There's plenty of polls/opinions in the 10/31 edition of the Boston Globe:
HOCKEY EAST:
Coaches Poll:
1. BU
2. Maine
3. UMass-Lowell
4. New Hampshire
5. Prividence (tie)
5. BC (tie)
7. Northeastern
8. Merrimack.
Bob Monahan's Picks:
1. BU
2. Maine
3. New Hampshire
4. UMass-Lowell
5. Providence
6. BC
7. Northeastern
8. Merrimack
Elliot Driben's Picks:
1. Maine
2. New Hampshire
3. BU
4. UMass-Lowell
5. Northeastern
6. Providence
7. BC
8. Merrimack
ECAC D-I
Coaches Poll:
1. RPI
2. Clarkson
3. Harvard
4. St. Lawrence
5. Brown
6. Dartmouth
7. Colgate
8. Yale
9. Vermont
10. Princeton
11. Cornell
12. Union
Bob Monahan's Picks:
1. Harvard
2. RPI
3. Clarkson
4. St. Lawrence
5. Brown
6. Colgate
7. Dartmouth
8. Yale
9. Vermont
10. Cornell
11. Princeton
12. Union
Elliot Driben's Picks:
1. RPI
2. Harvard
3. Clarkson
4. Brown
5. St. Lawrence
6. Dartmouth
7. Yale
8. Vermont
9. Colgate
10. Cornell
11. Princeton
12. Union
Marvin Pavin and Jim Greenidge's picks for the rest of the ECAC:
ECAC East:
1. UConn
2. Salem State
3. Williams
4. Middlebury
5. Bowdoin
6. AIC
7. Babson
8. Hamilton
9. Holy Cross
10. Norwich
11. Colby
12. New England
13. UMass-Boston
14. Trinity
15. Conn. College
16. St. Anselm
17. Noth Adams St.
18. Amherst
ECAC West:
1. Elmira
2. Mercyhurst
3. Canisius
4. RIT
5. Hobart
6. Scranton
ECAC North:
1. Southern Maine
2. Fitchburg State
3. Plymouth State
4. Framingham State
5. Roger Williams
6. Western New England
7. Curry
8. Worchester State
9. Nichols
ECAC Central:
1. UMass-Dartmouth
2. Assumption
3. Stonehill
4. Suffolk
5. Bentley
6. Tufts
7. N. H. College
8. St. Michael's
ECAC South:
1. Iona
2. Skidmore
3. Fairfield
4. Wesleyan
5. Villanova
6. Quinnipiac
7. Wentworth
8. Sacred Heart
(whew!)
There's also a great article on the rejuvinated program at UMass-Amherst.
Chris Lerch
Xerox
RIT '84&'91
