How can Maine be #4 in the last poll when they were National Champs?  Just
wondering.
 
John Duffill
An original Friend of Maine Hockey
 
Mike Welvaert (by way of Deron Treadwell ) wrote:
 
> Final U.S. College Hockey Online Division I Men's Preseason Poll
>       Minneapolis, Minnesota
>       October 4, 1999
>
>          Team (First Place Votes)   Record  Pts   Last
>        1 Boston College (26)         0-0-0  363     5
>        2 Maine (7)                   0-0-0  302     4
>        3 Michigan State (1)          0-0-0  291     3
>        4 North Dakota (4)            0-0-0  266     1
>        5 Michigan (1)                0-0-0  231     9
>        6 New Hampshire (1)           0-0-0  177     2
>        7 Clarkson                    0-0-0  149     6
>        8 Colorado College            0-0-0  141     7
>        9 Northern Michigan           0-0-0   78     -
>       10 Denver                      0-0-0   46     8
>
>       Others receiving votes: Minnesota 42, St Lawrence 36,
>       Wisconsin 26, Ohio State 14, Rensselaer 11, Notre Dame 7,
>       Providence 5, Boston University 3, Colgate 2, Mass Lowell 2,
>       Northeastern 2, Alaska Anchorage 1, Bowling Green 1,
>       Harvard 1, MSU-Mankato 1, Niagara 1, St Cloud 1
>
>       The U.S. College Hockey Online Poll consists of 40 voters, including
>       27 coaches from the Division I conferences, and 13 beat writers from
>       across the country. The poll is conducted on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
>       basis, and published weekly by the Associated Press.
>
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