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By November 16, 2010

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.

Trendsetters

This week we look at some of the most popular picks of the hockey pool.

In the First Line category, popular pick Alexander Ovechkin ran away with the lead as nearly 47 per cent of all entrants selected the high flying Russian to lead their team. Tampa Bay standout Steven Stamkos leads all others in this category but was selected by less than seven per cent of all entrants. Sidney Crosby and Henrik Sedin rounded out the top three of the first-line selections at 17 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.

Chicago winger Patrick Kane led all second-line players with 28 per cent of the votes, while Columbus’ Rick Nash was the majority favoured third-line pick with 36 per cent of all hockey pool selections.

The Fourth Line category, largely consisting of rookie or sophomore skaters, was a much closer race. Wayne Simmonds led all selections with 18 per cent of all fourth-line votes, followed closely by Taylor Hall, with 16.5 per cent, and Kris Versteeg, with 13 per cent.

In the category of defence, Mike Green was far and away the favourite with 47 per cent of first-line defensive pairing selections. Surprisingly, early season standouts Duncan Keith (13 total points in 20 games) and Nicklas Lidstrom (17 total points in 15 games) combined comprised only 13 per cent of the total first-line defence votes.

Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf took the majority of second-line defence votes with 31 per cent, while Brent Seabrook led all third-line defence selections by the same number.

Steve Downie led all players in the Grinder category and it appears rightly so. In 14 games this season Downie has accumulated eight points and 64 total penalty minutes — good enough to led all other players in this category.

The Enforcer category of the hockey pool came down to a two horse race between Milan Lucic, who took 27 per cent of all votes, and Daniel Carcillo, who took 26 per cent.

Wojtek Wolski was the clear favourite in the Extra Man category, with 22 per cent of all selections, although the Phoenix forward hasn’t been the most productive selection. That honour belongs to Brandon Dubinsky, who garnered just over nine per cent of Extra Man selections.

In the category of Starting Goaltenders, Roberto Luongo led all netminders with 31 per cent of all selections, followed closely by Ryan Miller with 28 per cent and Martin Brodeur with 26 per cent.

Finally, Jimmy Howard led all goaltenders in the Backup Goalie category with 20 per cent of all votes. St. Louis Blues netminder Jaroslav Halak leads all goaltenders in fantasy point value and was selected by 13 per cent of all hockey pool entrants.

Official hockey pool standings

  1. Red Dragons 7th UC 281.5
  2. FTW 272.5
  3. ped posse killer 266.5
  4. Zanes 266.5
  5. Hal’s Johnsons 264
  6. go_philly 263.5
  7. S. Van Hellemond 260.5
  8. Mujala 257.5
  9. pirates 257.5
  10. The Dead Flag Blues 253.5
  11. Team 97 252
  12. Pierre’s Picks 251
  13. Honey Nut Chelios 249.5
  14. Jiminy Cricket’s AllStars 247
  15. Team Mediocre 247
  16. Canucks 4 the Cup! 245.5
  17. Cleveland Steamers 244
  18. GAMESMASTER 242.5
  19. The Ped Posse 242.5
  20. Datsyukian Destroyers 242
  21. Illegal Curve 241.5
  22. Puckfaces 239.5
  23. The Springfield Ice-O-Topes 239
  24. Your Drunk Uncles 238.5
  25. Team Win 237.5
  26. ButtKickers 237
  27. ProStars 237
  28. Nothing but Net 236.5
  29. The Red’r Racers! 236.5
  30. The Arse-Kickers! 235.5
  31. Big Tickets 234
  32. Brent’s Fabulous Team 234
  33. Manitoba Wolves 234
  34. The Hardy Astrom Specials 234
  35. The second cuming 234
  36. The Winnipeg Cormacks 234
  37. Titan 234
  38. Team KelJan 231
  39. Coach Mousie’s Manslaves 230
  40. Team Discovery Channel 229
  41. thudermucks 229
  42. Bie the Die 228
  43. Courtney’s Super Amazing Hockey Team 226
  44. CBLOZERO 225.5
  45. Ice-Ice Baby 224.5
  46. Prestige Worldwide 224.5
  47. Setka 224.5
  48. Team second place 224
  49. Having a time 223
  50. thewinningbunch 222.5
  51. Hurly Burly’s 222
  52. The Warm Guns 222
  53. Red Army 221.5
  54. Team Coolguy1991 220.5
  55. Winnipeg Coyotes 220.5
  56. Levels 218.5
  57. Sticks + Balls 218.5
  58. HUGE H.C. 218
  59. Charleswood Flyers 217
  60. Hugz Not Drugz 217
  61. Monroeville Zombies 217
  62. Bourkes Boys 216
  63. MDB Crusaders 216
  64. go getters! 215
  65. Gryphs 215
  66. Purple Cobras 214.5
  67. Team LAN 214
  68. SLAPSHOT 212.5
  69. el jefe 212
  70. Team T-Bone 212
  71. Semi-Pro 211
  72. Springfield Isotopes 210.5
  73. The Dirt Devils 210
  74. Jets 209.5
  75. mydallasstars 209
  76. Prairie Rays 207.5
  77. Transcona Grinders 207.5
  78. DiZASTA 206
  79. Smokin’ Ducks 204.5
  80. Titans 204
  81. Rogocki 203.5
  82. wapikopa 203
  83. Falcon Own 201.5
  84. Fannystelle Catchitbigtimers 201.5
  85. Garrett’s Goons 201
  86. DC-SuperFan-69 200.5
  87. Here’s a Little Something… 200.5
  88. Washington Capitals 200.5
  89. The Losers 200
  90. The Large Farvas 198.5
  91. Funkhousers 196.5
  92. canucks986 195
  93. Flint Tropics 194
  94. WABAAM 192.5
  95. The Mittens Crew 191.5
  96. BOMBERJETS 191
  97. QuickStop 190.5
  98. wish1474 190
  99. NOA 188
  100. The Wanderer’s 187.5
  101. Pond Boys 187
  102. No Talent 186.5
  103. No Tooth Smile 186.5
  104. Pickles & Cheese 186.5
  105. The Ice Kings 186.5
  106. You Can Have the Umbrella 186
  107. Winulobacter dominaticus 183
  108. El Tico 178
  109. The Woody’s 177.5
  110. GolfLeafsGolf 177
  111. pencil sticks 175.5
  112. Bourque Chops 174
  113. Red Light Rukus 173.5
  114. Non-Issue 170.5
  115. Capitals 166
  116. The rich interior lives of athletes 104
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