Generals, Greyhounds in dead heat atop the BTN Dynamic Dozen

With a 15-2 record since the trade deadline, the Soo Greyhounds are, well, within a rounding error of leading the Buzzing The Net Dynamic Dozen.

The Michael Dal Colle-led Oshawa Generals, by the absolute slimmest margin, are still on top of Yahoo! Junior Hockey's weekly stab at quantifying the performance of all 60 Canadian Hockey League teams. A changing of the guard might not be too far off with March just around the corner.

The Rimouski Océanic slid two spots after losing back-to-back games before recovering to beat the Quebec Remparts on Tuesday night.

1. Oshawa Generals, OHL (.562 RPI, +1.9 SRS, —) — Picture the Gens who are the age of majority doing the 1972 Miami Dolphins cork-popping celebration when Sam Bennett's return to the Kingston Frontenacs was confirmed. Seventh-place Kingston, which has accounted for five (two by shootout) of the Generals' 13 total losses, is now less likely to get a chance to see if it can carry over its hold over Oshawa into the playoffs.

Oshawa displayed its staying power on Sunday by beating Ottawa at the end of a 3-in-3 weekend where it had a day game immediately after a night game.

2. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL (.562 RPI, +1.8 SRS, +1) — The 'Hounds will get a national spotlight on Sunday against London since Sportsnet has picked up the tilt. They are scoring at a clip that approaches that of last season's league title-winning Guelph Storm while not having a top-10 scorer, but having five in the top 25 in Sergey Tolchinsky (11th), Jared McCann (13th), Anthony DeAngelo (16th), Justin Bailey (18th) and Michael Bunting (25th)..

3. Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL (.556 RPI, +1.4 SRS, +1) — Ivan Provorov, whom esteemed hockey minds believe is the best defenceman in the draft pool, rejoins the Wheat Kings lineup this week. It's wild to think that a defenceman could win the Dub's rookie scoring title, let alone one who missed league games due to playing in the world junior and getting hurt, yet he is that good.

Brandon, of course, lost only once while Provorov was coalescing. Coach-GM Kelly McCrimmon wasn't too upset by that loss in Prince Albert, so apparently it's all good .

4. Rimouski Océanic, QMJHL (.555 RPI, +1.2 SRS, -2) — No Frédérik Gauthier and Rimouski still shut out Quebec 3-0 on Tuesday, winning for the first time this season at Le Colisée. The result might have sealed up the East and potential home-ice advantage some time this spring. With Gauthier, who was injured by after being checked after the whistle by Gatineau's Yakov Trenin, unable to play, captain Alexis Loiseau owned the dot by winning 70 per cent of his draws (16-of-23). Eighteen-year-old wing Tyler Boland, who was a 10th-round pick once upon a time, also chipped in two points.

While Gauthier's status hangs somewhat up in the air, Rimouski also has upcoming tilts against two slick offensive teams, Sherbrooke and Halifax.

5. Kelowna Rockets, WHL (.551 RPI, +1.6 SRS, —) — The Rockets are close to having first-string goalie Jackson Whistle, who played 42 of their first 52 games, back from a three-week injury absence. They have won 6-of-8 while lefthander Michael Herringer and rookie Jake Morrissey were splitting the starts, so score one for cultivating some goalie depth in the system.

The latter's older brother, Josh Morrissey, whom you might remember from the world junior championship, is one game shy of tying his longest point streak as a junior. .

6. Portland Winterhawks, WHL (.550 RPI, +0.9 SRS, —) — This is the time of year for younger players to step out of the shadows, and 17-year-old Evan Weinger did just that while skating with drafted forwards Chase de Leo and Keegan Iverson when Portland held off a game Tri-City team. The rookie from California had an assist and his tenacity drew the penalties for two of the Winterhawks' three power plays.

Meantime, Oliver Bjorkstrand is five goals away from a repeat 50-goal season. Not many players do that.

7. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, QMJHL (.543 RPI, +1.2 SRS, +3) — B-B, the tightest defensive team in the Q, is in the midst of a five-day break after a Sunday scorefest with Shawinigan. It's plausible that coach-GM Joël Bouchard might be spending some time on some remedial defensive work.

