By Scott Fisher /

WINNIPEG SAINTS
With a heavy heart, the Saints are marching on.

Just days after losing teammate Jordan Mistelbacher to an unexplained and sudden death, the Saints were forced to carry on.

The Saints, ranked 10th in the CJHL, had a league-leading 77 points through mid-January thanks to an explosive offence that had scored 44 more goals than the next-best team.

The Saints also boast both the league’s best powerplay (21.3%) and penalty-kill 
units (88.9%).

Winnipeg product Dan Watt is running away with the scoring title with 50 goals and 112 points through 47 contests.

Meanwhile, local product Jordan DePape leads all MJHL rookies with 58 points in 
42 games.

SELKIRK STEELERS
One of just two MJHL teams without an overtime or shootout loss, the Steelers (34-15-0-0) are getting it done with defence.

The top defensive team in the division was riding a five-game winning streak in mid-January thanks, in part, to the goaltending duo of Joey Rewucki (2.67 GAA) and Alan Armour (2.85 GAA), who sit second and third respectively in the league.

The Steelers’ powerplay has also been productive and sits second in the league 
at 20.4%.

WINKLER FLYERS
Winkler continues to hold down no-man’s land in the Addison Division.

The Flyers entered late January sitting at 23-20-2-2, 18 points behind second-place Selkirk, but 14 points ahead of the fourth-place Winnipeg South Blues.

The Flyers went 4-1 in the middle of the month with their only setback coming against the top-ranked Winnipeg Saints.

Brandon goaltender Scott Hellyer tops the league with a sparkling .917 save percentage.

WINNIPEG SOUTH BLUES
The Blues hold down fourth spot in the Addison Division.

But they still have their work cut out for them to earn a playoff berth.

At 18-31-0-0, the Winnipeg squad is in danger of losing their post-season spot to the Neepawa Natives (18-22-2-5) in a cross-
over scenario.

The Blues are sending three players — Brent Polplawski, Evan Gravenor and Adam Stoykewych — to the MJHL all-star game in late January.

The team also traded 20-year-old forward Carson Rowat to the Portage Terriers for 16-year-old forward Andrew Allan and future considerations.

BEAUSEJOUR BLADES
The Blades are already thinking about next season.

With a 5-41-2-2 record through mid-January, Beausejour will be playing out the string for the final two months.

The biggest undoing has been an inability to keep the puck out of their net. The Blades have given up 318 goals through 50 games. Only one other MJHL team has surrendered more than 200.

The league-worst powerplay (10.1%) hasn’t helped matters.

Rugged forward Kyle Harty, from Medicine Hat, Alta., leads the team with 14 goals and 31 points (to go along with 126 PIMs) in 
41 games.