We've know all year Maine's defense is good, but check out this week's
CHODR.  It shows that Maine's offense (by this computation) is 3rd in the
nation, making Maine a vaunted team BOTH offensively and defensively.
 
Boston University has the 10th best offense and the 21st best defense.
 
-dt
 
 
>Date:         Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:04:23 EST
>Reply-To: Robin Lock <[log in to unmask]>
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>From: Robin Lock <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      CHODR as of 02/15/99
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>***   Up to date CHODR ratings, predictions and results can be found
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>           CHODR - The College Hockey Offensive / Defensive Ratings
>                      (Based on games through 02/15/99)
>
>                        Division I      Offense        Defense    Overall
>Rank Team                 Record     Rating  Rank   Rating  Rank   Rating
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  1  New Hampshire       22  5  2      4.56    5      1.75    2      2.61
>  2  Maine               22  2  4      4.58    3      1.88    3      2.44
>  3  Michigan State      22  3  6      3.00   30      1.27    1      2.36
>  4  North Dakota        24  2  2      5.31    1      2.41   14      2.20
>  5  Boston College      18 10  2      4.57    4      2.41   13      1.89
>  6  Colorado College    20  9  1      4.22    6      2.33   11      1.81
>  7  Providence          16 13  0      4.64    2      2.77   23      1.68
>  8  Notre Dame          16  9  4      3.49   14      2.26    7      1.54
>  9  St Lawrence         17  9  2      3.54   11      2.32   10      1.53
> 10  Clarkson            16  9  1      3.38   18      2.31    9      1.46
> 11  Ohio State          18 11  4      3.26   21      2.29    8      1.43
> 12  Mass-Lowell         16 13  0      3.53   12      2.50   15      1.41
> 13  Northern Michigan   17 10  3      3.92    8      2.79   24      1.41
> 14  Michigan            17  8  5      2.98   31      2.20    5      1.36
> 15  Denver              17 11  2      4.00    7      2.99   28      1.34
> 16  Boston University   11 15  3      3.60   10      2.74   21      1.32
> 17  Colgate             12 10  4      3.02   28      2.37   12      1.27
> 18  Ferris State        13 10  5      2.62   37      2.08    4      1.26
> 19  Princeton           15  7  1      3.29   20      2.66   19      1.24
> 20  Cornell             10 10  3      3.14   24      2.61   18      1.20
> 21  Rensselaer          16  9  1      3.68    9      3.06   30      1.20
> 22  Vermont             11 12  2      2.92   32      2.56   17      1.14
> 23  St Cloud            14 13  3      3.18   23      2.81   25      1.13
> 24  Northeastern         9 17  3      3.50   13      3.09   31      1.13
> 25  Yale                10 11  2      3.04   27      2.69   20      1.13
> 26  Merrimack           10 18  1      3.34   19      2.99   27      1.12
> 27  Minnesota           10 16  6      3.41   16      3.17   34      1.08
> 28  Brown                7 11  5      3.01   29      2.85   26      1.06
> 29  Niagara             11  9  3      3.07   26      3.00   29      1.02
> 30  Bowling Green       13 15  3      3.46   15      3.54   40      0.98
> 31  Wisconsin           12 15  3      2.48   39      2.54   16      0.98
> 32  MSU-Mankato         11 13  4      3.39   17      3.48   39      0.97
> 33  Dartmouth            9 13  1      3.25   22      3.43   38      0.95
> 34  Alaska-Anchorage    13 12  5      2.12   42      2.25    6      0.94
> 35  Harvard             10 11  2      3.08   25      3.33   36      0.92
> 36  Miami                8 17  5      2.91   33      3.17   35      0.92
> 37  Mass-Amherst         8 18  2      2.49   38      2.75   22      0.91
> 38  Lake Superior        8 19  3      2.76   35      3.14   33      0.88
> 39  Minnesota-Duluth     7 21  4      2.66   36      3.11   32      0.85
> 40  Alaska-Fairbanks     9 20  1      2.88   34      3.94   45      0.73
> 41  Michigan Tech        8 21  1      2.37   40      3.37   37      0.70
> 42  Western Michigan     5 17  7      2.27   41      3.58   41      0.63
> 43  Nebraska-Omaha       6 21  0      1.90   44      3.72   44      0.51
> 44  Union                3 20  3      1.79   47      3.64   43      0.49
> 45  Army                 5 12  0      1.88   45      4.26   46      0.44
> 46  Quinnipiac          14  3  2      1.57   48      3.63   42      0.43
> 47  Air Force            4 13  1      1.83   46      5.00   48      0.36
> 48  Connecticut         10  7  2      1.51   49      4.84   47      0.31
> 49  Holy Cross          10  8  2      1.41   50      5.43   49      0.26
> 50  Canisius             5  9  4      1.41   51      6.35   50      0.22
> 51  Iona                 8  8  1      1.90   43      9.08   51      0.21
> 52  Fairfield            0 18  0      0.79   52     13.46   52      0.06
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Average Team:                          2.94           2.94           1.00
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Home Ice Advantage = *// 1.065 Goals Per Game.
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Based on 691 Division I games.
>Only games between two of the 52 teams listed are counted in the ratings
>and in the record shown.
>
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