10+ Year History of Top KIJHL Playoff Defencemen Scorers

I was challenged to look at how impressive James Farmer's post-season numbers have been for a defencemen. And of course, I can't turn down a statistical challenge.

I went through all the years that are available on the KIJHL website and grabbed the top point scoring defender. There are some years where there are ties (2014, 2010), and some years where no defender made the top 25 (2011, 2012, 2015).

Here is the complete list of each post-seasons top 25 scoring defenders, ordered by points.

Defender	PO Year	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
James Farmer	2017	Kimberley Dynamiters	16	5	15	20
Bryce Perpelitz	2014	Kimberley Dynamiters	12	6	12	18
Daniel Buchanan	2014	Kamloops Storm	20	4	14	18
Brayden Sherbinin	2010	Nelson Leafs	24	6	9	15
Caleb Roy	2010	Revelstoke Grizzlies	15	2	13	15
Erik Alden	2013	Castlegar Rebels	21	6	9	15
Justin Palazzo	2009	Kamloops Storm	19	0	14	14
Kevin Koopman	2006	Beaver Valley Nitehawks	15	7	6	13
Derek Porter	2007	Fernie Ghostriders	17	2	11	13
Jordan Busch	2016	Kimberley Dynamiters	16	3	10	13
Cody Lockwood	2008	Kamloops Storm	21	4	8	12

While it is noticeable that Farmer is #1 on this list, another observation (Kimberley bias) is that there are two past Nitro's on this list, Perpelitz (who Farmer passed two points ago), and Jordan Busch.

This is a team sport, but Farmer's performance this post season is one for the history books.