Weekly Power Rankings

11-12-12

Where Was the Countdown?

12 Griff (-2) – I know he’ll be in next week. I just know it.

11 Zack (+1) – We might not need Brendon if Zack keeps improving like I think he has been. He’s been covering his man better at the point and his fore-checking is causing turnovers.

10 Mike D (+1) – Has really been solid on defense the past few weeks in a row. But rumor has it he hates defense. That’s a shame.

9 Mike W (E) – Is really a better solution than having Brett on defense. He has the same speed and maybe even more grit and determination to get the ball.

8 Nick (E) – Had a slow start to the game being beat by the net hangers. A team we all knew had a bunch of them. But he played shutdown most of the night and was available for a bunch of shots from the point. Was it the stick Nick?

7 Darrin (-1) – They always say a goalie likes getting some shots so they can get in the rhythm of the game but that didn’t happen. He faced shots that were near impossible to stop. But you still want your goalie to come up with 1 big save to get the team fired up. That did happen either.

6 Ron (+2) – You know what you’re getting with Ron. He lives and dies by the slapshot. This week he was letting it rip whenever possible and got a key goal. But he also saved a goal by going down Jeremy smith style circa 2007 and taking one in the stomach to preserve the win.

5 Johnny (-1) – Couple weeks in a row with no goals and maybe even no assists. It’s not from a lack of chances. I actually think playing in Saugus messes him up for Monday nights.

4 Billy (+1) – Continues the climb. That’s 4 spots now. Had multiple highlight plays on defense a few of them being stopping the 2 on 1 and 3 on 1. I was even impressed on the play where the guy tried to go through his feet and Billy was having none of that. Seems to have simplified his game and takes pride in his role on the team.

3 Borges (-1) – He had a couple goals and some assists, that wasn’t enough to keep him in this spot this week. Blaming Nick for not counting down the clock was just a terrible display of captaincy. Despicable really. He’ll let others know when they make mistakes but when he makes mistakes he tries to pass the buck. It ok to make mistakes Borges. He seems to like to blame nick for everything dating back to 2011 Montreal.

2 Brett (+1) – Passing up glorious chances at scoring to pass. Needs to trust his shot which he never has in the past. Brett’s a player that lives and dies by the pass. He shoots so few times a game that when he does go for a shot it looks like a Johnny Riley slapper. And while he was part of that terrible line change, he didn’t blame Nick for it.

1 Jared (E) – His greatest game of the season 2 weeks ago won’t show up on the season stats. But WPR knows it happened. And that’s all that matters. Last night was another solid game from Jared and is enough to give him a big lead over second place.