Spurs at Midseason

Spurs at Midseason

Currently the Spurs find themselves in the rareified air of 4th place in the CCHL standings with 58 points in 45 games. The last two games have seen them score 20 goals!

Yes, another surprise as well, has been the individual performances of some players in addition to the overall team performance.
As of game 45 of the season, Center Paul Stastny is first in scoring and first in assists. He leads the league with 80 points, 6 ahead of Stamkos of Copenhagen and also leads the league in assists with 64, an amazing 22 ahead of Joe Thornton of Dayton.
Other team leaders see the surprising Gionta with 35 goals, currently tied for 3rd in the league, while his linemate Upshall has 30, currently tied for 6th in the league. As you probably have surmised, they are centered by Stastny.

Along the blueline, John-Michael Liles is tied for 2nd in the league in scoring among defensemen with 44 points. Free agent signee Tomas Kaberle is also tied for 2nd with 44 points. The dynamic duo since being paired together. Visnovsky has 12 goals, which ties him for 3rd in the the league among defensemen goal scoring.




Dasher Notes
Recent free agent signee Keith Aucoin has been a pleasant surprise to date. Plying his trade at the center position, he has scored 14 points in 10 games with a +/- of +9. He has 7 goals and 7 assists as well as one game winner.
All this while only averaging 10.2 minutes of ice time per game.
He has currently been elevated to the 3rd line centering Marc-Andre Bergeron and Brandon Yip.
Unfortunately, the signing of free agent Robbie Earl (below article) has been a bust to date.