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Amazing Race: Teams Vying for Last Playoff Spots

In News on April 22, 2011 at 2:00 pm

With 18 games to go and teams vying to make the top four in their conferences and move on to the post-season, things are heating up in a big way. The 2010-2011’s final quarter is going to be a doozy.

Plante Conference

Salem and South Carolina have solid leads over their respective divisions, but Sterling and Charleston aren’t very far behind. With Baltimore falling off since a hot start, the race to watch is between El Dorado and Sterling: can Alex Ovechkin and the Lynx make up the 3-point deficit for the last playoff berth? The Eagles host El Dorado for three games in the last quarter – they could make all the difference.

PLANTE CONFERENCE
1.  SALEM           86
2.  SOUTH CAROLINA  83
3.  CHARLESTON      74
4.  STERLING        71
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5.  EL DORADO       68
6.  BALTIMORE       61
7.  SOUTH PARK      59
8.  SAN DIEGO       57
9.  MIDLAND         53
10. ALTOONA         38

Sawchuk Conference

The Sawchuk is a conference of extremes:  St. Louis, Portland, and West Virginia are all playoff locks – but behind them are a number of sub-.500 teams hunting for the final spot.

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St. Louis Blues Under New Ownership

In News, STL on April 21, 2011 at 8:52 am

The GWMHL’s St. Louis Blues franchise, which had been under league control, has a new owner in Jeff Meyerhoff. Jeff takes on this team just as it seems poised for a deep Gump Cup run. Welcome, Jeff!

Anatomy of a Dynasty: The Portland Winterhawks

In PWH, Special Features on April 20, 2011 at 9:34 am

Somewhere along the way the Portland Winterhawks went from champions to unstoppable juggernaut. Somewhere along the way they became a dynasty.

They won the Gump Cup in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. And during those four best-of-seven championship series, they’ve lost exactly two games. They’ve dominated the GWMHL for nearly half a decade.

And it happened almost overnight.

So what turned a sub-.500 team into a league-leading force?

The answer, more or less, is trades. Trades, a little luck, and cojones the size of the state of Oregon.

Our analysis after the jump.

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