In reference to:
 
> > >U.S. College Hockey Online Preseason Poll
> > >Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 6, 1997)
> > >
> > >    Team (first-place votes)    Pts    Last Year
> > > 1  North Dakota (30)           300      4
> > > 2  Boston University           234      7
> > > 3  Michigan State              219      -
> > > 4  Minnesota                   160      3
> > > 5  Colorado College            145      -
> > > 6  New Hampshire               120      6
> > > 7  Maine                       112      9
> > > 8  Miami (Ohio)                 96      5
> > > 9  Michigan                     89      1
> > >10  Rensselaer                   71      -
> > >
> > >Others Receiving Votes: Clarkson 46, Cornell 32,
> > >Denver 7, Boston College 6, Wisconsin 6,
> > >Lake Superior 4, Bowling Green 3
 
Craig Schmidt asks:
 
> Is this poll legitimate at all? I got an e-mail touting itself the "USCHO
> Newsletter" or something to that effect. It seemed legitimate, but the date
> on the poll is hard to overlook, not to mention the inaccuarcies in the
> "last year" column. Is this a misprint, am I being messed with, or do I just
> not have a sense of humor? All of the above?
 
I suspect that the 1997 pre-season poll was simply included in error.
(The ECAC teams are certainly in the positions they held for that
poll, and the others look reasonable for '97 as well.)
 
Note that USCHO's "New Millennium" overhaul (nearly 15 months early)
is still 5 days away, so perhaps that message was meant to go out next
week.
                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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