Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 02/19/1995.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
 
This report includes results from 629 of 708 Division I games.
Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted,
as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament,
and only games between eligible teams are used in the NCAA selection process.
 
     Last
Rank Week School              Played     Record        P.I.       T.I.
 1     1  Michigan           29 of 33   23- 5- 1      32.41     163.27
 2     2  Maine              33 of 37   25- 2- 6      33.94     156.42
 3     3  Boston University  31 of 34   22- 6- 3      30.32     143.32
 4     4  Colorado College   34 of 38   25- 9- 0      29.41     131.45
 5     7  New Hampshire      31 of 34   21- 7- 3      29.03     129.73
 6     6  Minnesota          32 of 36   18-11- 3      24.38     128.95
 7     5  Clarkson           27 of 31   16- 7- 4      26.67     122.38
 8     8  Denver             32 of 36   20-11- 1      25.63     118.43
 9     9  Wisconsin          32 of 36   16-12- 4      22.50     113.26
10    10  Vermont            28 of 32   15-11- 2      22.86     108.13
11    16  Brown              23 of 27   13- 8- 2      24.35     106.86
12    12  Michigan State     30 of 34   17-10- 3      24.67     106.74
13    13  Princeton          23 of 27   11- 9- 3      21.74     102.83
14    11  Bowling Green      30 of 34   18-10- 2      25.33     102.32
15    14  Northeastern       31 of 34   13-13- 5      20.00      99.43
16    17  Lake Superior      30 of 34   15-10- 5      23.33      99.02
17    19  RPI                27 of 31   14-11- 2      22.22      98.48
18    20  North Dakota       32 of 36   14-17- 1      18.13      95.76
19    15  Harvard            24 of 28   12-11- 1      20.83      94.24
20    18  Michigan Tech      32 of 36   14-14- 4      20.00      93.72
21    24  Colgate            27 of 31   14-12- 1      21.48      92.32
22    21  Miami              32 of 36   15-12- 5      21.88      89.73
23    22  Minnesota-Duluth   32 of 36   12-16- 4      17.50      86.79
24    23  Ferris State       30 of 34   12-14- 4      18.67      84.32
25    25  Mass Lowell        34 of 37   15-15- 4      20.00      83.77
26    30  St Lawrence        25 of 29   10-14- 1      16.80      83.44
27    27  St Cloud           32 of 36   14-17- 1      18.13      82.03
28    26  Western Michigan   32 of 36   13-15- 4      18.75      78.26
29    29  Northern Michigan  32 of 36   11-18- 3      15.63      77.21
30    32  Merrimack          30 of 33   13-12- 5      20.67      74.37
31    28  Alaska-Anchorage   30 of 34   11-19- 0      14.67      74.21
32    34  Cornell            21 of 25    7-11- 3      16.19      71.29
33    31  Illinois-Chicago   31 of 35   11-17- 3      16.13      68.78
34    33  Yale               24 of 28    8-13- 3      15.83      68.76
35    37  Providence         31 of 34   10-16- 5      16.13      65.93
36    35  Dartmouth          23 of 27    7-14- 2      13.91      65.85
37    38  Union              23 of 27    7-13- 3      14.78      60.14
38    36  Boston College     31 of 34   10-19- 2      14.19      57.81
39    41  Alaska-Fairbanks   28 of 28    7-20- 1      10.71      38.78
40    39  Ohio State         29 of 33    5-22- 2       8.28      37.15
41    40  Notre Dame         29 of 33    7-21- 1      10.34      32.72
42    42  Mass Amherst       29 of 32    5-23- 1       7.59      28.79
43    44  Air Force          21 of 21    5-15- 1      10.48      23.51
44    43  Army               11 of 11    1-10- 0       3.64      20.20
 
 
Average ranking of each league:
 
   WCHA:      17.50
    HEA:      21.67
   CCHA:      24.55
   ECAC:      21.92
    IND:      43.50
 
Notes for this HEAL issue:
 
   - The top-10 positions are unchanged this week, except that UNH and
     Clarkson exchange #5 and #7 for the 2nd week in a row.
 
   - Brown jumps into #11 (from #16) with W#10 and W#36.
 
   - Bowling Green falls from #11 (to #14) with L#1 and T#28.
 
   - Harvard falls to #19 (from #15) with L#36 and L#10.
 
   - Note that a loss is a loss with HEAL.  It doesn't matter whether
     you lose to #1 or #44.  On the other hand, either is a lost
     opportunity.
 
   - We are beginning to see what looks like some significant
     differences between HEAL and RPI.  The biggest difference is the
     ranking of Northeastern.  RPI has the 0.500 team ranked #8, whereas
     HEAL has them at #15.
 
On "The Heal Point System" ...
 
The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in
several sports.  The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by
Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams.
 
On the Maine secondary school calculation ...
 
"P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index".  "P.I." is calculated for each
team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie,
and then dividing by the number of scheduled games.  Minimum "P.I." is
1.00.
 
"T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams.
"T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the
opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing
by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10.
 
Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses
   the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled.
   Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played,
   there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point
   System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary
   results.
 
Game scores for this ranking have been provided by Mike Machnik and
HOCKEY-L, The College Hockey Discussion List, an internet mailing list
hosted by The University of Maine System.  Mr. Machnik's composite of
all Division I men's ice hockey games is available in the HOCKEY-L
([log in to unmask]) archives as file "9495COMP SCHEDULE".
 
Copyright 1995 by Wayne T. Smith.            [log in to unmask]