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11-11-2008, 06:20 PM
Courtesy Alan Caldwell
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A question posed to me the other day got me started on this latest project....who are the biggest and smallest teams in the league?
Below are the results, based on the height/weight listed on the rosters on WHL.ca. Height in these charts is given in inches and weight in pounds.
Teams ranked by average height:
Players Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks 26 73.35 186.35 17.81
Saskatoon Blades 24 72.88 189.88 18.08
Red Deer Rebels 24 72.79 183.42 17.83
Brandon Wheat Kings 25 72.76 185.72 18.08
Swift Current Broncos 24 72.75 188.92 18.04
Lethbridge Hurricanes 23 72.65 189.35 18.00
Regina Pats 24 72.63 183.00 17.83
Kelowna Rockets 23 72.48 188.96 17.87
Calgary Hitmen 23 72.43 188.96 18.04
Kamloops Blazers 22 72.36 182.23 17.82
Prince George Cougars 25 72.32 184.40 18.08
Seattle Thunderbirds 24 72.17 189.71 18.04
Prince Albert Raiders 23 72.13 186.91 18.00
Chilliwack Bruins 26 72.08 184.92 17.77
Moose Jaw Warriors 23 72.04 182.70 17.78
Kootenay Ice 22 72.00 184.00 17.86
Edmonton Oil Kings 24 71.92 182.17 17.88
Spokane Chiefs 23 71.91 186.74 18.00
Everett Silvertips 24 71.63 190.29 17.96
Vancouver Giants 23 71.48 181.83 18.04
Tri-City Americans 25 71.32 181.32 17.88
Medicine Hat Tigers 24 71.17 179.79 18.38
Hmmm....Portland is the biggest team in the league (by a whole half-inch over #2!) and Vancouver is the 3rd-smallest, but those stats sure don't have much to do with the standings.
Counting forwards only:
# Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks 15 73.27 182.27 17.87
Saskatoon Blades 15 72.67 189.00 17.93
Prince George Cougars 14 72.36 179.07 17.93
Red Deer Rebels 14 72.29 182.71 17.93
Brandon Wheat Kings 14 72.21 181.86 18.29
Moose Jaw Warriors 13 72.15 182.46 18.15
Lethbridge Hurricanes 13 72.08 189.85 18.23
Regina Pats 15 72.07 180.87 17.80
Swift Current Broncos 14 72.00 188.86 17.79
Kelowna Rockets 14 71.86 188.79 17.86
Kamloops Blazers 13 71.77 179.46 17.77
Prince Albert Raiders 13 71.77 182.54 18.15
Spokane Chiefs 13 71.77 184.92 17.92
Seattle Thunderbirds 14 71.71 183.36 18.29
Chilliwack Bruins 15 71.67 185.53 17.67
Calgary Hitmen 14 71.64 186.43 18.14
Edmonton Oil Kings 14 71.36 180.64 17.93
Vancouver Giants 14 71.36 182.29 17.79
Kootenay Ice 13 71.31 184.23 17.85
Everett Silvertips 15 71.27 188.40 17.73
Tri-City Americans 15 70.80 177.07 17.73
Medicine Hat Tigers 14 70.00 174.71 18.50
Defencemen only now:
# Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Lethbridge Hurricanes 8 74.25 192.75 17.63
Kelowna Rockets 7 74.00 195.43 17.71
Calgary Hitmen 7 74.00 197.71 18.00
Swift Current Broncos 8 73.88 186.88 18.13
Brandon Wheat Kings 9 73.78 190.89 17.89
Regina Pats 7 73.71 188.29 17.86
Portland Winter Hawks 9 73.56 195.78 17.78
Red Deer Rebels 8 73.25 186.63 17.63
Kamloops Blazers 7 73.14 186.29 17.86
Medicine Hat Tigers 8 73.13 189.75 18.38
Chilliwack Bruins 9 73.11 187.22 17.89
Saskatoon Blades 7 73.00 193.14 18.43
Seattle Thunderbirds 8 72.75 196.25 17.88
Kootenay Ice 7 72.71 186.86 18.00