The Armada are ceding games in hand to Moncton (one) and Rimouski (two) in the race for first overall. At the same time, it will be getting more rest opportunities before the playoffs.

8. Erie Otters, OHL (.538 RPI, +1.2 SRS, -1) — The one statistic the Otters likely care about is that they have only won four of their past eight games. The one Otters statistic you might care about is the date where Connor McDavid will record his 100th point of the season, since you're running a pool. With a docket of Guelph and an Owen Sound home-and-home on tap, there's a possibility McDavid could get the eight he needs for a century season by the end off the weekend.

9. Moncton Wildcats, QMJHL (.533 RPI, +0.5 SRS, +3) — Since the 'Cats have been off since Feb. 20, might as well pot-stir by dredging up overage goalie Alex Dubeau's post-season history. Goaltenders always get too much blame or credit, so let's just say there's a ready-made narrative based on the fact the league's leader in career shutouts (15 over nearly five seasons) has been party to Moncton's past two first-round exits as well as a Game 7 second-round exit in 2012 that was prologue to the Shawinigan Spring. Give a competitor enough chances and he will come through.

Following Sunday's visit from Gatineau, the Wildcats play out the string entirely within the division.

10. London Knights, OHL (.533 RPI, +0.5 SRS, +4) — The big takeaway from London's comeback win against Jake Paterson and Kitchener on Tuesday (4-3 in the shootout after falling behind by three) is probably how well 17-year-old goalie Tyler Parsons played after coming in at the start of the second period. It doesn't seem out of the realm that the rookie could be a viable alternative in the playoffs, if need be. Kitchener was missing experienced defencemen Max Iafrate, Liam Maaskant and Dmitrii Sergeev on Tuesday, so it's not surprising that London was able to claw back.

11. Calgary Hitmen, WHL (.529 RPI, +1.5 SRS, +8) — Calgary breaks in right on time for a Wednesday visit to Portland, where Brendan Burke (2.07 avg., .928 save pct. since being traded by the Winterhawks) is due to start after Mack Shields was in the barrel in Tuesday's win at Seattle.

The Hitmen's dominance has been leavened by a soft strength-of-schedule of ranking. By the way, it would be remiss not to mention that 18-year-old wing Chase Lang, who scored on Tuesday night, has pulled off the feat of doubling his goal and point totals in consecutive seasons.

12. Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL (.528 RPI, +0.8 SRS, -3) — Anthony Beauvillier's blistering pace — 68 official shots, 11 goals over 13 games since mid-January — has sparked talk of the super sophomore possibly recording a 50-goal season. The speculation has irked Cataractes coach Martin Raymond and it might seem a bit fanciful, since Beauvillier would need to strike 11 times in the 12 remaining games. Interestingly enough, the 17-year-old has got to 39 goals without scoring a single hat trick.

The not as dynamic but still very distinguished dozen — 13. Barrie Colts, OHL (.527, -2); 14. Québec Remparts, QMJHL (.525, -1); 15. Guelph Storm, OHL (.525, +1); 16. Everett Silvertips, WHL (.525, -8); 17. Owen Sound Attack, OHL (.522, +7); 18. Ottawa 67's, OHL (.520, —); 19. Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL (.518, -4); 20. Kitchener Rangers, OHL (.513, +2); 21. Regina Pats, WHL (.511, +4); 22. Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL (.511, -2); 23. Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL (.509, -2); 24. Victoria Royals, WHL (.509, -7).

Hot team — Kootenay Ice, up 12 (32 to 44).

Cold team — Sarnia Sting, down 10 (47 to 37).

Nowhere to go but up — Sudbury Wolves (.428).

An explanation on rankings — Buzzing The Net uses Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) with a recency factor. RPI combines a team's record with the strength of its opponents to produce an overall rating. Our method also gives more weight to recently played games. Shootout wins and losses are classified as ties, for philosophical and practical reasons. Simple Ranking System (SRS), a ranking which combines goal differential and strength of schedule, is used as a complement. All three CHL leagues are considered equivalent in quality.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.

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