Tuesday 22 February 2011

Canada West Statistical Stuff

A reader has passed along the following statistics which may be of interest - suffice to say that statistics indicate that this season was one of the most explosive offensively in Canada West history.  Complete Canada West all-time records

Highest scoring teams in Canada West history (Season PPG)
Three of the top six are from the 2010-11 season.
1) UBC, 1990-91 - 99.3 ppg (1985 pts/ 20 GP)
2) Saskatchewan, 2010-11 - 96.8 (2322 / 24)
3) Lethbridge, 1997-98 - 95.4 (1908 / 20)
4) UBC, 1995-96 - 94.9 (1899 / 20)
5) UBC, 2010-11 - 94.8 (2276 / 24)
6) TWU, 2010-11 - 94.4 (2266 / 24)
7) Alberta, 1994-95 - 93.5 (1870 / 20)
Calgary, 1995-96 - 93.5 (1870 / 20)
9) UBC, 1993-94 - 93.2 (1863 / 20)
10) UBC, 2005-06 - 92.6 (1851 / 20)
11) Victoria, 1987-88 - 92.4 (1848 / 20)

Saskatchewan set CW record with 11 100-point games this season, breaking the old mark of 9 by UBC in 1990-91.
Teammates with 20.0 PPG in same season... Rejean Chabot and Jamelle Barrett each finished at over 20.0 ppg. It is only the fifth time in CW history that teammates have averaged 20.0 ppg in same season, and first time since 1995-96.
1980-81 Calgary  Karl Tilleman (1st CW ppg rank), 27.5 ppg (550 pts / 20 GP) & Steve Atkin (2nd), 27.1 ppg (541 / 20)
1985-86 UBC  Ken Klassen (1st), 25.8 ppg (258 / 10) & Paul Johansson (3rd), (203 / 10)
1990-91 Victoria  Spencer McKay (2nd), 24.5 ppg (491 / 20) & Tom Johnson (5th), 22.3 ppg (446 / 20)
1995-96 Calgary  Richard Bohne (1st), 32.8 ppg (655 / 20) & Craig Newman (5th), 20.3 (405 / 20)
2010-11 Saskatchewan  Jamelle Barrett (1st), 25.0 ppg (600 / 24) & Rejean Chabot (4th), 21.8 (516 / 21.5)

Also of note... Jamelle Barrett led CW in points (25.0 ppg), assists (6.8 apg) and steals (2.5 spg) per game. He is the first CW player in history to lead the conference in all three categories in the same season. He also tied the single season CW record for total assists with 162.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The headline should read CanWest breaks records for worst defense top to bottom.

Anonymous said...

Note that with the exception of the 94-95 Alberta team, none of the past season teams won a national title.
And as for the three teams from this season that are in the top 10...while these teams are very strong, it speaks volumes for the overall weak level of play in CW.

Anonymous said...

What I would find more interesting is who were the top 10 teams on D (fewest points allowed).
I would bet a good number of them would be Victoria, who it seems is the only team in Canada West that takes defense seriously.

Wayne Thomas said...

It's certainly not defense 1st, but don't underestimate UBC, TWU, and Saskatchewan. They are very strong teams, and will show that at Nationals.

Alberta and Victoria are not as good, but they are still solid teams. I think we can agree that it drops off from there, even though Regina and Fraser Valley have their moments.

Canada West will be strong with 4 or 5 teams for years to come. We have young, aggressive coaches, who will compete to put together competitive programs.