These awards are long past due, but for the books, it's better late than never. It's also an abbreviated version due to the ranks undergoing a huge midseason pause that left us without stats for the end of the regular season. This year, the ranks did not predict the Stanley Cup winner. This is the ultimate goal for the ranks (one of many) and we hope to bring you another cup winner this year. So let's get right to it and reveal the winners for the 2013-14 season:
T.O.A. President's Trophy Award:
San Jose Sharks (5 out of 13 weeks at #1)
2nd Place: Chicago Blackhawks (4 weeks at #1)
3rd Place: St. Louis Blues (3 weeks at #1)
Highest Power Index in One Week:
St. Louis Blues ("13.0" in Week 1)
2nd Place: San Jose Sharks ("11.2" in Week 2)
Highest Average Power Index:
St. Louis Blues ("7.7826")
2nd Place: San Jose Sharks ("7.7117")
3rd Place: Colorado Avalanche ("7.0001")
Lowest Power Index in One Week:
Washington Capitals("0" in Week 3)
2nd Place: Florida Panthers (0.1429) in Week 1
Lowest Average Power Index:
Florida Panthers ("1.1789")
2nd Place: Columbus Blue Jackets (1.9575)
3rd Place: Buffalo Sabres (2.4695)
Highest Climb in One Week:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Up 13 (Week 2)
Biggest Drop in One Week:
Vancouver Canucks
Down 11 (Week 2)
Hottest Movers Award:
Washington Capitals (4 times)
2nd Place: 3 times (2-way tie) Dallas Stars & Winnipeg Jets
Nottest Movers Award:
3 times (2-way tie) Dallas Stars & Edmonton Oilers
2nd Place: 2 times (6-way tie) Colorado; Nashville; Calgary; Tampa Bay; San Jose; Winnipeg
The "Meadow" Basement Award:
Buffalo Sabres (9 out of 13 weeks in last place; 9 in a row the last 9 weeks)
2nd Place: N.Y. Rangers (2 weeks in a row at #30)
3rd Place: Philadelphia Flyers (1 week in last place)
Special Award (& Laugh):
L.A. Kings (2 straight weeks on the "Who's Hot?" list.)
Colorado Avalanche (2 straight weeks on the "Who's Not?" list.)
Congratualtions to the winners (& not-so winners)! Let's look forward to an action packed 2014-15 season with T.O.A. providing cool stories &, as always, the one and only T.O.A. Power Rankings!
