NHL Power Rankings dominated by Blackhawks

We're almost to the halfway mark of this shortened season, if that can be believed, and the Chicago Blackhawks have a stranglehold on the top of our Power

Despite close calls and a bunch of one-goal games, the Blackhawks have refused to lose in regulation :: Duane Burleson/AP

We're almost to the halfway mark of this shortened season, if that can be believed, and the Chicago Blackhawks have a stranglehold on the top of our Power Rankings. It's been this way for six straight weeks. True, the Hawks needed a couple of shootouts to reach their record 19-0-3 start, but the numbers are the numbers. Meanwhile, the biggest risers this week were teams like Phoenix, Toronto, Philadelphia and Minnesota. Tampa Bay, Carolina, New Jersey and Edmonton took sizable plunges.

On to the countdown...