September 23 - KIJHL Power Rankings

Before I get to the power rankings, let me first introduce my system. I will use the Kimberley Dynamiters as an example. There are four categories: Special Teams, Offence, Defence, and Goaltending.

Special Teams is calculated by using a version of the Scotty Bowman Index, adding the percentages of the Power Play and Penalty Kill together. Offence is calculated by the average goals forced per game (if the league posted team total shots, I would calculate a shooting percentage for offensive efficiency). Defence is the average goals against per game. Goaltending is calculated using the goalies save percentage.

The Nitro's are 93.75% on the Power Play and 22.86% on the Penalty Kill, giving them a Total Special Team Percentage of 116.61, which is #1 in the league. The Nitro's have scored an average 3.4 goals per game, ranked 11th in the league. They have let in an average 1.8 goals per game, 1st in the league. The goalies have earned a .940 save percentage which is 2nd in the league. So add, 1, 11, 1, and 2 together and that equals 15 points.

The point system is like golf, the lower the better. So the most efficient teams would be close to 4 total points (1st in each category), the mid-pack is close to 40 (10th in each category), and the poorest teams would be near 80 (20th in each category).

Enough explaining, here is the numbers (I will show less number details as the season goes along, this should help with understanding):

TEAM	TTL SpT	SpT Rank	GFA	RANK	GAA	RANK	SV%	RANK	OVERALL
Kimberley Dynamiters	116.61	1	3.40	11	1.80	1	0.940	2	15
Beaver Valley Nitehawks	102.38	9	4.00	5	2.00	2	0.943	1	17
Kelowna Chiefs	114.92	3	4.60	4	2.60	4	0.918	7	18
Kamloops Storm	103.49	7	4.80	3	2.80	6	0.917	8	24
Grand Forks Border Bruins	104.38	5	4.00	6	3.20	10	0.921	5	26
Nelson Leafs	115.41	2	5.67	2	3.00	8	0.890	14	26
Fernie Ghostriders	111.96	4	3.75	9	3.25	11	0.911	9	33
North Okanagan Knights	103.85	6	3.75	8	3.00	7	0.898	12	33
Castlegar Rebels	102.43	8	3.83	7	3.17	9	0.909	10	34
Summerland Steam	93.33	16	3.20	12	2.80	5	0.931	3	36
Chase Heat	86.67	18	2.75	15	2.50	3	0.922	4	40
Creston Valley Thunder Cats	97.99	14	5.75	1	3.75	15	0.882	16	46
Sicamous Eagles	100.45	11	2.50	17	3.33	12	0.919	6	46
100 Mile House Wranglers	100	12	2.80	14	3.40	13	0.898	13	52
Columbia Valley Rockies	83.68	19	3.60	10	3.60	14	0.908	11	54
Osoyoos Coyotes	88.01	17	3.00	13	3.80	16	0.886	15	61
Revelstoke Grizzlies	101.69	10	1.75	20	5.25	19	0.869	17	66
Princeton Posse	96.02	15	2.40	18	4.80	17	0.866	18	68
Golden Rockets	99.83	13	2.40	19	5.40	20	0.825	20	72
Spokane Braves	83.65	20	2.67	16	4.83	18	0.861	19	73