The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for December 16, 1992:
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.
Maine once again takes the top spot by a comfortable margin (even though the
Black Bears lost a first-place vote this week), but a minor shake-up
occurred at #2, as Lake Superior was bumped out of the runner-up spot for
the first time in seven weeks.
More proof that you can play for a split on the road but you'd better win at
home: Wisconsin traveled to Denver last weekend and came away with a win
and a loss. The Badgers proceeded to move up a spot in this week's poll,
while the Pioneers dropped four.
Composite poll (15 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week
1. Maine (14) 15-0-1 224 1
2. Michigan (1) 10-3-2 201 3
3. Lake Superior 9-2-3 181 2
4. Miami 10-3-1 169 4
5. Harvard 8-1-1 164 5
6. Minnesota-Duluth 11-4-1 132 6
7. Wisconsin 9-6-1 126 8
8. Michigan State 9-5-1 87 10
9. St. Lawrence 8-3-1 80 9
10. RPI 6-2-2 71 15
11. Denver 8-5-1 58 7
12. Alaska-Fairbanks 14-3 55 12
13. Boston University 7-4-1 49.5 --
14. Minnesota 5-3-4 37 11
15. UMass-Lowell 10-5 27 14
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, Alaska-Anchorage, Yale,
Clarkson, St. Cloud
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Michigan, Lake Superior, Harvard
Dropped out of Top 15: Alaska-Anchorage (#13 last week), Western
Michigan (tied for #15)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (10) 150 1. Maine (4) 74
2. Michigan 132 2. Michigan (1) 69
3. Miami 120 3. Lake Superior 63
4. Harvard 118 4. Miami 49
Lake Superior 118 5. Harvard 46
6. Minnesota-Duluth 96 6. Wisconsin 37
7. Wisconsin 89 7. Minnesota-Duluth 36
8. Michigan State 64 8. St. Lawrence 25
9. St. Lawrence 55 9. RPI 24
10. RPI 47 10. Alaska-Fairbanks 23
11. Denver 45 Michigan State 23
12. Alaska-Fairbanks 32 12. Boston University 20
13. Boston University 29.5 13. Denver 13
14. Minnesota 27 Western Michigan 13
15. UMass-Lowell 23 15. Minnesota 10
Here's a composite listing of the HOCKEY-L, Times-Union, and WMEB polls,
along with TCHCR and RPICH (without Army). Like the Times-Union poll, WMEB
is a Top 10 poll which lists "others receiving votes", so I've stretched it
to a Top 15 using those other teams as well. I may also start including
CHODR in the composite, although goal-scoring plays a much larger role in
CHODR than in TCHCR and RPICH (plus I'd have to find room for another entry
on the chart below :-)
Times-
HOCKEY-L Union WMEB TCHCR RPICH
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Maine 15-0-1 1 1 1 1 1
Michigan 10-3-2 2 2 2 2 2
Lake Superior 9-2-3 3 4 3 6 10
Miami 10-3-1 4 6 5 4 4
Harvard 8-1-1 5 3 4 3 5
Minnesota-Duluth 11-4-1 6 5 6 16 8
Wisconsin 9-6-1 7 7 8 23 17
Michigan State 9-5-1 8 8 7 10 9
St. Lawrence 8-3-1 9 (13) 10 11 16
RPI 6-2-2 10 9 (13) 9 11
Denver 8-5-1 11 (12) 9 21 12
Alaska-Fairbanks 14-3 12 (13) (14) 5 3
Boston University 7-4-1 13 10 (11) 8 7
Minnesota 5-3-4 14 (11) (12) 28 24
UMass-Lowell 10-5 15 13 19
In honor of the debuts of the "official" TCHCR and RPICH, this week's Tad-
poll comes in two flavors, original (media polls only) and extra spicy
(polls plus rating systems). Tossing in TCHCR and RPICH makes some vewwy
intewesting things happen...
Tadpoll (polls only) Tadpoll with TCHCR and RPICH
1. Maine (3) 45 1. Maine (5) 75
2. Michigan 42 2. Michigan 70
3. Lake Superior 38 3. Harvard 60
4. Harvard 36 4. Miami 57
5. Miami 33 5. Lake Superior 54
6. Minnesota-Duluth 31 6. Minnesota-Duluth 39
7. Wisconsin 26 7. Michigan State 38
8. Michigan State 25 8. Alaska-Fairbanks 33
9. Denver 16 9. Boston University 31
RPI 16 10. RPI 28
St. Lawrence 16 11. Wisconsin 26
12. Boston University 14 12. Denver 20
13. Minnesota 11 St. Lawrence 20
14. Alaska-Fairbanks 9 14. Alaska-Anchorage 19
15. Yale 2 15. Minnesota 11
Veteran HOCKEY-Lers will remember last year's "pissed-off-at-the-guy-from-
Bowling-Green" story, which started with some reactions to RPI's low place-
ment in TCHCR. At this point, the leading candidate for this year's version
of the story is Wisconsin -- #7 in the polls, #23 (ouch!) in TCHCR. (And
#17 in RPICH, so TCHCR isn't standing alone on this... then again, the WCHA
teams are hampered a bit in the rating systems, as their only connection
with the rest of Division I so far has been four losses to Alaska-Anchorage
and a win over Air Force)
Glen Keeney has been putting together a table showing the progression of
teams week by week in the HOCKEY-L poll, and his first compilation is below
(thanks again, Glen!):
DATES
TEAMS N11N18N25D02D09
Maine 1 1 1 1 1
LkSuperior 2 2 2 2 2
Michigan 3 4 4 3 3
Miami 8 8 7 4 4
Denver 7 3 6 5 7
Harvard 10 6 5 6 5
Wisconsin 6 5 3 7 8
StLawrnce 15 12 9 8 9
MN-Duluth o * o 9 6
Minnesota 13 14 11 10 11
Alaska-A 14 13 12 11 13
Mich St o o 15 12 10
MA-Lowell o 15 o 13 14
Alaska-F o o 13 14 12
Yale o o 10 15 o
Boston U 3 7 8 o o
Wstn.Mich 11 9 14 o 15
Vermont o 11 o o o
Clarkson 5 o o o o
RPI 12 o o o 15
Brown * o o o *
New Hamp * o o o o
No'estrn * * o o o
Mich Tech 9 10 o * o
Army * o * * *
Boston C o o * * *
Providenceo o * * *
Merrimack o * * * *
No. Mich o * * * o
BowlngGrn * * * * *
St.Cloud * * * * o
o = Others receiving votes
* = Bookkeeping mark (team did not receive any votes)
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