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It looks like Bruce has released his third annual "Best of the East" Poll... a compilation of answers from around the Conference that is a lot of fun to read.  
 
Below are Wheat Kings that made the top 3 in various categories, with ranking in brackets...  
 
Best Player: Brayden Schenn (3rd)  
 
Top Rookie: Toni Rajala (3rd)  
 
Best stay-at-home defenceman: Travis Hamonic (3rd)  
 
Best offensive defenceman: Travis Hamonic (1st. High praise to be ranked highly as both a stay-at-home AND offensive D)  
 
Best drafted pro prospect: Brayden Schenn (2nd), Travis Hamonic (3rd)  
 
Best 20-year old: Matt Calvert (1st)  
 
Best prospect list: Brandon (1st, Eat your heart out WHL )  
 
Top executive: Kelly McCrimmon (1st)  
 
Top defensive forward: Brent Raedeke (3rd)  
 
Top faceoff man: Brayden Schenn (2nd)  
 
Best skater: Matt Calvert (3rd)  
 
Toughest building to play in on the road: Brandon (2nd)  
 
No Wheat Kings made the top 3 in:  
- Most valuable player to his team  
- Best goaltender  
- Best 16-year old  
- Best undrafted pro prospect  
- Best coach  
- Hardest shot  
- Most accurate shot  
- Toughest player  
- Most irritating player  
- Opposing player you respect the most  
- Which arena has the best ice  
 
Are there any Wheat Kings that should've been mentioned in any given category that werent? Are there any of the mentions that do surprise you?  
 
A big thanks to Bruce for doing this again this season... I know that a lot of work goes into this sort of thing, but it's exactly the kind of feature that helps make it fun to be a fan.  
The whole thing including Bruce's commentary and methodology is in this week's BSun Community News at http://brandonsun.com/community_news.pdf (page 10) and hopefully Luber will be able to post it in full-text on his blog soon..