JC Lipon and Kamloops have yet to lose in regulation or overtime (Kelvin Harrison photo)

The Kamloops Blazers have been so dominant they've raised the tide of all ships around them.

Coach Guy Charron's Western League-leading Kamloops crew top the season's inaugural Dynamic Dozen by so much — 75 percentage points ahead of the closest team in RPI — by so much that it isn't even funny. The Blazers, paced by the Call Upon Line (is this a thing yet?) of JC Lipon, Colin Smith and Tim Bozon, are a terrific team which is also on a roll that should taper off at some point. They've been so good through the season's first six weeks, though, that this exercise has become a WHL Western Conference love-in, with that half of the dub taking the next three spots and five of the top 10. That is typical of the first few editions of the Dynamic Dozen, before teams have a good-sized body of work in the tank; it will correct itself over time, presuming Kamloops (15-0-0-1) actually loses in regulation time or overtime at some point.

The Blazers are giving last season's Winterhawks a run for their money (CP)

"On pace for" arguments at this point in the season sound a little ridiculous, unless you believe that the Kamloops Blazers can really end up 67-0-0-5. Short of JC Lipon and Colin Smith having taken a time-warp back to the 1980s, I have a tough time believing that either player will sustain their current point paces, and Mikaël Lalancette of TVA Sports took the plunge this morning, comparing the output of the Blazers' top line of Lipon, Smith and Tim Bozon with other historically excellent lines in Canadian Hockey League history:

The Blazers have been a scoring machine since the start of the season. The trio of Lipon, Smith and Bozon (a third round selection of the Montreal Canadiens) are making arrows out of all types of wood.

In 16 games, the line Lipon-Smith-Bozon has earned 106 points, one of the best performances of all-time in Canadian junior hockey.

Just for fun, a look at that the performance of a few of the biggest lines in history. These are different eras, which show off just how strong Bozon and his teammate's performances are. [TVA Sports - Translation mine, with a h/t to Rookie]

Lalancette finds the production of Pierre Larouche, Michel Déziel and Jacques Cossette of the 1973-74 Sorel Éperviers to be the tops: They recorded 692 points in the season, and 115 after their first 16 games. Bozon is on a line only slightly behind one of another Habs' legend: Guy Lafleur, Michel Brière and André Savard had 111 points after 16 games.

The Blazers line lands ahead of the dominant 2007 London Knights of Patrick Kane, Sergei Kostitsyn and Sam Gagner, who had 99 points after 16, and shockingly, well ahead of Sidney Crosby, Marc-Antoine Pouliot and Dany Roussin of the 2005 Rimouski Oceanic.

Kurtis Mucha did something on Friday which had never, ever been done in the long history of Canada West university hockey: he scored a goal.

How did it happen? It was the standard opposing-goalie-off-on-a-delayed-penalty, errant-pass-goes-in-the-net scenario. Mucha, a former Western Hockey League goalie who now plays for the Alberta Golden Bears (currently ranked No. 4 in Canadian Interuniversity Sport), was credited with the goal since he was the last U of A man to touch the puck after stopping a long shot. The one twist is that the Lethbridge Pronghorns' off-the-mark pass from out of the corner to the goaltender's left banked off the boards in the neutral zone and rolled into the net. It was karma for Kurtis Mucha, though, as he said in Alberta's media release:

"The funny thing is, I almost had a couple of assists that night too. I moved the puck up ice a couple of times and was the third assist on a couple of goals, so I was pretty close to a two- or three-point night."

"The guys on the team, especially the guys without goals, are all chirping at me for sure."

Ottawa's Sean Monahan is a potential NHL lottery pick (OHL Images)

Sean Monahan's situation during his draft year is much like Ryan Murray's was a year ago, even though they don't play the same position.

Murray juggled his ambitions to be a NHL lottery pick last season with leading a young Everett Silvertips team, which he helped reach the WHL playoffs before the Columbus Blue Jackets drafted him No. 2 overall in June. Monahan, the Ottawa 67's centre who is considered the OHL's best draft prospect and a likely Top 5 selection next summer, has similarly become a primary leader in the nation's capital. On any given day, he might have a pair of wings whose C.V. includes scarcely little time as a top-six forward, yet he's fifth in league scoring with 22 points in 14 games on for a team which is 20th overall in the OHL at 4-8-0-2, but has a better goal differential than seven other teams.

"This year is going to involve a lot of hard work and that's something I'm ready for and something that's going to help me be better," says Monahan. "I just have to push myself and push my teammates and be there for them to look up to me and be here for them.

"We're starting to come together as team here and know what it takes to win, we're going to start getting some wins."

Combing all corners of the country and the blogosphere for your junior hockey headlines ...

