With the regular season now in the rear-view mirror we can take a look at what teams led the league in different statistical categories.
Starting with shots, Powell River led the league by far at 35.6 per game with the fewest amount against going to Vernon at 25.6.
When a team outshot their opponent they recorded a 299-131-7-33 record good for a .679 winning percentage. Vernon led the league in wins when outshooting their opponent at 39-9-1-1 (.800) but Victoria led in winning percentage when registering more shots than their opposition at .822 going 36-7-1-1. When getting outshot Cowichan Valley led in victories at 20-15-1-3 (.564) and Powell River led in winning percentage when their opponent registers more shots at .633 going 9-5-0-1. Vernon led the league in outshooting their opponents in 50 of their 60 games played this season.
When a team scored the first goal of the game they went on to a 322-106-9-43 record good for a .725 winning percentage. Victoria, Westside, and Vernon tied to led the league with 30 wins when scoring first but the Grizzlies led in winning percentage at an outstanding .939 with their record of 30-1-0-2 when scoring the game's first tally. Vernon went 30-3-1-2 (.875) and Westside went 30-4-0-2 (.861). Penticton led the league in scoring first in 39 of their 60 games this season and went 29-6-0-4 (.795). Cowichan Valley led the league in victories when not scoring first at 16-11-0-1 (.589) and Powell River led in winning percentage when not getting the game's first goal at .593 good for 15-10-0-2.
When a team led after the first period they went on to a 257-47-6-27 record good for a .812 winning percentage. Victoria led in wins when leading after one period at 26-1-0-2 (.900) and Nanaimo led in winning percentage when leading after the first frame without a regulation loss at .917 going 15-0-0-3. Cowichan Valley led the league in wins when trailing after the first period at 11-10-0-1 (.523) and Vernon led in winning percentage at .533 with their 8-7-0-0 record. Those were the only two teams in the league with a winning record when trailing after the first period. Vernon led the league in leading after the first period in 30 games while Victoria trailed after the 20 minutes the fewest times at 13 and had a league best 14-4-0-0 (.778) record when being tied after one period of play. Prince George was tied after the first frame the most amount of times at 25 with a 13-7-2-3 (.620) record in those games.
When a team led after two periods they went on to a 348-12-5-23 record good for an outstanding .933 winning percentage. Victoria led in wins when taking a lead into the third period at 35-0-0-1 (.986) while Westside leads in winning percentage at 1.000 thanks to their outstanding 31-0-0-0 record when leading after 40 minutes. Victoria also led the league in leading after two periods in 36 games this season and also led the league in fewest times trailing after two periods at 13. Nanaimo led the league in victories when trailing after two periods at 5-22-1-1 (.241) and Cowichan Valley led in winning percentage at .250 going 4-13-0-1. The Capitals also led in wins when tied after two periods at 8-5-0-1 (.607) and Salmon Arm led in winning percentage when being tied after two periods at .833 with their 7-1-1-0 record. Prince George also led the league in amount of times tied after two frames at 15 going 7-2-3-3 (.677).
When a game went into overtime this season 89% of the time there was a winner decided with only nine ties in 80 extra-time games this season. Nanaimo led the league in overtime wins with at 9-0-2-6 record (.765) while Trail and Victoria led in winning percentage at .778 going 5-0-2-2 and 5-0-1-3 respectively. Nanaimo played in a league high 17 overtime games while Salmon Arm and Merritt played in the fewest at five each for records of 2-0-1-2 (.700) and 2-0-0-3 (.700) respectively. 45 of the 80 overtime games (56%) went into double overtime and Penticton led the league in double overtime wins at 5-0-0-4 (.778) whereas Cowichan Valley and Powell River led in winning percentage at .833 with both going 4-0-1-1. Nanaimo also played in a league high double overtime games at 12 and Salmon Arm, Merritt, along with Quesnel played in a league low three double overtime games going 0-0-1-2 (.500), 1-0-0-2 (.667), and 1-0-0-2 (.667).
When teams played at home this season they posted a 274-161-9-36 record good for a .618 winning percentage. Victoria finished with a league best record of 25-3-1-1 while Vernon finished with a league best 19-9-1-1 road record.
Cowichan Valley led the league in one-goal victories this season at 21-8-1-5 (.686) and also amount of one-goal games at 35. Powell River led in winning percentage at .703 with their 20-7-1-4 record.
The Coastal Conference finished with a 32-27-2-3 (.539) record against the Interior Conference however the Interior was 30-25-2-7 for the exact same winning percentage at .539. Looks like the Coastal Conference wins on virtue of more wins with both Conference's gaining 69 points each in the 64 interlocking games. Salmon Arm, Westside, Cowichan Valley, and Powell River all finished with a league high six out-of-conference wins but Westside had the best winning percentage at .875 going 6-0-0-2 whereas the other three all went 6-2-0-0 (.750). Within each conference Victoria had the best record going 40-9-1-2 (.798) against the Coast this season. Within the two divisions out on the Coast the Island Division has bragging rights going a combined 35-25-0-4 (.578) with Victoria again having the best out-of-divisonal record at 13-3-0-0 (.813) as well as within their division at 27-6-1-2 (.792).
At the end of the season Cowichan Valley has the oldest team in the league followed by Prince George and Powell River while the three youngest teams are Penticton, Langley, and Merritt.
Trail and Merritt had the most fighting majors in the league at 87 while Vernon had the fewest with 40. Sean Nugent and Jadon Porterfield of Trail led the league with 19 tilts each.
Patrick Haas, the voice of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, takes a weekly look at the top news from around the BC Hockey League. Each week, Patrick will review the headlines that have fans of the league's 16 teams buzzing.
