Thursday, March 18, 2010

OHL Coaches Poll - My Predictions

If you remember, last year Ryan Yessie, Sean Keogh, and myself had a contest to see which of us could most accurately predict the results of the 2009 OHL coaches poll. The results of this contest can be found here.

Well it's that time of year again and the results of the 2010 OHL Coaches Poll will be announced in the next week or so. So Ryan and I have decided to have another contest. Unfortunately Sean hasn't seen enough OHL action this year (due to his placement in Switzerland), so he won't have an opportunity to defend his crown.

Without further ado. Here are my predictions.

Eastern Conference

Most Underrated Player:
1. Cody Lindsay
2. Pat Daley
3. Patrick Killeen

Most Improved Player:
1. Mark Visentin
2. Taylor Doherty
3. Casey Cizikas

Smartest Player:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Alex Hutchings
3. Eric O'Dell

Hardest Worker:
1. Bryan Cameron
2. Alex Friesen
3. Jeff Hayes

Best Playmaker:
1. Alex Burmistrov
2. Pat Daley
3. Alex Pietrangelo

Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. Bryan Cameron
2. Ethan Werek
3. Devante Smith-Pelly

Best Skater:
1. Shawn Lalonde
2. T.J. Brodie
3. Alex Hutchings

Best Shot:
1. Alex Hutchings
2. Christian Thomas
3. Luke Pither

Hardest Shot:
1. Taylor Doherty
2. Reggie Traccitto
3. Alex Hutchings

Best Stickhandler:
1. Alex Burmistrov
2. Ryan Spooner
3. Cody Hodgson

Best on Face-Offs:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Taylor Carnevale
3. Casey Cizikas

Best Body Checker:
1. Stefan Della Rovere
2. Zac Rinaldo
3. Gregg Sutch

Best Defensive Forward:
1. Matt Kennedy
2. Darren Archibald
3. Casey Cizikas

Best Penalty Killer:
1. Alex Hutchings
2. Matt Kennedy
3. Taylor Carnevale

Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Shawn Lalonde
2. Alex Pietrangelo
3. Nick Crawford

Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Matt Clark
2. Cameron Gaunce
3. Julien Demers

Western Conference

Most Underrated Player:
1. Mike Cazzola
2. Greg McKegg
3. Jason Akeson

Most Improved Player:
1. Taylor Beck
2. Jacob Muzzin
3. Mike Cazzola

Smartest Player:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. Tyler Seguin
3. Jeff Skinner

Hardest Worker:
1. Taylor Beck
2. Jeff Skinner
3. Eric Wellwood

Best Playmaker:
1. Jordan Skellett
2. Tyler Seguin
3. Cam Fowler

Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. Jeff Skinner
2. Jeremy Morin
3. Greg Nemisz

Best Skater:
1. Taylor Hall
2. John Moore
3. Eric Wellwood

Best Shot:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. Jeremy Morin
3. Steven Tarasuk

Hardest Shot:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. John Moore
3. Taylor Hall

Best Stickhandler:
1. Nazem Kadri
2. Tyler Seguin
3. Cam Fowler

Best on Face-Offs:
1. Adam Henrique
2. Marcus Carroll
3. Michael Latta

Best Body Checker:
1. Mark Cundari
2. Mike Halmo
3. Jacob Muzzin

Best Defensive Forward:
1. Scott Timmins
2. A.J. Jenks
3. Tyler Murovich

Best Penalty Killer:
1. A.J. Jenks
2. Scott Timmins
3. Justin Taylor

Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. Cam Fowler
3. John Moore

Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Dan Kelly
2. Jacob Muzzin
3. Mark Cundari

Ryan will have his picks to me in the next couple of days. It'll be interesting to see how ours compare. Also fell free, to post your own predictions in the comments section!

2 comments:

Ryan said...

Well Eastern Conference Coaches Poll is done, and for the second year in a row I've edged out brock
16-15

Last year I was able to beat brock in his territory; The Eastern Conference, but he turned around and beat me in the West. Hopefully I can reverse that this year.

I was a perfect 3 for 3 in "Best Shot" for the Eastern Conference

Brock was a perfect 3 for 3 in "Best Stickhandler" for the Eastern Conference

Western Conference announced Thursday.

Ryan said...

This thing couldn't have been any closer. Myself and Brock actually TIED in the Western Conference a total of 21-21 which means a final total of 37-36 for myself. For me this was a little redemption from last year where Brock beat me by a heavy margin

We both picked all 3 correctly for "Smartest Player" in the West

I got all 3 players for "Best Shot" Thanks to the somewhat lack of realization of how devistatingly good his shot is, he definately doesn't get enough credit. My Darkhorse pick on "Best defensive defenceman" in Chiarlitti didn't pan out, but this guy caused so many fits for top players of opposing teams. However i guess Seguin/Hall/Kadri being shut down by a defenceman doesn't matter when they're already up 6-2 lol