NSHL Power Rankings



December 29, 1999 Two rounds down and two to go! Will the excitement never end? Missed a previous issue of the Power Rankings? Tant pis mon ami. That's French for click here.
TEAM	PVS	RECORD	NSHL.com SAYS
1. Thistles	2.	8-0 1.000	The Thistles ate up the Crunch like a five year old boy on Halloween without parental supervision.
2. Traders	1.	8-1 .889	Although a few straws short of a full broom, the Traders pushed aside the Lizards for another Schultz Division championship. The Traders are the key to any Neely Cup. You have to get by them to win it, or stand on the sideline watching them win it.
3. Muffs	2.	8-4 .667	We were worried that the Muffs didn't have what it takes to pull it...whoops we already used that one. Do the Muffs have what it takes to get by the Traders?
4. Thieves	9.	8-5 .615	It's Hanstead versus Hanstead. We haven't seen this much brotherly love since Cain and Able visited Philadelphia.
5. Lizards	3.	5-4 .556	OUT!! There were no OT heroics for Tom Barrasso this post-season. Maybe there's more to it than good goaltending.
6. Foomanchu	7.	7-6 .538	OUT!! Foo in Foomanchu stands for "Fooey." There's always next season.
7. Infantry	8.	7-7 .500	OUT!! It's an about face and a quick time march to the off season. We'll save our Muffs jokes to the next round.
8. Crunch	5.	4-5 .444	OUT!! There will not be a repeat for the Crunch this season. The curse of the Neely Cup Champs strikes again.
9. Loudmouths	9.	3-4 .429	OUT! The first tragedy of the NSHL7 playoffs. Expect to hear demands for divisional realignment coming from Westwood.
10. Eagles	10.	2-4 .333	OUT! There will be no on ice Spirit-Eagles series this post season.
11. Spirit	11.	2-4 .333	OUT! See comment above.
12. Stompers	12.	1-4 .200	OUT! Never mind what we said earlier about .500 in the playoffs.
13. Psychosis	13.	1-4 .200	OUT! Did anybody besides LC really think that Langenbrunner would help?
14. Stranglers	14.	1-4 .200	OUT! One must presume that the team nickname comes from their perpensity to choke!
15. Ice Terrors	15.	0-4 .000	OUT! A new broom makes a clean sweep.
16. Scorpions	16.	0-4 .000	OUT! Not as much sting as was advertised.
17. Blades	17.	34-35-11	Did not qualify (DNQ). The best of the worst would have been 3rd in the Nystrom, 2nd in the Schultz and 4th in the O'Reilly. Could it be the curse of the GTA teams?
18. Booze Hounds	18.	26-43-11	DNQ. The other Semenko team that would have made the playoffs in the Schultz division.
19. Useless Twits	19.	27-45-8	DNQ. Even the Twits would have made the playoffs if they were in the Schultz Division.
20. Blazers	20.	26-47-7	DNQ. Couldn't make the playoffs even in their Schultz division.
21. Fat Guys	21.	26-50-4	DNQ. Who ranked them at 13?
22. Highlanders	22.	21-45-14	DNQ. They played some decent hockey at times this season. Just not many times.
23. Buzzards	23.	17-50-13	DNQ. Thirteen tied games?
24. SunDogs	24.	18-58-4	DNQ. On a bright note, the SunDogs set no league records for futility. And you thought that the Stranglers were bad in NSHL6!

December 29, 1999