: 30th (down 1)
Record: 23-39-3-3
Moose have four games left and they can’t come soon enough to put this forgettable season in the rear view.
32. Bridgeport Islanders
Last Week: 32nd (no change)
Record: 15-45-4-3
Should somehow be lower in these Rankings.
Have a great week, everyone!
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