Hello again, hockey fans! Have you been keeping up with the Manitoban hockey pool this year? It’s been nothing short of a wild, crazy, life-affirming journey but, as they say, all good things must come to an end. As we all prepare for the great equalizer that is the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Manitoban presents to you the final results of the 2010-11 Manitoban hockey pool.
Top 20 standings
- Hal’s Johnsons 1101
- Pierre’s Picks 1096
- Cleveland Steamers 1081
- Red Dragons 7th UC 1064
- Mujala 1056
- Levels 1045.5
- Team Win 1044.5
- Your Drunk Uncles 1041.5
- S. Van Hellemond 1034.5
- Charleswood Flyers 1033
- No Talent 1030.5
- Having a time 1027.5
- The Red’r Racers! 1026.5
- Puckfaces 1020
- pirates 1019.5
- Honey Nut Chelios 1017
- Transcona Grinders 1016.5
- ped posse killer 1014.5
- The Winnipeg Cormacks 1012
- The Hardy Astrom Specials 1008
Congratulations Hal’s Johnsons, you’ve won the Manitoban hockey pool!
The pool’s best / worst choices:
First line best: Steven Stamkos (44g, 45a, 74 PIM)
First line worst: Zach Parise (3g, 3a, 6 PIM)
Second line best: Corey Perry (47g, 46a, 104 PIM)
Second line worst: Marian Gaborik (22g, 24a, 18 PIM)
Third line best: Claude Giroux (25g, 49a, 47 PIM)
Third line worst: Simon Gagne (16g, 22a, 18 PIM)
Fourth line best: Derick Brassard (16g, 29a, 53 PIM)
Fourth line worst: Nikita Filatov (0g, 7a, 8 PIM)
Defence 1 best: Zdeno Chara (14g, 29a, 86 PIM)
Defence 1 worst: Sergei Gonchar (7g, 20a, 20 PIM)
Defence 2 best: Keith Yandle (11g, 48a, 66 PIM)
Defence 2 worst: Ian White (2g, 22a, 24 PIM)
Defence 3 best: P.K. Subban (13g, 24a, 120 PIM)
Defence 3 worst: Keith Ballard (2g, 5a, 53 PIM)
Grinder best: Steve Downie (10g, 20a, 171 PIM)
Grinder worst: Dave Bolland (15g, 22a, 34 PIM)
Enforcer best: Steve Ott (11g, 19a, 183 PIM)
Enforcer worst: Derek Boogaard (1g, 1a, 45 PIM)
Extra man best: Brandon Dubinsky (23g, 29a, 100 PIM)
Extra man worst: Wojtek Wolski (11g, 21a, 18 PIM)
Goalie 1 best: Henrik Lundqvist (34 wins, 64 games started, 11 shutouts)
Goalie 1 worst: Niklas Backstrom (22 wins, 49 games started, 3 shutouts)
Goalie 2 best: Carey Price (36 wins, 68 games started, 8 shutouts)
Goalie 2 worst: Semyon Varlamov (10 wins, 24 games started, 2 shutouts)