SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals remain at No. 2 in the latest Canadian Junior Hockey League’s top-20 rankings released on Monday.
These are the final national rankings of the 2019-20 season.
The Sherwood-Parkdale Crusaders remain the top-ranked junior A team in Canada. The Crusaders concluded their regular-season with an Alberta Junior Hockey League-best record of 49-9-0 (won-lost-overtime losses).
The Caps, who have clinched first-place overall in the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL), will take a 41-6-3 (won-lost-overtime losses) into Friday’s road game against the Campbellton Tigers (28-16-5).
The Caps will conclude the regular season on the road against the Miramichi Timberwolves (12-34-4) on Saturday night.
The Edmundston Blizzard is only other MHL team to be recognized in the national rankings. The Blizzard (33-9-8) received an honourable mention and sits second behind the Caps in the Eastlink North Division and the overall standings.
The AJHL’s Okotoks Oilers (47-7-4), Carleton Place Canadians of the Central Canada Hockey League (48-7-6) and the Coquitlam Express (47-9-2) of the British Columbia Hockey League round out the top-five teams.
