WHL BEST OF THE BEST!!
(out of Rod Pedersen's blog) lets do up 1 in our opinions of the Eastern Conference
Annie Fowler of the Tri-City Herald did a remarkable job compiling this year's Best Of The West Conference Poll, as voted on by WHL West Conference Coaches, GMs and Broadcasters. The East Conference Poll will be released shortly by Brandon Wheat Kings announcer Bruce Luebke. If you'd like to fill out the categories with your own East Conference picks and put them in the Comments section, be my guest! Here we go with the Best (and Worst) of the West for 2010:
Best Fans
Everett - 82.9%
Also
Kelowna 56.5%
Vancouver 54.5%
Tri-City 38.9%
Spokane 29.4%
Portland 32%
Prince George 1.7%
Kamloops 0.3%
Seattle 0%
Chilliwack 0%
Top Coach
Don Hay, Vancouver -- 63.9%
Also
Marc Habscheid, Chilliwack 50.9%
Jim Hiller, Tri-City 45.6%
Mike Johnston, Portland 43.3%
Craig Hartsburg, Everett 41.6%
Ryan Huska, Kelowna 11.4%
Hardy Sauter, Spokane 6.5%
Top Executive
Scott Bonner, Vancouver -- 62.2%
Also
Mike Johnston, Portland 58.1%
Bob Tory, Tri-City 53.9%
Bruce Hamilton, Kelowna 29%
Doug Soetaert, Everett 27.7%
Craig Bonner, Kamloops 13.1
Top Rookie
Nino Niederreiter, Portland -- 77.8%
Also
Shane McColgan, Kelowna 69.3%
Kevin Connauton, Vancouver 43.5%
Ryan Johansen, Portland 29.1%
Ryan Murray, Everett 14.6%
Radko Gudas, Everett 11.9%
Most Valuable to Team
Calvin Pickard, Seattle -- 65.6%
Also
Ryan Howse, Chilliwack 43.8%
Brett Connolly, Prince George 27.3%
Tyson Barrie, Kelowna 23.2%
Shane Harper, Everett 12.6%
Lance Bouma, Vancouver 11.3%
Best Stay-At-Home D-Man
Jared Cowen, Spokane -- 67.8%
Also
Tyler Schmidt, Tri-City 42.5%
Radko Gudas, Everett 37.5%
Jarrett Toll, Tri-City 35%
Brett Ponich, Portland 25.5%
David Musil, Vancouver 10.27%
Hardest Shot
Kevin Connauton, Vancouver -- 41.5%
Also
Kyle Beach, Spokane 36%
Radko Gudas, Everett 35.6%
Ryan Howse, Chilliwack 28%
Dallas Jackson, Kelowna 27.6%
Jared Cowen, Spokane 15.9%
Top Faceoff Man
Tyler Johnson, Spokane -- 80.8%
Also
Zack Dailey, Everett 22.1%
Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City 14.5%
Mitch Wahl Spokane 13.5%
Ryan Johansen, Portland 12.9%
Kevin Sundher, Chilliwack 9.8%
Most Accurate Shot
Ryan Howse, Chilliwack -- 81%
Also
Kyle Beach, Spokane 34.4%
Shane Harper, Everett 23.2%
Kevin Connauton, Vancouver 20.9%
Craig Cunningham, Vancouver 18.2%
Mitch Wahl, Spokane 15.4%
Toughest Player
Tayler Jordan, Portland -- 51.3%
Also
Ryan Letts, Spokane 36.3%
Lance Bouma, Vancouver 27.8%
Josh Caron, Kamloops 27.8%
Scott Ramsay, Seattle 25.6%
Mitchell Callahan, Kelowna 14.9%
Most Improved Player
Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City -- 73.8%
Also
Craig Cunningham, Vancouver 56.1%
Chris Francis, Portland 9.9%
Ryan Howsem Chilliwack 9.5%
Brendan Gallagher, Vancouver 7.4%
Luke Walker, Portland 6.9%
Best Overage Player
Shane Harper, Everett -- 60.4%
Also
Johnny Lazo, Tri-City 47.7%
Jared Spurgeon, Spokane 41.8%
Prab Rai, Seattle 34.6%
Chris Francis, Portland 27.4%
Dallas Jackson, Kelowna 21.6%
Top Defensive Forward
Tyler Johnson, Spokane -- 85.2%
Also
Brandon McMillan, Kelowna 35.1%
Kruise Reddick, Tri-City 22.7%
Zack Dailey, Everett 20.7%
Stefan Schneider, Portland 16.8%
James Henry, Vancouver 10%
Best 16-Year-Old
Shane McColgan, Kelowna -- 94.7%
Also
Ryan Murray, Everett 51.3% David Musil, Vancouver 38.6%
Jesse Forsberg, Prince George 36%
Colin Smith, Kamloops 24.9%
Ty Rattie, Portland 22.3%
Best Goaltender
Calvin Pickard, Seattle -- 89.2%
Also
Drew Owsley, Tri-City 47.4%
James Reid, Spokane 39.6%
Kent Simpson, Everett 29.6%
Thomas Heemskerk, Everett 20%
Kurtis Mucha, Kamloops 19.3%
Best Skater
Prab Rai, Seattle 64.1%
Also
Brandon McMillan, Kelowna 39.8%
Johnny Lazo, Tri-City 39.3%
Tyler Johnson, Spokane 25.7%
Tyson Barrie, Kelowna 16.7%
Shane Harper, Everett 14.1%
Most Underrated Player
Shane Harper, Everett -- 30.6%
Also
Johnny Lazo, Tri-City 26.4%
Craig Cunningham, Vancouver 25.5%
Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City 16.3%
Chris Francis, Portland 13.2%
Prab Rai, Seattle 12.3%
Most Irritating Player
Kyle Beach, Spokane -- 49.7%
Also
Brad Ross, Portland 49.2%
Mitchell Callahan, Kelowna 36.5%
Lance Bouma, Vancouver 22.4%
Zack Dailey, Everett 21.9%
Brendan Gallagher, Vancouver 19.4%
Best Pro Prospect
Nino Niederreiter, Portland -- 58.4%
Also
Brett Connolly, Prince George 48.4%
Ryan Howse, Chilliwack 27.6%
Calvin Pickard, Seattle 24.3%
Jared Cowan, Spokane 21.2%
Luca Sbisa, Portland 19.7%
Top Referee
Andy Thiessen -- 52.6%
Also
Trevor Hanson 25.4%
Steve Papp 24.3%
Pat Smith 21.3%
Derek Zalaski 15.3%
Chris Savage 15.3%
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