I have comparisons of RPI, PWR, KRACH, (R)HEAL and CHODR available at
http://www.rpihockey.net/misc.rank1.html for those who are interested in this
type of thing.

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> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:08 PM
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> Subject: CHODR
>
> I haven't been able to check the list for a while - but found the
> discussion of rankings from a couple of week's ago.   Those new to the
> list should also take a peek at CHODR - College Hockey
> Offesive/Defensive Ratings found at it.stlawu.edu/~chodr for
> Div I Men and it.stlawu.edu/ and it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/wchodr
> for DIv. 1 women.
>
> CHODR differs from KRACH, HEAL, RPI, PWR, etc. since it
> actually uses game scores - rather than just won/loss/tie
> results.  Thus we can produce a rating of offensive abiilty,
> defensive ability and and overall rating as well as
> predeciting actual game scores for future games - but are not
> welcome by the NC$$.  It's been around since 1993 and details
> on the methodology can be found at the CHODR website.
>
> Robin Lock
> St. Lawrence Univeristy