CHL Power Ranking Poll for 25 February

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ODESSA, Texas – The Colorado Eagles remain atop our Power Ranking Poll for this week.   But their claim to the perch is tenuous at best. A losing streak at home and an overtime loss to the Tulsa Oilers in Oklahoma

Colorado has fallen at home and the road of late. Photo by David Kamp.

Colorado has fallen at home and the road of late. Photo by David Kamp.

should be enough evidence that a wake-up call is in order.
 
Meanwhile, the RiverKings are hot and looking to take over the number one spot in our poll.   Next week?
 
The Laredo Bucks have fallen to the number 7 spot in our poll and the team has seemed distracted at best.  
 
What has really stirred up the interest of our pollsters is the noise being made near the bottom.   Three teams in particular have been trying to gain sort of traction, Arizona SunDogs, Corpus Christi IceRays and the New Mexico Scorpions.  
 
The new owners of the SunDogs recently “announced that their team president Steve Cherwonak had “resigned”.   “Chewie” has been one of the stalwarts of the old WPHL and now the CHL for years and his departure is a symptom of the greater problems in Prescott Valley where the SunDogs are seeing their playoff hopes fade.
Tulsa celebrates OT win over Eagles. Photo by Les Stockton

Tulsa celebrates OT win over Eagles. Photo by Les Stockton


 
In Corpus Christi, the ‘Rays are also fading and have had their own departures with head coach Sylvain Cloutier fired with 14 games left in the season.   And no traction has been gained with Brent Hughes’ hire.
 
The only team with traction as the season ends is New Mexico which has gone 7-3-0 over the last 10 games and is only two points out of the playoff picture with 12 games to go.
 
So much for entrenchment.
 
Contact the author at jeff.reed@prohockeynews.com.
 
 
 

  CHL Power Rankings
(including games as of Feb 26th)
Team Div. GP Pts Pt% % Rk GF GA Gdif/G Gdif Rk Rank
*Colorado NW 52 77 74.0% 1 223 161 1.192 2 1.5
*Mississippi NE 52 73 70.2% 3 195 131 1.231 1 2
*Texas SE 53 77 72.6% 2 190 146 0.830 4 3
*Odessa SW 53 70 66.0% 5 212 165 0.887 3 4
Bossier-Shrevt NE 51 70 68.6% 4 163 135 0.549 6 5
Oklahoma City NE 52 68 65.4% 6 165 130 0.673 5 5.5
Laredo SE 51 62 60.8% 7 177 150 0.529 7 7
Rio Grande Valley SE 52 58 55.8% 8 181 165 0.308 8 8
Rocky Mountain NW 54 60 55.6% 9 180 176 0.074 9 9
Corpus Christi SE 53 48 45.3% 10 156 180 -0.453 10 10
Arizona SW 53 47 44.3% 11 186 219 -0.623 12 11.5
New Mexico SW 53 46 43.4% 12 185 210 -0.472 11 11.5
Rapid City NW 52 42 40.4% 13 142 188 -0.885 13 13
Wichita NW 52 37 35.6% 15 137 184 -0.904 14 14.5
Tulsa NE 52 38 36.5%Related

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