With the 2008-09 OHL regular season wrapped up, the Ontario Hockey League should be set to announce the results of this years Coaches Poll sometime this week (perhaps even tomorrow).
With that in mind, Ryan and I have decided to enter a friendly competition to see who could predict the results better.
Here is how I think it could possibly look, based on my observations this season.
Eastern Conference
Most Underrated Player:
1. Jared Gomes
2. Brett Parnham
3. Chris DeSousa
Most Improved Player:
1. Tony Romano
2. Corey Cowick
3. Andrew Agozzino
Smartest Player:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Cameron Gaunce
Hardest Worker:
1. Stefan Della Rovere
2. Anthony Nigro
3. Cory Tanaka
Best Playmaker:
1. Logan Couture
2. Eric Tangradi
3. Pat Daley
Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. Eric Tangradi
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Brett Parnham
Best Skater:
1. Shawn Lalonde
2. Evgeny Grachev
3. Tony Romano
Best Shot:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Evgeny Grachev
Hardest Shot:
1. P.K. Subban
2. Alex Pietrangelo
3. Cameron Gaunce
Best Stickhandler:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Logan Couture
3. Matt Kang
Best on Face-Offs:
1. Luke Pither
2. Cody Hodgson
3. Anthony Nigro
Best Body Checker:
1. Stefan Della Rovere
2. Julien Demers
3. Chris DeSousa
Best Defensive Forward:
1. Cory Tanaka
2. Thomas Kiriakou
3. Anthony Nigro
Best Penalty Killer:
1. Cory Tanaka
2. Thomas Kiriakou
3. Kale Kerbashian
Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Alex Pietrangelo
2. P.K. Subban
3. Cameron Gaunce & Shawn Lalonde
Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Alex Pietrangelo
2. Cameron Gaunce
3. Marc Cantin
Western Conference
Most Underrated Player:
1. Jason Akeson
2. Matt Kennedy
3. Ryan Hayes
Most Improved Player:
1. Matt Hackett
2. Chris Chappell
3. Peter Holland & Chris MacKinnon
Smartest Player:
1. John Tavares
2. Ryan O’Reilly
3. Peter Holland
Hardest Worker:
1. Taylor Beck
2. Matt Martin
3. Adam Henrique
Best Playmaker:
1. Taylor Hall
2. Ryan O’Reilly
3. Jack Combs & Jason Akeson
Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. John Tavares
2. Chris Terry
3. Justin DiBenedetto & Greg Nemisz
Best Skater:
1. Mark Katic
2. Nazem Kadri
3. Taylor Hall
Best Shot:
1. John Tavares
2. Ryan Ellis
3. Taylor Hall
Hardest Shot:
1. John Carlson
2. Ryan Ellis
3. Adam Comrie
Best Stickhandler:
1. John Tavares
2. Nazem Kadri
3. Taylor Hall
Best on Face-Offs:
1. John Tavares
2. Jamie Arniel
3. Adam Henrique
Best Body Checker:
1. Zac Rinaldo
2. Dale Mitchell
3. Luke Gazdic
Best Defensive Forward:
1. Ryan O’Reilly
2. Scott Timmins
3. Matthew Lyall
Best Penalty Killer:
1. Ryan O’Reilly
2. Scott Timmins
3. Andrew Wilkins
Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. John Carlson
3. Michael Del Zotto
Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Dan Kelly
2. John Carlson
3. T.J. Brodie & Mark Cundari
It should be interesting to see how close 'my votes' are to the actual results. In years past the results have been released on the Wednesday or the Thursday after the regular seasons completion, so whenever those are released, I'll get them posted here.
I'll have Ryan's up later today.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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