The Women's College Hockey Offensive/Defensive Ratings (WCHODR) are back
for another season.

Quick review: WCHODR provides offensive and defensive ratings for each
Women's Division I team.
Ratings are estimates of goal scoring and goals allowed with adjustments
for the quality of opponents.
The overall rating is just a ratio of offense to defense.
More details can be found at the WCHODR website
it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/wchodr
Website also includes predicted scoring rates for next  week's games:
it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/wchodr/next.html

Robin Lock
St. Lawrence University
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WCHODR as of 11/24/02

                        Division I      Offense        Defense
Overall
Rank Team                 Record     Rating  Rank   Rating  Rank
Rating
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  1  Harvard              5  1  0      5.87    1      0.85    1
6.89
  2  Minnesota-Duluth     9  1  2      5.51    2      0.90    2
6.14
  3  Minnesota           13  0  1      5.43    3      1.02    3
5.30
  4  Providence           7  3  1      3.07    7      1.28    4
2.40
  5  Wisconsin            8  4  2      3.88    5      1.71   11
2.27
  6  St. Lawrence         6  2  2      3.68    6      1.81   13
2.03
  7  Brown                4  3  1      2.91   10      1.45    5
2.01
  8  New Hampshire       10  1  1      2.93    9      1.52    8
1.93
  9  Dartmouth            7  2  0      3.89    4      2.16   14
1.80
 10  Princeton            5  2  1      2.59   11      1.61    9
1.61
 11  Mercyhurst          10  5  1      2.30   13      1.45    6
1.58
 12  Ohio State           3  9  2      2.53   12      1.70   10
1.49
 13  Bemidji State        5  5  3      2.19   14      1.72   12
1.28
 14  Northeastern         4  6  1      1.83   17      1.51    7
1.21
 15  Niagara              7  5  0      2.95    8      2.72   18
1.09
 16  Findlay              6  8  1      2.11   15      2.67   17
0.79
 17  Connecticut          5  6  0      1.51   21      2.32   15
0.65
 18  MSU-Mankato          3  9  0      1.87   16      2.90   20
0.65
 19  St. Cloud State      3  8  0      1.65   20      2.92   21
0.56
 20  North Dakota         2  7  2      1.71   19      3.57   22
0.48
 21  Boston College       3  4  1      1.81   18      3.80   25
0.48
 22  Maine                3  5  0      0.97   24      2.49   16
0.39
 23  Wayne State          2  5  0      1.02   23      2.88   19
0.35
 24  Colgate              3  7  0      1.17   22      3.58   23
0.33
 25  Yale                 1  6  0      0.80   26      3.71   24
0.21
 26  Cornell              0  5  1      0.75   27      4.19   27
0.18
 27  Quinnipiac           1  7  0      0.81   25      4.93   28
0.16
 28  Vermont              1 10  1      0.31   28      4.17   26
0.07
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Average Team:                          2.09           2.09
1.00
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Home Ice Advantage = *// 1.010 Goals Per Game.
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Based on 148 Division I games. Only games between two of the 28 teams
listed are counted in the ratings and in the record shown.