BOSTON—With the new year comes new life for World Hockey League teams as they begin jockeying for position in the 2010 draft.
Friday’s Winter Classic at Fenway Park marked the beginning of the WHL Most Improved race, which will determine which GM gets to step to the podium first. Teams are ranked by how much they improve relative to their performance thus far.
Last week, WHL owners unanimously approved a change in the league’s draft structure that will lend even more importance to the race. The 11-0 vote will give the most improved team the first pick in the second round, as well as the first and third.
The standings going into Jan. 1 looked like this:
1. Portland Pints 1705.2
2. Sparta Praha 1654.8
3. California Kwijibos 1535.8
4. CSKA Moscow 1418.5
5. Arctic Eskies 1400.8
6. Beantown Ball Busters 1343.1
7. Brooklyn Cyclones 1338.4
8. NJ Wall Flowers 1291.2
9. Mount Vernon Blades 1268.1
10. Saginaw Spirit 1237.7
11. West Palm Beach 1233.3
12. Montreal 100's 1200
13. Yucca Valley Crunch 1128
14. Russia Bearhuggers 1068.2
15. Eight Spoked B 1033.8
16. Stuttgart Scorpions 1004.2
17. Buffalo Wings 959.2
18. Congo Commandos 909.5
19. Rhode Island Redcoats 836.7
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