The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for April 5, 1995:
Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place
vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote. Total first-
place votes are in parentheses.
NC$$ champ Boston University was also the top finisher in the final HOCKEY-L
poll, garnering all six first-place votes. Maine and Michigan switched
places this week, with Maine getting all the second-place votes and Michigan
all the thirds. Minnesota rounded out the top four in the poll with all but
one of the fourth-place votes (the remaining vote went to Lake Superior).
For the second time in three years, the HOCKEY-L pre-season #1 wound up
winning the national championship. Maine was the pre-season #1 in 1992-93,
and the Black Bears went on to take the title. Last year, pre-season #1 BU
was the runner-up, with the championship going to pre-season #2 Lake
Superior. Not a bad prognosticating record! A column showing the pre-
season placement of the top 15 teams is included this week. An "o" in that
column indicates that the team was one of the "Others receiving votes" in
the pre-season poll, with the number in parentheses indicating where they
placed overall. For example, Wisconsin was an "other" team, placing 19th in
the voting.
Composite poll (6 responses):
Last Pre-
Record Pts. Week Range Season
1. Boston University (6) 31-6-3 90 1 1 1
2. Maine 31-6-6 84 3 2 13
3. Michigan 30-8-1 78 2 3 3
4. Minnesota 25-14-5 71 4 4-5 4
5. Lake Superior 23-12-6 66 5 4-6 2
6. Colorado College 30-12-1 59 6 5-7 7
7. Wisconsin 24-15-4 51 7 6-9 o (19)
8. Denver 25-15-2 47 8 6-10 o (21)
9. Michigan State 25-12-3 38 9 8-11 5
10. Clarkson 23-10-4 33 10 7-15 10
11. Bowling Green 25-11-2 32 11 8-12 o (18)
12. New Hampshire 22-10-4 31 12 8-13 11
13. RPI 19-14-4 15 13 12-15 o (16)
14. Northeastern 16-14-5 9 -- 12-14 8
15. Princeton 18-13-4 6 15 13-15 --
Others receiving votes: Vermont 5, Miami 4, Colgate 1
Teams named on all responses: Boston University, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Lake Superior, Colorado College, Wisconsin, Denver, Michigan
State, Clarkson, Bowling Green, New Hampshire, RPI
Dropped out of Top 15: Vermont (#14 last week)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Boston University (2) 30 1. Boston University (4) 60
2. Maine 28 2. Maine 56
3. Michigan 26 3. Michigan 52
4. Minnesota 24 4. Minnesota 47
5. Lake Superior 21 5. Lake Superior 45
6. Colorado College 20 6. Colorado College 39
7. Wisconsin 17 7. Denver 34
8. Clarkson 15 Wisconsin 34
9. Denver 13 9. Michigan State 25
Michigan State 13 10. Bowling Green 24
New Hampshire 13 11. Clarkson 18
12. Bowling Green 8 New Hampshire 18
13. Northeastern 5 13. RPI 11
14. RPI 4 14. Vermont 5
15. Princeton 3 15. Miami 4
Northeastern 4
Once again, I'd like to thank all of you who have participated in the
HOCKEY-L poll this year, and also all of you who have been involved with the
poll since its inception four years ago. I've had a lot of fun compiling
this thing during that time.
Special thanks go to Glen Keeney, who will be taking over the HOCKEY-L poll
next year.
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