> My memory is that in preseason polls, and thus for a week or so
> beyond that, Cornell was rated very close to the top in one of the
> Manderville/Ratushny years.  Since '92 was an Olympic year in which
> both played, '91 sounds about right.  Of course, the team quickly
> disproved its ranking.  (Or was this just a ranking in The Hockey
> News season preview?)
 
I don't think the team "quickly disproved its ranking."  In fact, Cornell had a
very strong season, and was (seemingly) comfortably in first place going into
the last 4 games of the season.
 
Needing 3 pts in 4 games to clinch 1st place, the Red went 1-3 or 0-3-1 down
the stretch to lose the conference regular season. They then crushed Colgate in
two games at home in the quarters and appeared to "right the ship" but lost in
OT to SLU at the Garden. They managed to make the NCAA Tournament anyway based
on the strength of the rest of their season, so they must have done pretty well
for most of the year.
 
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