Jason La Rose
The 2015-16 season comes to an end Sunday for the Canadian Junior Hockey League, with two teams – the host Lloydminster Bobcats and West Kelowna Warriors – remaining in the chase for the RBC Cup.
But how did those two teams, and the rest of the CJHL, get to the championship game? And how do the Bobcats and Warriors match up?
ROAD TO THE RBC CUP
262 – Days between the first regular-season game (Oakville Rangers vs. Burlington Cougars in the Ontario Junior Hockey League) on Sept. 4, 2015 and the RBC Cup final on Sunday.
4,189 – Regular season (3,699) and playoff (490) games necessary for 131 teams to become two on the Road to the RBC Cup.
29,194 – Goals scored in the regular season (26,075) and playoffs (3,119) by the 131 teams across the CJHL, an average of 6.97 goals per game.
RBC CUP FINAL – HEAD TO HEAD
Winning percentage (regular season):
LLO – 0.733 (44-14-12) – 14th in CJHL WKW – 0.655 (38-17-3) – 27th in CJHL
Winning percentage (playoffs):
LLO – 0.588 (10-7) WKW – 0.676 (23-11)
Goals per game (regular season):
LLO – 3.93 (236 goals in 60 games) – 41st in CJHL WKW – 4.17 (242 goals in 58 games) – 28th in CJHL
Goals per game (playoffs):
LLO – 3.88 (66 goals in 17 games) WKW – 3.24 (110 goals in 34 games)
Goals against per game (regular season):
LLO – 2.58 (155 goals in 60 games) – 21st in CJHL WKW – 3.10 (180 goals in 58 games) – 54th in CJHL
Goals against per game (playoffs):
LLO – 3.24 (55 goals in 17 games) WKW – 2.32 (79 goals in 34 games)
Power play (regular season):
LLO – 21.2% (55 for 260) – 42nd in CJHL WKW – 24.6% (67 for 272) – 16th in CJHL
Power play (playoffs):
LLO – 21.7% (15 for 69) WKW – 21.4% (30 for 140)
Penalty killing (regular season):
LLO – 84.5% (201 of 238) – 34th in CJHL WKW – 83.2% (242 of 291) – 48th in CJHL
Penalty killing (playoffs):
LLO – 81.3% (65 of 80) WKW – 85.8% (133 of 155)