Hockeywood weekend returns: Out Of The Ordinary Activity

Hockeywood Returns

Paranormal Activity shotThis week's number one movie is the Little Film That Could: Paranormal Activity. Shot for a shoestring budget, 'Activity' follows a couple who are seemingly possessed by a demon living in their house.
Young middle-class San Diego couple Micah (Micah Sloat) and Katie (Katie Featherston) are beingspooked by strange noises in their new home. Eager for answers,Micah decides to set up night-vision camera equipment in their bedroom, in addition to his own roving camcorder.
The stunning news is that 'Activity' kept Saw 37, or whatever number they are on, from the top spot. Personally, i've been on an old school horror movie binge. I just caught Nosferatu and the original Phantom of the Opera, and I have Michael Myers waiting for me on my DVR. Being that Halloween is around the corner, horror flicks are in fashion.

Well, the Kings are playing like they are possessed, reeling off another 4-game winning streak in October. And with a winning streak comes a bump in the rankings...

• ESPN's Power Rankings: This week 4. Last week 19.
    Andyour NHL leading scorer is ... Anze Kopitar. The Slovenian ace led allNHLers with 21 points (10-11) through 12 games heading into this weekas the Kings battle San Jose for the Pacific Division lead. Really,Burnside ... 19th last week? C'mon.
• LA Times' Helene Elliott's Power Rankings: This week 4. Last week 19.
    Four straight wins, Anze Kopitar leads NHL in goals (10) and points (21).
• Sportsnet.ca Power Rankings: This week 5. Last week 18.
    Anze Kopitar climbed to the top of the NHL scoring race thanks in part to four three-point games thus far.
• The Hockey News Power Rankings: This week 9. Last week 20.
    Team inked goalie Jon Quick to a three-year extension
• FanHouse Power Rankings: This week 9. Last week 12.
     Is this going to be the year Anze Kopitar puts himself on the map as one of the game's best players? Looks that way through the first four weeks of the season as the 22-year-old center already has 16 points in 10 games. He's on pace to set new career-highs in just about every category.
• CBSSportsLine Power Rankings: This week 9. Last week 18.
Anze Kopitar is continuing his breakout season for the Kings, who have scored 20 goals in winning four in a row.
• FoxSports Power Rankings: This week 10. Last week 20.
    (.667) To say the Kings have been streaky is an understatement. In the first month of the season the club already has had a three-game losing streak and two four-game winning streaks, one of which came last week.
• TSN.ca's Power Rankings: This week 16 (?) Last week 20.
    Back on track, with four straight wins, the Kings lead the league with six double-digit point scorers already.
(Ed.note: I know that the Kings are new to this, but you mean to tell me 15 other teams are better than the Kings right now? Then again, if you can make sense of Scott Cullen's ranking system, my hat's off to you.)
Take the average of all eight lists, and you get the official Hockeywood Power Ranking for the Kings of

8.
Take Cullen's low ranking out of the equation, and the Kings rise one spot to seven. The Hockeywood Weekend Returns has also decided to bid adieu to CBC's Power Rankings, until they can get their system together and publish it closer to Monday rather than the middle of the week.
 

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