And here are the WCHODR ratings for the women's teams in Division I.
More can be found at http://it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/wchodr .  It's still
early in the season, so it will take a while for the ratings to
stabilize - but these give something other than the polls to discuss.

Robin

WCHODR as of 11/21/04

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                        Division I    Offense       Defense
Expected
Rank  Team              Record        Rating  Rank  Rating  Rank
PCT
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1     Minnesota          11  0  1      6.17     1    0.67     1   0.898
2     Minnesota-Duluth    7  1  2      4.80     2    1.00     2   0.840
3     Wisconsin           9  3  0      4.29     4    1.07     3   0.812
4     Harvard             6  1  1      3.92     5    1.37     6   0.753
5     New Hampshire       8  1  1      3.76     7    1.33     5   0.749
6     Dartmouth           7  0  0      4.56     3    1.81    11   0.732
7     Mercyhurst          7  3  2      2.36    16    1.18     4   0.676
8     St. Lawrence        8  2  2      3.82     6    2.14    13   0.645
9     Brown               5  4  0      2.45    14    1.59     7   0.615
10    Princeton           4  3  1      2.41    15    1.65     8   0.602
11    Niagara             5  6  1      2.62    12    1.81    10   0.597
12    Providence          6  2  3      3.42     8    2.45    18   0.579
13    Minnesota State     3  5  4      2.33    18    1.78     9   0.572
14    Ohio State          8  5  1      2.60    13    2.15    14   0.547
15    Connecticut         5  3  3      2.29    19    2.19    15   0.510
16    Bemidji State       2 12  0      2.71    10    2.65    21   0.495
17    Colgate             5  6  0      1.57    23    1.96    12   0.443
18    North Dakota        3 10  1      2.86     9    3.31    23   0.439
19    Yale                5  3  0      2.04    20    2.51    20   0.439
20    St. Cloud State     3  8  1      1.49    24    2.47    19   0.364
21    Clarkson            3  4  3      1.36    25    2.37    17   0.355
22    Maine               3  4  2      1.22    27    2.29    16   0.341
23    Cornell             3  3  0      2.35    17    4.45    26   0.300
24    Wayne State         4  6  2      2.63    11    5.06    28   0.285
25    Boston College      3  8  1      1.77    21    3.86    24   0.278
26    Northeastern        2  7  1      1.71    22    3.88    25   0.270
27    Vermont             2 12  1      0.74    29    2.95    22   0.193
28    Quinnipiac          3  9  1      1.33    26    4.73    27   0.176
29    Union               2  7  1      0.97    28    6.26    29   0.095
30    Sacred Heart        0  4  0      0.64    30   15.71    30   0.019
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Average Team:                          2.28          2.28
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Home Ice Advantage    =  *// 1.069 Goals Per Game.
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Mean Scoring Rate:    2.28
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