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Dan Lien of the Minnesota Daily (the University of Minnesota's student
newspaper) gave these predictions in today's edition. Here are the highlights,
with the teams listed in his predicted order of finish, and key strengths and
weaknesses noted. In the interest of conserrving space and time, I have not
included his other comments.
1. North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Key strength: Goaltending
Key weakness: Defense, but barely
2. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Key strength: Defense
Key weakness: Scoring punch
3. Northern Michigan Wildcats
Key Strength: Returning talent
Key weakness: Lack of depth
4. Wisconsin Badgers
Key strength: New recruits
Key weakness: Lost seniors
5. St. Cloud State Huskies
Key strength: Home ice
Key weakness: Lack of WCHA experience
6. Colorado College Tigers
Key strength: Goaltending
Key weakness: Experience
7. Denver Pioneers
Key strength: New coaches
Key weakness: New coaches
8. Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
Key strength: Chad Erickson [goaltender]
Key weakness: History
9. Michigan Tech Huskies
Key strength: Loss of Herb Boxer as coach
Key weakness: Living in Houghton
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My personal comments: I think that Minnesota, North Dakota, and Northern
Michigan will have a very tight race all the way to the end of the season. It
would surprise me if Minnesota-Duluth finished as low as 8th, and St. Cloud as
high as 5th.
= Erik J. Biever (612) 625-9777 =
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