No one seems to have posted that the Thursday USA Today had its annual
preseason predictions. There was also an article by Kevin Allen on
Notre Dame's new coach, Dave Poulin.
The predicted finishes, by Kevin Allen, for the four conferences are:
WCHA ECAC
Colorado College Colgate
Minnesota Vermont
Wisconsin Clarkson
Denver Harvard
Michigan Tech Brown
North Dakota RPI (at least they got the name correct)
Minnesota-Duluth Princeton
St. Cloud State St. Lawrence
Northern Michigan Cornell
Alaska-Anchorage Yale
Dartmouth
Union
CCHA
Michigan HEA
Lake Superior St.
Michigan State Boston University
Bowling Green Maine
Miami (Ohio) New Hampshire
Western Michigan Merrimack
Notre Dame Northeastern
Ferris St. UMass-Lowell
Illinois-Chicago Providence
Ohio State Boston College
Alaska-Fairbanks UMass-Amherst
There was also a short summary for each league that mentioned standout
players and freshmen. I won't list these.
The following were listed as Hobey Baker Candidates:
Kevyn Adams, Miami; Brian Bonin, Minn; Anson Carter, MSU; Mike
Crowley, Minn, Chris DeProfio, Colgate; Mike Grier, BU; Mike Harder,
Colgate; Nick Naumenko, NoDak; Kelly Perreault, BGSU; Peter Garonazzo,
CC; Brendan Morrison, Michigan; Chris O'Sullivan, BU; Eric Perrin,
UVM; Martin St. Louis, UVM; and goalie Blair Allison, Maine.
That's probably the last 1/2-page spread on college hockey that we
will see for a while.
All typos are assuredly mine.
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74
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