The Elliot Lake Wildcats have something to brag about in their inaugural year in the NOJHL. The Cats show up among the top 25 junior teams across Canada when it comes to winning percentages. The Wildcats are 22nd with a winning percentage of .716. Fifth on the national rankings are the powerful Soo Thunderbirds with an .816 winning percentage. Also from the NOJHL making the list are the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in 9th with a winning percentage of .795. In first are the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba League. The Terriers have lost only two games and won 45 for an incredible winning percentage of .939.
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Wildcats crack top 25 rankings list nation-wide

Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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