Greetings hockey fans! Whether you’ve officially entered the 2010-11 Manitoban Hockey Pool or just interested in keeping up with the goings on of the NHL regular season, the Manitoban has you covered. Look for weekly updates in print or online at themanitoban.com to keep abreast of key injuries, major storylines and interesting stats. Also, check online for the full list of hockey pool team standings.
Top performers
After a month of regular season NHL hockey, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos is leading all players with 22 points in 13 games. Many of the usual suspects are currently rounding out the scoring race but a few forwards have succeeded all pre-season expectations.
Dallas’ Brad Richards, who has 18 points in 13 games, has been playing like an elite scorer and if he can keep up this unrelenting pace he will be poised to achieve the first 100-point season of his career.
In New York, center Brandon Dubinsky seems to have taken a leap forward in development. The young forward has 10 goals in 14 total games. Last year it took 36 games before Dubinsky netted his tenth of the season.
In ten games with St. Louis so far this season Jaroslav Halak has lived up to the hype, looking all the goalie that Montreal fans witnessed during last year’s playoff run. Halak has three shutouts and eight wins with the Blues.
Player storylines
Last year goaltenders Semyon Varlamov and Tuukka Rask both enjoyed the majority of the starts for the Washington Capitals and the Boston Bruins. Injuries and the stellar play of others, however, has severely limited the playing time of both netminders.
Anyone who picked either of these two goalies for their hockey pool is hurting badly right about now as not only are these two not getting any wins, they’re barely playing any games.
Phoenix forward Wojtek Wolski and Minnesota winger Martin Havlat both scored their first goals of the season this past week. Both Wolski and Havlat are making well over $3.5 million this season but had failed to register a goal in almost a month’s worth of hockey.
Movember watch
For those unaware, Movember is a movement specific to November in which men grow mustaches in attempt to generate prostate cancer awareness. Look for the following NHL players to be sporting the ’stache over the next month:
Sam Gagner, Gilbert Brule, George Parros, Nick Schultz, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu, Patrice Bergeron, Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic, Mark Giordano, Curtis Glencross, Jarome Iginla, Ian White, Erik Karlsson, Karl Alzner, John Carlson, Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, Mike Richards, Dan Carcillo and James van Riemsdyk.
Official hockey pool standings
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Zanes 232.5
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Red Dragons 7th UC 231.5
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ped posse killer 228.5
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FTW 227.5
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S. Van Hellemond 227
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go_philly 224
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pirates 220.5
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The Dead Flag Blues 219
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Mujala 217.5
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Team 97 217.5
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Team Mediocre 211
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Pierre’s Picks 210
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Hal’s Johnsons 209
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Cleveland Steamers 207
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Your Drunk Uncles 204
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GAMESMASTER 202.5
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Puckfaces 202
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ProStars 201
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The Ped Posse 200.5
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Datsyukian Destroyers 200
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thudermucks 199.5
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Jiminy Cricket’s AllStars 199
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The Springfield Ice-O-Topes 199
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Team Win 198.5
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Honey Nut Chelios 197.5
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The Winnipeg Cormacks 196
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Manitoba Wolves 195
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The Hardy Astrom Specials 195
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Coach Mousie’s Manslaves 194
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The Arse-Kickers! 194
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ButtKickers 192.5
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Illegal Curve 192
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Titan 191.5
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Bie the Die 190
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Canucks 4 the Cup! 189.5
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Monroeville Zombies 189
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Big Tickets 188.5
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Team Discovery Channel 188
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The Red’r Racers! 188
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Winnipeg Coyotes 188
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Team KelJan 187.5
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Team second place 187
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CBLOZERO 186.5
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Hurly Burly’s 185.5
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The second cuming 185
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Courtney’s Super Amazing Hockey Team 184.5
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Charleswood Flyers 183
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Nothing but Net 183
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Levels 182.5
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Semi-Pro 181.5
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The Warm Guns 181.5
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Ice-Ice Baby 181
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Prestige Worldwide 181
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Setka 181
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SLAPSHOT 181
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Team Coolguy1991 181
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thewinningbunch 181
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Brent’s Fabulous Team 180.5
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HUGE H.C. 180.5
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Hugz Not Drugz 180.5
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el jefe 179
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MDB Crusaders 178.5
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Washington Capitals 178
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Having a time 176.5
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Team T-Bone 176.5
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Sticks + Balls 175.5
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DiZASTA 174.5
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Transcona Grinders 174.5
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Prairie Rays 173
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Titans 173
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The Dirt Devils 171.5
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Red Army 171
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Bourkes Boys 170.5
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Fannystelle Catchitbigtimers 170
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Rogocki 170
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mydallasstars 169.5
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Springfield Isotopes 168.5
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go getters! 167
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Here’s a Little Something… 166
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The Losers 166
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Smokin’ Ducks 165.5
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Gryphs 164.5
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Purple Cobras 164.5
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The Mittens Crew 164.5
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wapikopa 163.5
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Garrett’s Goons 163
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canucks986 162.5
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Jets 162
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Falcon Own 160
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QuickStop 160
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Funkhousers 159.5
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wish1474 159.5
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Winulobacter dominaticus 157.5
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Pond Boys 157
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The Ice Kings 157
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DC-SuperFan-69 156.5
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WABAAM 156.5
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No Talent 155.5
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Team LAN 154.5
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NOA 154
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Flint Tropics 153.5
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You Can Have the Umbrella 153.5
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The Large Farvas 153
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BOMBERJETS 148.5
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pencil sticks 146.5
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The Woody’s 146.5
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Pickles & Cheese 146
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The Wanderer’s 145.5
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No Tooth Smile 144
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Capitals 143
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GolfLeafsGolf 143
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El Tico 141
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Non-Issue 138.5
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Red Light Rukus 138.5
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Bourque Chops 134.5
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The rich interior lives of athletes 81.5