WHL

How did the proposed Canadian Hockey League Players' Association come by their position that major junior players could be eligible for the NCAA? Well, it actually has some basis. (Coming Down The Pipe!, United States Of Hockey, Globe & Mail)

No one on the league-leading Kamloops Blazers is gung-ho to organize. Defenceman Tyler Hansen: "We feel as a team that we're taken care of and we love our owners." (Kamloops Daily News)

The Vancouver Giants will be a seller if trends continue. How about 19-year-old defenceman David Musil to the defending champion Edmonton Oil Kings? (Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Province)

The Portland Winterhawks having the best goals-against record in the Dub? That is new. (Portland Tribune)

The Brandon Wheat Kings believe they are getting an attendance bump thanks to the NHL lockout. (Winnipeg Free Press)

OHL

Guelph Storm coach Scott Walker unloaded after his injury-depleted team was routed 6-2 by Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday: "We need players in here. We need to make moves and we need to make significant moves, players that can play." (Guelph Mercury)

No. 1 Star - Cody Donaghey, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)Cody Donaghey (CP Images)

We're still less than a quarter of the way into the hockey season, but the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies have covered half of the teams' total wins from last season. Last year, the team won just 24 times and scored 3.33 goals per game. The team won its 12th game in 16 games this season on Sunday, and after putting up an 8-spot on the Rimouski Oceanic, have now scored 4.88 goals each game.

However, of the teams' 70 goals going into the game, none had been scored by Cody Donaghey, the Huskies' offensively-minded defenceman selected 14th overall in the QMJHL Draft this summer. Touted for his size (he's listed by the Huskies as 6'1" 182 despite being just 16 years old) and instincts at both ends, Donaghey had actually not scored a point this season. That changed for the 3-1 goal at 4:25 into the first period, the 73rd goal on the season, Donaghey's first as a QMJHLer.

Just minutes later, Donaghey got an assisted on a Redgie Bois tally, and scored again in garbage time during the team's 8-3 rout.

No. 2 Star - Michael Giugovaz, Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Nothing quite like a goaltender in a white helmet going on a hot streak and winning games for his team. Michael Giugovaz, the rookie for the Petes, has won his team a pair of games in as many nights, stopping 80 of his last 83 shots faced, for an un-worldly .964 save percentage in two games. On the season in his nine games, his .912 hovers around league average, but he's the only rookie starting goaltender listed on the OHL's stats page, so we can't stack him up against other guys in his situation.

Draft-eligible this season, Giugovaz's weekend was something that might have had a few scouts jot down some notes in their book. He stopped 45 of 47 Oshawa Generals shots Sunday, plus two more in the shootout on Cole Cassels and Boone Jenner, and held the Gens to a 1-for-6 night on the powerplay.

No. 3 Star - Ty Rattie, Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

The Portland Winterhawks haven't been going to town on the rest of the U.S. Division like last season, but Sunday night at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, you could have fooled me into thinking that we were midway through the 2011-12 season. St. Louis Blues' 32nd overall pick from 2011 Ty Rattie, who has a four-game multi-point streak going, had four assists in the Winterhawks' 6-0 win.

Undrafted JC Lipon is leading the WHL in scoring (Kelvin Harrison photo)It seems every year a handful of undrafted 19-year-olds blossom into stars in the Western Hockey League. It is tough to say whether they're just late bloomers or they haven't been given the opportunity to breakout into stars up until their second last year of major junior eligibility.

This year appears to be no exception. There are several 19-year-olds making their mark as elite impact players.

Precedents show a head-turning breakout season can extend a player's career from the junior ranks to the pros. After Craig Cunningham broke out in his fourth season with the Vancouver Giants by scoring 97 points in 2009-10, he was drafted 97th overall by the Boston Bruins. The same can be said about former Kootenay Ice puck-stopper Nathan Lieuwen. Once Lieuwen was finally able to stay healthy and lead his Ice to an Ed Chynoweth Cup, the Buffalo Sabres selected him 167th in the 2011 draft.

A hot start and a breakout season are two different things. But if these veterans can continue their

Hunter Shinkaruk has 10 points in his past two games (Derek Leung, Getty Images)

No. 1 star: Hunter Shinkaruk, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Him again? Shinkaruk (2G-2A, +2) helped Medicine Hat surmount the Regina Pats 5-4 at home despite the fact the visitors were able to create a grinding pace for long stretches, which is hardly ideal for a skilled player. The potential NHL first-round pick, who had six points in his hometown of Calgary on Friday, scored a spinnerama goal in the first and also teed up defenceman Dylan Busenius for a second-period strike that gave the Tigers their first lead.

The table was still open with a 3-3 tie through two periods, but Medicine Hat drew confidence from Shinkaruk's second of the night 59 seconds into the third; he also set up Trevor Cox's eventual game-winner with 2:30 left. It was the Tigers' third win in a row.

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