> Cornell breaks into the top ten of a major poll this week (#10 in the 11/18
> USCHO Poll -- formerly the Troy Record poll).  Yeah, I know, Michigan
> probably hasn't been *out* of the top ten in seven years, and for all I know
> the Golden Gophers haven't missed a week in my lifetime, but ya gotta start
> somewhere.
 
All I'll say is -- there were many voters who had Cornell like 4th, 5th or 6th.
 Then there were many others who didn't include them at all.  I can't figure
out why, but I'll shut up now.
 
BTW, it's the Around the Rinks/USCHO poll - let's not forget please  :)  --
It's hard enough to get publicity as it is.
 
> Personally, I do not recall the Big Red being ranked among the top ten in
> any national poll (sorry, I'm not counting hockey-l :-) *before March*, in
> my time (since '81).  Maybe they broke through briefly during the '91
> season, but to paraphrase <insert name of politician of your choice here>,
> "I have no clear recollection of that incident, Senator."
 
Having been to just about every game in that 1991 season, I'm pretty certain
Cornell was in the Top 10 during 1991. I'm pretty sure they were there in 1990
at some point, too, and I know for a fact that they were ranked at some point
in 1989, because in doing research on the last ECAC team to be ranked No. 1, I
came across a Boston Globe article that mentions Cornell as being in the Top 10
according to, what was then, the Albany-Times Union Poll, which was the
predecessor to the Troy Record Poll, which is now our poll.
 
This is the lead to the story -- (I hope the Boston Globe understands relaying
this copyrighted material, considering its brevity and context)
 
"Yesterday's 9-1 victory over Ivy League-rival Cornell at the Bright Hockey
Center will leave a lot of heads shaking. No one expected the Big Red, ranked
nationally among the top 10, to be dismissed so easily."
 
This is from either December '88 or January '89 -- great stuff like this can be
found by searching the Boston Globe site, though it's $1.50 per item to see an
entire story.
 
Art Mintz could probably remember better for the other years.
 
> Lynah Faithful should also note that what appeared in the pre-season to be a
> "so-so" NC opponent date in late November turns out to be Miami, currently
> also among the USCHO top ten.
 
Around the Rinks top 10, I know you meant to say.
 
> The search now commences for the last time
> the Big Red defeated a nationally ranked NC opponent (and my guess is Game
> One of the '91 NCAA first round, at Michigan).
 
It's a good bet.
 
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