Mexico City are truly Kings

[Jayhawk 93]

The first 100 VHLM games have been played this season. 100 contests giving us a solid data sheet that says one thing, Mexico City is for real. 
How real are they? In their first 20 games of this campaign, they have 100 goals for. 55 against. Only 2 teams have fewer goals against and no one has more goals scored. Their record through 20 is 19-1-0. That’s right, 19-1-0. Mississauga is second at 16-2-2. Ottawa is the next up at 15-3-2. After that, it’s a drop-off. Mexico is averaging 5 goals for a game and 2.75 goals against. It’s a sharp contrast from the team that was all offense no defense last season. 

 

The top 10 in scoring is half populated by Mexico City players. Justin Williams, Grizz Tazzo, Tim Riggins, Noel Roux Jr, and Captain Nugget have been holding their spots in the top 10. Captain Nugget sits #1 on the list with an 11 point lead over #2. 4 Kings have 35 or more points through 20 games. 

 

4 kings sit in the top 10 in Goals. And 5 in the top ten in assists. 6 players on the Mexico roster have 30 or more points through 20 games. after starting the season 10-0 many felt the bottom would fall as it was more than many expected from Mexico city, but they went 16-0 before their first defeat. It has become the talk of the M, how is Mexico doing this? One thing to note is the play of Ross Glagau. He may not have the deepest defense core to play with, but the goalie is carrying his own. He has a 0.914 save percentage and a 2.72 goals-against average. Easily among the top in the league. Mexico does have, at the moment, the weaker conference to deal with. Mississauga and Ottawa are battling for the top of their conference with the next team 6 points back, and Mexico's next team in their conference sits 12 points back. While Saskatoon has fallen out of any playoff race, last season's champions, San Diego seem like a shadow of the powerhouse they were just one season ago. They find themselves in a dog fight with Houston, tied for 2nd in the conference. 

 

All this is to say that Mexico looks like the team to beat this season. Yes, we are just a quarter of the way through and things can and most likely will change. however, the odds of Mexico having a season to remember is very high. Last season people were talking about the high scoring top 3 in Mexico. This season looks like the high scoring top 5 - 6 in Mexico. Whatever is in the water in Mexico City, They would do well to keep it secret from the rest of the league. 

 

Three-quarters of the season left, Mexico has shown it can definitely be the team to beat. With a deadly offense and solid goaltending, this may just be how they get it done. Of course, only time will tell, but the clock is ticking!

 

 

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