The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for January 15, 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.
 
     Composite poll  (10 responses):
 
                                                       Last
                                   Record    Pts.      Week
 
     1.   Maine (7)                16-2      146         1
     2.   Lake Superior (1)        15-4-2    129         2
     3.   Northern Michigan (1)    14-5-3    127         4
     4.   Michigan (1)             15-3-3    125         3
     5.   Minnesota                16-6      117         5
     6.   Michigan State           12-4-5     93         7
     7.   Boston University        14-4       75        11
     8.   Wisconsin                13-8-1     65         8
     9.   Clarkson                 13-4-1     51         6
     10.  St. Lawrence             12-5-2     50         9
     11.  Providence               13-6-1     49        10
     12.  New Hampshire            12-6       41        12
     13.  Harvard                   8-3-3     35        --
     14.  Alaska-Anchorage         14-5-1     31        13
     15.  Western Michigan          8-8-2     17        14
 
     Others receiving votes:  North Dakota, Yale, Miami
 
     Dropped out of Top 15:  Yale
 
     Eastern responses:                 Western responses:
 
     1.   Maine (6)           104       1.   Maine (1)           42
     2.   Northern Michigan    92       2.   Lake Superior (1)   40
     3.   Lake Superior        89       3.   Michigan            38
     4.   Michigan (1)         87       4.   Nor. Michigan (1)   35
     5.   Minnesota            83       5.   Minnesota           34
     6.   Michigan State       67       6.   Michigan State      26
     7.   Boston University    63       7.   Wisconsin           23
     8.   Wisconsin            42       8.   New Hampshire       22
     9.   St. Lawrence         39       9.   Providence          20
     10.  Clarkson             37       10.  Clarkson            14
     11.  Harvard              30       11.  Alaska-Anchorage    13
     12.  Providence           29       12.  Boston University   12
     13.  New Hampshire        19       13.  St. Lawrence        11
     14.  Alaska-Anchorage     18       14.  Harvard              5
     15.  Western Michigan     14       15.  Miami                4
 
Jim Love tells me that Keith Instone had done a composite of some media
polls and TCHCR last year and had christened it "Tadpoll", since it was "a
tad better" than an ordinary media poll.  Since the HOCKEY-L-media-TCHCR
composite that I throw together is more or less the same idea, and since the
only other name I've been able to come up with is the "Let's-stuff-Bob-
Croce-in-a-crate-and-send-him-to-the-South-Poll", I'd like to, um, steal the
"Tadpoll" name (giving credit where credit is due, of course, and assuming
Keith has no objection).  With that, here's this week's
 
     Tadpoll (copyright Keith Instone, 1991, etc.)
 
                                                    Times-
                                 HOCKEY-L   WMPL    Union    NCAA    TCHCR
     Team                Record    Rank     Rank    Rank     Rank    Rank
 
     Maine               16-2        1        1       1        1       5
     Lake Superior       15-4-2      2        3       4        2       2
     Northern Michigan   14-5-3      3        2       2        3       4
     Michigan            15-3-3      4        5       3        4       1
     Minnesota           16-6        5        4       5        5       3
     Michigan State      12-4-5      6        8      10        6       6
     Boston University   14-4        7        6       6        8       8
     Wisconsin           13-8-1      8       10       9       10       7
     Clarkson            13-4-1      9        9       8       11      17
     St. Lawrence        12-5-2     10        7       7        7      11
     Providence          13-6-1     11                        13      13
     New Hampshire       12-6       12                        14      21
     Harvard              8-3-3     13                         8      16
     Alaska-Anchorage    14-5-1     14                                12
     Western Michigan     8-8-2     15                                 9
 
The NCAA poll ranks Yale #12 and North Dakota #15.  Then again, what do they
know? :-)
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