For anyone interested, the informal WCHA poll on my homepage is about to
be concluded.  Here are the results:
 
> Number of voters: 8  Possible number of points: 80 > First:
>    Colorado College(5)--------> 77 Points [1-2]
> Second:
>   University of Minnesota(2)---> 73 Points [1-3]
> Third:
>   Univeristy of Wisconsin(1)--> 58 Points [1-8]
> Fourth:
>    Denver University---------> 53 Points [3-5]
> Fifth:
>  University of North Dakota-> 47 Points [3-7]
> Sixth:
>   Univ. of Minn. Duluth-----> 40 Points [5-9]
> Seventh:
>   St. Cloud State-----------> 33 Points [4-10]
> Eight:
>   Michigan Tech Univ.-------> 28 Points  [4-10]
> Nineth:
>    Northern Mich. Univ.------> 21 Points  [7-10]
> Tenth:
>    Univ. of Alaska Anchorage-> 12 Points  [9-10]
 
To me, the big surprise in the poll is how well UW ended up doing.  Since
the Badgers had the greatest losses this year (figured out by finding out
what % of the goals were scored by seniors), I think that they will be
lucky to finish fourth.  Also, UND fifth?  Hehehehe...I hope so!
However, with the loss of a lot of good players last year, I don't see
that happening. I did notice that the TSN poll has them 12th, so maybe
Blais has a secret weapon.
        It looks like the moral of the story for the WCHA this year is
the same as last year: UM and CC down to the wire!
                                                        charles
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