The Calgary Flames have won both of their holiday season games to move into a solid position atop the Canadian Championship Standings. Calgary defeated Ottawa 6-2 on December 27th, and Edmonton 6-4 on New Year's Eve to improve their record to 5-1 in the 2008-2009 NHL Canadian Championships.
The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks have now played at least half of their 10 Championship games and sit on 4 points each, tied with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2nd place.
The Eastern Conference teams still have a few games in hand, and will be hard pressed to catch Calgary. The Montreal Canadiens, who have only played twice, will play the Senators in January and then head out west in February.
The Ottawa Senators returned from a 3-game Western Canada trip with only one victory. They will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, January 3rd (CBC, 7 pm).
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Each team plays 10 games. One home and one away against each of the other Canadian teams.
Teams in the same conference play each other more than twice during the regular season, however only two of the meetings were selected (home and away). The games selected were Nationally Televised on TSN, CBC-Hockey Night in Canada (particularly on Hockey Day in Canada), or Holidays where possible.
The Canadian Championship will use same point structure as the NHL Regular Season (W - 2 pts, OTL - 1 pt, SOL - 1 pt)
The Champion will be the team with the most points.
2009-2010 Standings
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
SOL
|
PTS
|
Calgary Flames |
8
|
8 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
Vancouver Canucks |
6
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
Ottawa Senators |
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
6
|
Edmonton Oilers |
5
|
2 |
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
Montreal Canadiens |
6
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
7
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
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