Tri-City Americans 7 72.71 189.43 18.29
Prince Albert Raiders 8 72.63 191.63 17.63
Edmonton Oil Kings 7 72.57 187.00 17.86
Prince George Cougars 9 72.44 192.56 18.00
Spokane Chiefs 8 72.38 187.50 18.00
Everett Silvertips 7 71.86 196.43 18.57
Vancouver Giants 7 71.71 180.86 18.57
Moose Jaw Warriors 8 71.50 184.38 17.25
And goaltenders....not that size is such a big deal here:
# Ht Wt Avg Age
Red Deer Rebels 2 74.50 175.50 18.00
Saskatoon Blades 2 74.00 185.00 18.00
Kootenay Ice 2 74.00 172.50 17.50
Swift Current Broncos 2 73.50 197.50 19.50
Kamloops Blazers 2 73.50 186.00 18.00
Everett Silvertips 2 73.50 183.00 17.50
Moose Jaw Warriors 2 73.50 177.50 17.50
Regina Pats 2 73.00 180.50 18.00
Portland Winter Hawks 2 73.00 174.50 17.50
Seattle Thunderbirds 2 73.00 208.00 17.00
Edmonton Oil Kings 3 73.00 178.00 17.67
Calgary Hitmen 2 72.50 176.00 17.50
Prince Albert Raiders 2 72.50 196.50 18.50
Brandon Wheat Kings 2 72.00 189.50 17.50
Kelowna Rockets 2 71.50 167.50 18.50
Medicine Hat Tigers 2 71.50 175.50 17.50
Prince George Cougars 2 71.50 185.00 19.50
Vancouver Giants 2 71.50 182.00 18.00
Spokane Chiefs 2 71.00 195.50 18.50
Tri-City Americans 3 70.67 183.67 17.67
Chilliwack Bruins 2 70.50 170.00 18.00
Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 70.00 172.50 18.00
The tallest players in the league are:
Brett Ponich Portland Winter Hawks 6'7"
205
Keith Aulie Brandon Wheat Kings 6'6" 222
Tyler Myers Kelowna Rockets 6'6" 211
Tayler Jordan Portland Winter Hawks 6'6" 171
There are nine players listed at 6'5".
The smallest players in the league are:
Brendan Gallagher Vancouver Giants 5'6" 150
Joey Frazer Medicine Hat Tigers 5'6" 162
Zack Dailey Everett Silvertips 5'6" 166
Cody Chikie Saskatoon Blades 5'7" 150
Kyle St. Denis Kelowna Rockets 5'7" 164
Johnny Lazo Tri-City Americans 5'7" 165
Uriah Machuga Kamloops Blazers 5'7" 170
Dustin Sylvester Kootenay Ice 5'7" 170
After them, twelve players are listed at 5'8".
The stockiest players in the league, using a pounds-per-inch-of-height ratio:
Ht Wt lb/in
Graham Potuer Everett Silvertips 73 234 3.21
Sena Acolatse Seattle Thunderbirds 71 220 3.10
Mike Brown Swift Current Broncos 74 228 3.08
Rigby Burgart Calgary Hitmen 70 215 3.07
Dominik Pascovsky Kootenay Ice 71 215 3.03
Jesse Dudas Swift Current Broncosx 74 219 2.96
Mike Berube Vancouver Giants 73 215 2.95
Mike Alexander Everett Silvertips 70 206 2.94
Dwight King Lethbridge Hurricanes 75 220 2.93
Blaine Tendler Prince Albert Raiders 72 210 2.92
And the slightest ("skinniest"?) players:
Ht Wt lb/in
Jeremy Boyer Seattle Thunderbirds 71 152 2.14
Morgan Clark Red Deer Rebels 73 158 2.16
Justin Maylan Prince George Cougars 73 160 2.19
Tayler Jordan Portland Winter Hawks 78 171 2.19
Chris Francis Portland Winter Hawks 73 161 2.21
Oliver Gabriel Portland Winter Hawks 73 161 2.21
Logan Proulx Edmonton Oil Kings 68 150 2.21
Brett Connolly Prince George Cougars 73 162 2.22
Graham Hood Regina Pats 72 160 2.22
T.J. Foster Edmonton Oil Kings 71 158 2.23
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A question posed to me the other day got me started on this latest project....who are the biggest and smallest teams in the league?
