The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for April 6, 1994:
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.
Not surprisingly, NC$$ champion Lake Superior takes the top spot, with
Boston University settling into #2. There weren't many changes in the
remaining spots, although Northeastern moved up a couple and Northern
Michigan knocked Maine out of #15.
Composite poll (11 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Lake Superior (7.5) 31-10-4 160.5 2 1-3
2. Boston University (2.5) 34-7 149.5 1 1-5
3. Harvard 24-5-4 140 3 2-5
4. Michigan (1) 33-7-1 135 4 1-7
5. Mass Lowell 25-10-5 114 5 3-7
6. Minnesota 25-13-4 105 6 4-10
7. Wisconsin 26-15-1 91 7 6-13
8. Michigan State 23-13-5 70 9 6-14
9. New Hampshire 25-12-3 68 8 7-14
10. Northeastern 20-12-7 52 12 8-15
11. Colorado College 23-11-5 51 10 7-13
12. Western Michigan 24-13-3 48 13 10-12
13. RPI 21-11-4 46 10 5-15
14. St. Cloud 21-13-4 31 14 9-15
15. Northern Michigan 22-16-1 22 -- 4-15
Others receiving votes: Maine, Clarkson, Miami, Alaska-Fairbanks
Teams named on all responses: Lake Superior, Boston University,
Harvard, Michigan, Mass Lowell, Wisconsin, Michigan State, New
Hampshire, RPI
Dropped out of Top 15: Maine (#15 last week)
The Westerners seemed more convinced by Lake Superior's win over BU than the
Easterners were; all of BU's first-place votes came from the East, although
it was not enough to lift the Terriers to first place in the Eastern poll:
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Lake Superior (2.5) 71.5 1. Lake Superior (5) 89
2. Boston University (2.5) 69.5 2. Boston University 80
3. Michigan 65 3. Harvard 76
4. Harvard 64 4. Michigan (1) 70
5. Mass Lowell 50 5. Mass Lowell 64
6. Wisconsin 45 6. Minnesota 62
7. Minnesota 43 7. Wisconsin 46
8. New Hampshire 31 8. Michigan State 40
9. Michigan State 30 9. New Hampshire 37
10. Colorado College 27 10. Western Michigan 29
11. Northeastern 24 11. Northeastern 28
RPI 24 12. Colorado College 24
13. Western Michigan 19 13. RPI 22
14. St. Cloud 16 14. Northern Michigan 18
15. Clarkson 9 15. St. Cloud 15
Someone suggested a comparison between the final HOCKEY-L poll and the pre-
season version, and here it is. Not bad -- the #1 preseason team won the
national championship, and #2 was the runner-up. Note that the * below
indicates that the team was one of the "Others receiving votes" for that
poll:
Pre-
Final Season
Team Record Rank Rank
Lake Superior 31-10-4 1 1
Boston University 34-7 2 2
Harvard 24-5-4 3 5
Michigan 33-7-1 4 7
Mass Lowell 25-10-5 5 15
Minnesota 25-13-4 6 9
Wisconsin 26-15-1 7 3
Michigan State 23-13-5 8 6
New Hampshire 25-12-3 9 13
Northeastern 20-12-7 10 *
Colorado College 23-11-5 11
Western Michigan 24-13-3 12 *
RPI 21-11-4 13 4
St. Cloud 21-13-4 14 *
Northern Michigan 22-16-1 15 14
Maine 6-29-1 * 8
Clarkson 20-9-5 * 10
Miami 20-17-1 * 10
Alaska-Fairbanks 24-13-1 * *
Michigan Tech 13-27-5 12
There were a number of "Others receiving votes" in the preseason poll that
are not listed above. They are: Minnesota-Duluth, Denver, St. Lawrence,
Boston College, Brown, Bowling Green, Cornell, Colgate, Alaska-Anchorage,
Ferris State, Dartmouth, North Dakota, Kent, and Providence.
This wraps up another season for the HOCKEY-L poll, and in my opinion it was
a rather successful one. I'd like to thank all of you who took the time to
send in your votes during the season (by my count, there were a total of 78
of you), and I hope we'll be able to keep this going next season.
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