>    How can it be that the highest ranked team in the "Around the
> Rinks/USCHO" poll (12/2/96) from the ECAC is only 1 point out of last place
> in the conference?
> >>
>
> This refers I guess to Vermont.  The answer I gave him would be that a
> number of ECAC teams have shown flashes of brilliance with little
> consistency (thinking here, in rough order, of: RPI, Yale, Clarkson,
> Dartmouth, Princeton, Cornell).  Several of them were really prepped or up
> for the games versus highly ranked teams (Vermont, BU) but the polls reflect
> the teams effort and potential as a whole.  Further, defensive teams and
> physical teams that can smother the top line of those two teams, especially
> UVM's connection, fared well.
 
You can mention that UVM has beaten 4 Top 10 teams -- BU, Lake State, Miami and
UNH.  The Cats have also lost to Cornell and UNH (in addition to the Dartmouth
and RPI losses).  They are allowed one or two bad losses.  Minnesota lost to
NMU, Michigan St. lost to Northeastern, etc...
 
AW
 
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