Here's a list of teams in order of 1991-92 winning percentage.  Division I
games only, as reported by Keith in TCHCR.
 
                       1991-92 NC$$ DIVISION I STANDINGS
 
      School                  Division I        Pct.
      Maine                     29- 4-2         .857
      Michigan                  32- 9-3         .761
      Minnesota                 33-11-0         .750
      Lake Superior             29- 9-4         .738
      Alaska-Anchorage          21- 8-1         .717
      St Lawrence               22- 9-1         .703
      Boston Univ               21- 9-4         .676
      Clarkson                  20-10-1         .662
      Wisconsin                 27-14-2         .651
      Michigan State            24-11-8         .651
      Northern Michigan         25-14-3         .631
      Harvard                   14- 7-6         .630
      New Hampshire             22-13-2         .622
      Providence                21-13-2         .611
      Yale                      12- 7-7         .596
      Cornell                   14-11-4         .552
      Vermont                   15-12-3         .550
      Western Michigan          16-14-6         .528
      Colorado College          18-18-5         .500
      Miami                     17-17-6         .500
      RPI                       13-15-4         .469
      Princeton                 12-14-1         .463
      Alaska-Fairbanks          14-17-0         .452
      North Dakota              17-21-1         .449
      Boston College            14-18-3         .443
      Ferris State              13-18-7         .434
      Minnesota-Duluth          15-20-2         .432
      Colgate                   12-16-1         .431
      Kent                      10-14-2         .423
      Alabama-Huntsville         8-11-0         .421
      Michigan Tech             15-22-1         .408
      Brown                     10-16-4         .400
      St Cloud                  13-21-1         .386
      Ohio State                12-21-5         .382
      Northeastern              12-20-0         .375
      Merrimack                 12-21-0         .364
      Illinois-Chicago          10-20-6         .361
      UMass-Lowell               9-19-4         .344
      Bowling Green              8-21-5         .309
      Notre Dame                 8-19-0         .296
      Denver                     9-25-2         .278
      Air Force                  4-22-0         .154
      Dartmouth                  3-21-2         .154
      Army                       2-16-0         .111
      Union                      2-21-1         .104
 
And here's a look at the top 10 teams over the last two seasons.  It's
no consolation that Michigan has the most wins over that period, or that
they're the only team with back to back 30+ win seasons.  It's interested
to note the east-west differentials here.  Although 4 of the top 5 schools
are from the west, 5 of the top 9 are from the east.  In simple terms of
winning percentage, the top 10 includes 3 teams from Hockey East and the
WCHA and 2 teams from the CCHA and ECAC.  It's generally argued that the
best eastern teams are as solid as the best western teams, but overall the
two western conferences are stronger.  Without attempting to be pompous,
smug, coy, etc...I have one question (which I recently became aware of).
If the top eastern teams are as good as the top western teams, why has the
west won:
          the last 3 NC$$ championships,
          6 of the last 7,
          12 of the last 14,
          17 of the last 20?
 
I have no intention of offending any easterners, but I never realized the
recent pattern of domination.  If we assume that the probability of a
western team winning the title is .5, and that each season is an independent
event (like coin flipping), the probability of the west winning 17 of 20
titles is roughly .001087 (or 1 out of 920).  Interesting.
 
                       1990-92 NC$$ DIVISION I STANDINGS
 
      School                  Division I        Pct.
      Maine                     61-13-4         .808
      Lake Superior             65-14-8         .793
      Michigan                  66-19-6         .758
      Northern Michigan         62-19-7         .744
      Minnesota                 62-21-5         .733
      Clarkson                  48-19-3         .707
      Boston Univ               49-20-6         .693
      St Lawrence               43-22-2         .657
      New Hampshire             44-24-4         .639
      Wisconsin                 53-29-5         .638
 
 
A final note to Dave Smith:
 
  We made the trip in fine fashion without any tickets.  The trick is to
go 60-65 while in New York and 85-95 while in Canada.  At least that worked
for us.
 
John H
U Mich