Below are the results, based on the height/weight listed on the rosters on WHL.ca. Height in these charts is given in inches and weight in pounds.
Teams ranked by average height:
Players Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks 26 73.35 186.35 17.81
Saskatoon Blades 24 72.88 189.88 18.08
Red Deer Rebels 24 72.79 183.42 17.83
Brandon Wheat Kings 25 72.76 185.72 18.08
Swift Current Broncos 24 72.75 188.92 18.04
Lethbridge Hurricanes 23 72.65 189.35 18.00
Regina Pats 24 72.63 183.00 17.83
Kelowna Rockets 23 72.48 188.96 17.87
Calgary Hitmen 23 72.43 188.96 18.04
Kamloops Blazers 22 72.36 182.23 17.82
Prince George Cougars 25 72.32 184.40 18.08
Seattle Thunderbirds 24 72.17 189.71 18.04
Prince Albert Raiders 23 72.13 186.91 18.00
Chilliwack Bruins 26 72.08 184.92 17.77
Moose Jaw Warriors 23 72.04 182.70 17.78
Kootenay Ice 22 72.00 184.00 17.86
Edmonton Oil Kings 24 71.92 182.17 17.88
Spokane Chiefs 23 71.91 186.74 18.00
Everett Silvertips 24 71.63 190.29 17.96
Vancouver Giants 23 71.48 181.83 18.04
Tri-City Americans 25 71.32 181.32 17.88
Medicine Hat Tigers 24 71.17 179.79 18.38
Hmmm....Portland is the biggest team in the league (by a whole half-inch over #2!) and Vancouver is the 3rd-smallest, but those stats sure don't have much to do with the standings.
Counting forwards only:
# Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Portland Winter Hawks 15 73.27 182.27 17.87
Saskatoon Blades 15 72.67 189.00 17.93
Prince George Cougars 14 72.36 179.07 17.93
Red Deer Rebels 14 72.29 182.71 17.93
Brandon Wheat Kings 14 72.21 181.86 18.29
Moose Jaw Warriors 13 72.15 182.46 18.15
Lethbridge Hurricanes 13 72.08 189.85 18.23
Regina Pats 15 72.07 180.87 17.80
Swift Current Broncos 14 72.00 188.86 17.79
Kelowna Rockets 14 71.86 188.79 17.86
Kamloops Blazers 13 71.77 179.46 17.77
Prince Albert Raiders 13 71.77 182.54 18.15
Spokane Chiefs 13 71.77 184.92 17.92
Seattle Thunderbirds 14 71.71 183.36 18.29
Chilliwack Bruins 15 71.67 185.53 17.67
Calgary Hitmen 14 71.64 186.43 18.14
Edmonton Oil Kings 14 71.36 180.64 17.93
Vancouver Giants 14 71.36 182.29 17.79
Kootenay Ice 13 71.31 184.23 17.85
Everett Silvertips 15 71.27 188.40 17.73
Tri-City Americans 15 70.80 177.07 17.73
Medicine Hat Tigers 14 70.00 174.71 18.50
Defencemen only now:
# Avg Ht Avg Wt Avg Age
Lethbridge Hurricanes 8 74.25 192.75 17.63
Kelowna Rockets 7 74.00 195.43 17.71
Calgary Hitmen 7 74.00 197.71 18.00
Swift Current Broncos 8 73.88 186.88 18.13
Brandon Wheat Kings 9 73.78 190.89 17.89
Regina Pats 7 73.71 188.29 17.86
Portland Winter Hawks 9 73.56 195.78 17.78
Red Deer Rebels 8 73.25 186.63 17.63
Kamloops Blazers 7 73.14 186.29 17.86
Medicine Hat Tigers 8 73.13 189.75 18.38
Chilliwack Bruins 9 73.11 187.22 17.89
Saskatoon Blades 7 73.00 193.14 18.43
Seattle Thunderbirds 8 72.75 196.25 17.88
Kootenay Ice 7 72.71 186.86 18.00
Tri-City Americans 7 72.71 189.43 18.29
Prince Albert Raiders 8 72.63 191.63 17.63
