The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for January 25, 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.
The week's big mover was Clarkson, which swept Dartmouth and Vermont on the
road and jumped from 11th to 8th in the rankings. RPI returns to the Top 15
this week, as does Mass Lowell, which hasn't been ranked in the HOCKEY-L
poll since the pre-season edition.
Composite poll (21 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Maine (15) 21-1-6 309 1 1-2
2. Michigan (4) 18-4 294 2 1-3
3. Boston University (2) 16-4-3 271 4 1-5
4. Colorado College 19-7 253 3 3-6
5. Bowling Green 16-7-1 223 6 3-7
6. Michigan State 16-6-2 215 5 4-11
7. New Hampshire 15-5-3 178 7 5-11
8. Clarkson 13-5-2 148 11 6-13
9. Denver 15-8-1 147 8 7-13
10. Minnesota 13-9-2 134 9 6-13
11. Brown 10-5-1 111 10 8-14
12. Harvard 10-6-1 76 12 9-15
13. Wisconsin 12-10-3 63 13 10-15
14. RPI 13-7 43 -- 10-15
15. Mass Lowell 12-10-4 23 -- 12-15
Others receiving votes: Northeastern 8, North Dakota 6, Western
Michigan 6, Princeton 3, Colgate 1, Michigan Tech 1, Vermont 1
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Michigan, Boston University,
Colorado College, Bowling Green, Michigan State, New Hampshire,
Clarkson, Denver
Dropped out of Top 15: Vermont (#14 last week), Western Michigan (#15)
An almost identical East-West split this week, with the only difference
being Clarkson and Denver switching places:
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (9) 177 1. Maine (6) 132
2. Michigan (1) 165 2. Michigan (3) 129
3. Boston University (2) 159 3. Boston University 112
4. Colorado College 141 Colorado College 112
5. Bowling Green 129 5. Bowling Green 94
6. Michigan State 122 6. Michigan State 93
7. New Hampshire 101 7. New Hampshire 77
8. Clarkson 89 8. Denver 67
9. Denver 80 9. Clarkson 59
10. Minnesota 77 10. Minnesota 57
11. Brown 65 11. Brown 46
12. Harvard 40 12. Harvard 36
13. Wisconsin 38 13. Wisconsin 25
14. RPI 19 14. RPI 24
15. Mass Lowell 15 15. Mass Lowell 8
We turn the spotlight this week on the New Hampshire Wildcats. A look at
the media polls (WMEB and Troy Record) shows that, while the polls are
similar, HOCKEY-L is taking more notice of New Hampshire than the other
polls are:
Troy
HOCKEY-L WMEB Record
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine 21-1-6 1 1 1
Michigan 18-4 2 2 2
Boston University 16-4-3 3 3 3
Colorado College 19-7 4 4 4
Bowling Green 16-7-1 5 5 5
Michigan State 16-6-2 6 6 6
New Hampshire 15-5-3 7 10 10
Clarkson 13-5-2 8 8 9
Denver 15-8-1 9 7 8
Minnesota 13-9-2 10 9 7
Brown 10-5-1 11 (11) (11)
Harvard 10-6-1 12 (11) (13)
Wisconsin 12-10-3 13 (13) (12)
RPI 13-7 14 (14)
Mass Lowell 12-10-4 15 (14)
This week's ratings composite (note that the computerized rankings aren't
letting the Wildcats go by unnoticed):
HOCKEY-L RPICH CHODR KRACH HEAL
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Maine 21-1-6 1 1 6 1 1
Michigan 18-4 2 2 1 2 2
Boston University 16-4-3 3 3 2 3 3
Colorado College 19-7 4 4 3 4 4
Bowling Green 16-7-1 5 8 4 10 7
Michigan State 16-6-2 6 9 5 6 9
New Hampshire 15-5-3 7 6 9 5 6
Clarkson 13-5-2 8 7 7 9 11
Denver 15-8-1 9 10 11 7 8
Minnesota 13-9-2 10 5 8 8 5
Brown 10-5-1 11 11 13 11 22
Harvard 10-6-1 12 12 10 13 18
Wisconsin 12-10-3 13 13 12 12 10
RPI 13-7 14 18 29 14 16
Mass Lowell 12-10-4 15 28 17 22 17
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Northeastern 9-10-4 14 20 17 13
Michigan Tech 12-10-3 15 28 15 15
Lake Superior 7-10-5 25 14 29 31
St. Cloud 10-14 20 15 19 24
North Dakota 12-11-1 17 27 16 12
Ferris State 10-12-2 30 26 28 14
Tadpoll: Tad-rate:
1. Maine (3) 45 1. Michigan (1) 57
2. Michigan 42 2. Maine (3) 55
3. Boston University 39 3. Boston University 53
4. Colorado College 36 4. Colorado College 49
5. Bowling Green 33 5. Minnesota 38
6. Michigan State 30 New Hampshire 38
7. Denver 24 7. Bowling Green 35
8. Clarkson 23 Michigan State 35
9. Minnesota 22 9. Clarkson 30
10. New Hampshire 21 10. Denver 28
11. Brown 14.5 11. Wisconsin 17
12. Harvard 11.5 12. Brown 13
13. Wisconsin 10 Harvard 13
14. RPI 2.75 14. Northeastern 5
15. Mass Lowell 1.75 15. North Dakota 4
The odd point totals for RPI and Mass Lowell in the Tadpoll are due to a
four-way tie for 14th in the Troy Record poll.
Finally, a Mildly Important Announcement about the HOCKEY-L poll. While I
have had a lot of fun running the poll in the almost-four years of its
existence, I'm finding that it's taking a bit too much of my time to do this
every week. I should be able to run the poll until the end of the season,
but I'm going to have to drop it after that. So if anyone is interested in
taking over the HOCKEY-L poll next season (or sooner?), please let me know
at [log in to unmask] .
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