The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for December 23, 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.
 
There was a fair amount of shuffling this week, but the same teams remained
in the top 15 -- probably a result of fewer games and fewer voters.
 
     Composite poll  (8 responses):
 
                                                  Last
                              Record    Pts.      Week
 
     1.   Maine (8)           17-0-1    120         1
     2.   Michigan            10-3-2    105         2
     3.   Lake Superior       10-3-3     91         3
          Miami               11-3-2     91         4
     5.   Minnesota-Duluth    13-4-1     90         6
     6.   Harvard              9-1-1     88         5
     7.   Wisconsin            9-6-1     72         7
     8.   St. Lawrence         8-3-1     53         9
     9.   Michigan State      10-6-1     52         8
     10.  Minnesota            7-3-4     40        14
     11.  Alaska-Fairbanks    14-3       38        12
     12.  RPI                  6-2-2     33        10
     13.  Boston University    7-4-1     25        13
     14.  UMass-Lowell        10-5       22        15
     15.  Denver               8-7-1     11        11
 
     Others receiving votes:  Yale, Alaska-Anchorage, Clarkson, Western
     Michigan, St. Cloud
 
     Teams named on all responses:  Maine, Michigan, Lake Superior, Miami,
     Minnesota-Duluth, Harvard, Wisconsin, St. Lawrence, Michigan State,
     Minnesota
 
     Eastern responses:                 Western responses:
 
     1.   Maine (6)           90        1.   Maine (2)           30
     2.   Michigan            81        2.   Minnesota-Duluth    26
     3.   Harvard             73        3.   Lake Superior       24
     4.   Lake Superior       67             Miami               24
          Miami               67             Michigan            24
     6.   Minnesota-Duluth    64        6.   Wisconsin           18
     7.   Wisconsin           54        7.   Michigan State      16
     8.   St. Lawrence        42        8.   Harvard             15
     9.   Michigan State      36        9.   Alaska-Fairbanks    14
     10.  Minnesota           30        10.  RPI                 12
     11.  Alaska-Fairbanks    24        11.  St. Lawrence        11
     12.  RPI                 21        12.  Minnesota           10
     13.  UMass-Lowell        19        13.  Boston University    9
     14.  Boston University   16        14.  UMass-Lowell         3
     15.  Denver              10        15.  Western Michigan     2
 
The only media poll I saw this week was the Times-Union poll, and here's a
comparison between that one and HOCKEY-L.  There are considerably more
differences this week than usual -- in particular, HOCKEY-L thinks a lot
higher of Miami than the Times-Union does, while the reverse is true of
Harvard.
 
                                             Times-
                                 HOCKEY-L    Union
     Team                Record    Rank      Rank
 
     Maine (8)           17-0-1      1         1
     Michigan            10-3-2      2         2
     Lake Superior       10-3-3      3         4
     Miami               11-3-2      3         6
     Minnesota-Duluth    13-4-1      5         5
     Harvard              9-1-1      6         3
     Wisconsin            9-6-1      7         7
     St. Lawrence         8-3-1      8       (12)
     Michigan State      10-6-1      9         8
     Minnesota            7-3-4     10        10
     Alaska-Fairbanks    14-3       11       (14)
     RPI                  6-2-2     12         9
     Boston University    7-4-1     13       (11)
     UMass-Lowell        10-5       14       (12)
     Denver               8-7-1     15
 
With only one media poll, the Tadpoll would not be terribly interesting, so
I'm going to sidestep it this week...
 
The next HOCKEY-L poll will be released in two weeks, on January 6, with the
deadline for votes being January 5.  Enjoy the holiday season, everyone!
--
 
To vote in the HOCKEY-L poll, send your response to:
 
     [log in to unmask]
 
The deadline for responses is Tuesday at nidnight.  The poll is released every
Wednesday morning.
 
Questions about the poll should be sent to [log in to unmask] .