Around the Rinks/U.S. College Hockey Online Poll
  Princeton, New Jersey/Minneapolis, Minnesota
                 March 3, 1997
 
Note: This is the last poll for the 1996-97 season. The next poll will
appear in October 1997.
 
    Team (first-place votes)    Record      Pts    Last
 1  Michigan (30)              30- 3-4      300      1
 2  Clarkson                   24- 8-0      248      4
 3  Minnesota                  24-11-1      203      5
 4  North Dakota               24-10-2      186      2
 5  Miami (Ohio)               25-10-1      172      6
 6  New Hampshire              25- 9-0      162      3
 7  Boston University          20- 8-6      140      7
 8  Vermont                    21- 8-3       90      9
 9  Maine                      24-10-1       50     10
10  Denver                     21-11-1       28      -
 
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State 27, St. Cloud 21,
Cornell 18, Lake Superior 3, Colorado College 2
 
How the top ten fared:
#1 Michigan lost @#5 Miami 2-4, won @Ohio State 7-4
#2 Clarkson won @Cornell 3-1, won @Colgate 7-3
#3 Minnesota played Wisconsin twice, won 4-3 and 7-3
#4 North Dakota played @#10 Denver twice, lost 3-6 and 0-5
#5 Miami def. Western Michigan 5-4, def #1 Michigan 4-2
#6 New Hampshire def. Providence 7-5, lost @#7 BU 1-5
#7 Boston University def. Merrimack 2-1, def #6 UNH 5-1
#8 Vermont won @Brown 3-2, won @Harvard 5-4
#9 Maine def. Mass Amherst 10-3
#10 Denver played #4 North Dakota twice, won 6-3 and 5-0
 
Up next:
#1 Michigan hosts Alaska-Fairbanks in CCHA Quarterfinal best of 3 series
#2 Clarkson hosts Harvard, SLU or Yale in ECAC Quarterfinal best of 3
series
#3 Minnesota hosts Alaska-Anchorage in WCHA First Round best of 3 series
#4 North Dakota hosts Michigan Tech in WCHA First Round best of 3 series
#5 Miami hosts Ohio State in CCHA Quarterfinal best of 3 series
#6 New Hampshire hosts Mass Amherst in HE Quarterfinal best of 3 series
#7 Boston University hosts Northeastern in HE Quarterfinal best of 3
series
#8 Vermont hosts Princeton in ECAC Quarterfinal best of 3 series
#9 Maine disqualified from post-season play
#10 Denver hosts Minnesota-Duluth in WCHA First Round best of 3 series
 
The Around the Rinks/USCHO Poll (formerly known as the Troy Record Poll)
consists of 30 voters, including five coaches from each major Division I
conference, two beat writers from each conference, and two voters with
national interests. The poll is conducted on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis,
and published weekly by the Associated Press. The current poll can be
found on the World Wide Web at http://uscollegehockey.com