Distance traveled: WHL vs OHL vs QMJHL

[JeromeHP]

Found this great piece via twitter this afternoon and thought that would interested hockey fan here on HF. gotta love bus ride

http://smallatlarge.blogspot.com/2010/08/qmjhl-distance-traveled.html
http://smallatlarge.blogspot.com/2010/08/distance-traveled-whl-vs-ohl.html

OHL

rk team km miles

1 Sault Ste Marie 19491 12114
2 Ottawa 18579 11547
3 Sudbury 17302 10753
4 Erie 17089 10621
5 Saginaw 16370 10174
6 Plymouth 16325 10146
7 Windsor 16198 10067
8 Sarnia 15672 9740
9 Kingston 15614 9704
10 Belleville 14923 9275
11 Niagara 14486 9003
12 London 14437 8973
13 Kitchener 14281 8876
14 Guelph 13961 8677
15 Owen Sound 13947 8668
16 Oshawa 13491 8385
17 Barrie 13387 8320
18 Peterborough 13214 8213
19 Brampton 12503 7771
20 Mississauga 11784 7324

QMJHL

rk team km miles

1 Cape Breton 29855 18551
2 Rouyn-Noranda 27111 16846
3 Halifax 24600 15286
4 Val-d'Or 23813 14797
5 P.E.I. 23719 14738
6 Acadie-Bathurst 22825 14183
7 Lewiston 22288 13849
8 Saint John 22214 13803
9 Gatineau 21572 13404
10 Moncton 21309 13241
11 Shawinigan 21014 13057
12 Québec 20933 13007
13 Montréal 20478 12724
14 Victoriaville 20334 12635
15 Baie-Comeau 20070 12471
16 Rimouski 20008 12432
17 Drummondville 19982 12416
18 Chicoutimi 19644 12206

WHL

Rk team km miles
1. Prince George 29816 18531
2. Brandon 28548 17743
3. Kootenay 28124 17479
4. Edmonton 26931 16738
5. Spokane 26856 16691
6. Prince Albert 26785 16647
7. Swift Current 25757 16008
8. Tri-City 25602 15912
9. Portland 25451 15818
10. Kamloops 25393 15782
11. Lethbridge 24957 15511
12. Medicine Hat 24825 15429
13. Red Deer 24465 15205
14. Saskatoon 24441 15190
15. Regina 24111 14985
16. Vancouver 23096 14354
17. Calgary 22941 14258
18. Everett 22447 13951
19. Moose Jaw 22425 13937
20. Kelowna 22346 13888
21. Seattle 21913 13619
22. Chilliwack 19231 11952

So, to wrap this up and rank the entire CHL.....I've taken the total km and divided it by the number of road games each team plays (to account for the fact that the WHL plays a 72 game schedule while the other two leagues play 68 games) and calculated the average driving distance per road game per team:

team league km games avg km/game

1 Cape Breton QMJHL 29855 34 878.1
2 Prince George WHL 29816 36 828.2
3 Rouyn-Noranda QMJHL 27111 34 797.4
4 Brandon WHL 28548 36 793.0
5 Kootenay WHL 28124 36 781.2
6 Edmonton WHL 26931 36 748.1
7 Spokane WHL 26856 36 746.0
8 Prince Albert WHL 26785 36 744.0
9 Halifax QMJHL 24600 34 723.5
10 Swift Current WHL 25757 36 715.5
11 Tri-City WHL 25602 36 711.2
12 Portland WHL 25451 36 707.0
13 Kamloops WHL 25393 36 705.4
14 Val-d'Or QMJHL 23813 34 700.4
15 P.E.I. QMJHL 23719 34 697.6
16 Lethbridge WHL 24957 36 693.3
17 Medicine Hat WHL 24825 36 689.6
18 Red Deer WHL 24465 36 679.6
19 Saskatoon WHL 24441 36 678.9
20 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 22825 34 671.3
21 Regina WHL 24111 36 669.7
22 Lewiston QMJHL 22288 34 655.5
23 Saint John QMJHL 22214 34 653.4
24 Vancouver WHL 23096 36 641.5
25 Calgary WHL 22941 36 637.3
26 Gatineau QMJHL 21572 34 634.5
27 Moncton QMJHL 21309 34 626.7
28 Everett WHL 22447 36 623.5
29 Moose Jaw WHL 22425 36 622.9
30 Kelowna WHL 22346 36 620.7
31 Shawinigan QMJHL 21014 34 618.1
32 Québec QMJHL 20933 34 615.7
33 Seattle WHL 21913 36 608.7
34 Montréal QMJHL 20478 34 602.3
35 Victoriaville QMJHL 20334 34 598.1
36 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 20070 34 590.3
37 Rimouski QMJHL 20008 34 588.5
38 Drummondville QMJHL 19982 34 587.7
39 Chicoutimi QMJHL 19644 34 577.8
40 Sault Ste Marie OHL 19491 34 573.3
41 Ottawa OHL 18579 34 546.4
42 Chilliwack WHL 19231 36 534.2
43 Sudbury OHL 17302 34 508.9
44 Erie OHL 17089 34 502.6
45 Saginaw OHL 16370 34 481.5
46 Plymouth OHL 16325 34 480.1
47 Windsor OHL 16198 34 476.4
48 Sarnia OHL 15672 34 460.9
49 Kingston OHL 15614 34 459.2
50 Belleville OHL 14923 34 438.9
51 Niagara OHL 14486 34 426.1
52 London OHL 14437 34 424.6
53 Kitchener OHL 14281 34 420.0
54 Guelph OHL 13961 34 410.6
55 Owen Sound OHL 13947 34 410.2
56 Oshawa OHL 13491 34 396.8
57 Barrie OHL 13387 34 393.7
58 Peterborough OHL 13214 34 388.6
59 Brampton OHL 12503 34 367.7
60 Mississauga OHL 11784 34 346.6

Those are pretty crazy number for the top qmjhl team and whl team. The ohl is not that bad compared to the 2 other league...

When you look at those numbers at the top of the list and you realize that the Cape Bretons and the Prince Georges of the league are driving more than 800 km on average to play each road game....I think it gives us fans another perspective on the level of dedication these players have to the game. These guys are averaging 8 or 9 hours - at least - of bus travel for every three hour road game they play. That's commitment

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[puckfan13]

For any Blackberry users out there. I know of a guy on Portland that broke 300,000 on Brickbreaker. That should be enough information to tell you how ridiculous the miles they put in on the bus each season are.

 

[Hallway Goon]

For any Blackberry users out there. I know of a guy on Portland that broke 300,000 on Brickbreaker. That should be enough information to tell you how ridiculous the miles they put in on the bus each season are.

thats an excellent perspective haha. I cant beat 15,000

 

[Nalens Oga]

Lol my local team Mississauga (Majors) travel the least out of everyone on that list. A lot of close OHL teams in the GTA region like Brampton minutes north of here.

 

[McDonagh]

Yeah! Cape Breton! we won something! this is almost as big as the Calder Cup

 

[BruinsBtn]

Great data. Those trips are crazy. It's even worse than it looks for some of those teams in the Q. They have to take ferries to some cities.