Edmonton Oil Kings 7 72.57 187.00 17.86
Prince George Cougars 9 72.44 192.56 18.00
Spokane Chiefs 8 72.38 187.50 18.00
Everett Silvertips 7 71.86 196.43 18.57
Vancouver Giants 7 71.71 180.86 18.57
Moose Jaw Warriors 8 71.50 184.38 17.25
And goaltenders....not that size is such a big deal here:
# Ht Wt Avg Age
Red Deer Rebels 2 74.50 175.50 18.00
Saskatoon Blades 2 74.00 185.00 18.00
Kootenay Ice 2 74.00 172.50 17.50
Swift Current Broncos 2 73.50 197.50 19.50
Kamloops Blazers 2 73.50 186.00 18.00
Everett Silvertips 2 73.50 183.00 17.50
Moose Jaw Warriors 2 73.50 177.50 17.50
Regina Pats 2 73.00 180.50 18.00
Portland Winter Hawks 2 73.00 174.50 17.50
Seattle Thunderbirds 2 73.00 208.00 17.00
Edmonton Oil Kings 3 73.00 178.00 17.67
Calgary Hitmen 2 72.50 176.00 17.50
Prince Albert Raiders 2 72.50 196.50 18.50
Brandon Wheat Kings 2 72.00 189.50 17.50
Kelowna Rockets 2 71.50 167.50 18.50
Medicine Hat Tigers 2 71.50 175.50 17.50
Prince George Cougars 2 71.50 185.00 19.50
Vancouver Giants 2 71.50 182.00 18.00
Spokane Chiefs 2 71.00 195.50 18.50
Tri-City Americans 3 70.67 183.67 17.67
Chilliwack Bruins 2 70.50 170.00 18.00
Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 70.00 172.50 18.00
The tallest players in the league are:
Brett Ponich Portland Winter Hawks 6'7"
205
Keith Aulie Brandon Wheat Kings 6'6" 222
Tyler Myers Kelowna Rockets 6'6" 211
Tayler Jordan Portland Winter Hawks 6'6" 171
There are nine players listed at 6'5".
The smallest players in the league are:
Brendan Gallagher Vancouver Giants 5'6" 150
Joey Frazer Medicine Hat Tigers 5'6" 162
Zack Dailey Everett Silvertips 5'6" 166
Cody Chikie Saskatoon Blades 5'7" 150
Kyle St. Denis Kelowna Rockets 5'7" 164
Johnny Lazo Tri-City Americans 5'7" 165
Uriah Machuga Kamloops Blazers 5'7" 170
Dustin Sylvester Kootenay Ice 5'7" 170
After them, twelve players are listed at 5'8".
The stockiest players in the league, using a pounds-per-inch-of-height ratio:
Ht Wt lb/in
Graham Potuer Everett Silvertips 73 234 3.21
Sena Acolatse Seattle Thunderbirds 71 220 3.10
Mike Brown Swift Current Broncos 74 228 3.08
Rigby Burgart Calgary Hitmen 70 215 3.07
Dominik Pascovsky Kootenay Ice 71 215 3.03
Jesse Dudas Swift Current Broncosx 74 219 2.96
Mike Berube Vancouver Giants 73 215 2.95
Mike Alexander Everett Silvertips 70 206 2.94
Dwight King Lethbridge Hurricanes 75 220 2.93
Blaine Tendler Prince Albert Raiders 72 210 2.92
And the slightest ("skinniest"?) players:
Ht Wt lb/in
Jeremy Boyer Seattle Thunderbirds 71 152 2.14
Morgan Clark Red Deer Rebels 73 158 2.16
Justin Maylan Prince George Cougars 73 160 2.19
Tayler Jordan Portland Winter Hawks 78 171 2.19
Chris Francis Portland Winter Hawks 73 161 2.21
Oliver Gabriel Portland Winter Hawks 73 161 2.21
Logan Proulx Edmonton Oil Kings 68 150 2.21
Brett Connolly Prince George Cougars 73 162 2.22
Graham Hood Regina Pats 72 160 2.22
T.J. Foster Edmonton Oil Kings 71 158 2.23
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