Results are given as follows: number of replies with the answer, followed by percentage of total replies who gave the answer. Rounding may result in totals that are greater than/less than 100%. I received responses from 76 people. >1st College Hockey Discussion List Member Poll (May 1991) >---------------------------------------------- >1. Which of the following categories best describes you? If you fall > into more than one, e.g. student who works/vice versa, please select > the one that best describes you. > a) student 19, 25.0% > b) employee of a school or business 54, 71.1% > c) coach or other athletic department employee 0 > d) other (clarify if you wish) alumnus: 1, 1.3% player: 1, 1.3% (not given): 1, 1.3% >2. About how long have you been on the list? > a) 0-6 months 14, 18.4% > b) 6 months-1 year 31, 40.8% > c) longer than 1 year 31, 40.8% >3. What state/country do you live in? (only numbers are given here, from the largest to smallest) 19: New York 9: Massachusetts 8: Michigan 6: California Minnesota 4: Maine New Hampshire 3: Ohio Wisconsin 2: Arizona New Jersey Virginia 1: Alabama Canada Colorado Florida Illinois Indiana Maryland Saudi Arabia >4. About how long have you been following college hockey? > a) 0-1 year 1, 1.3% > b) 1-3 years 6, 7.9% > c) 3-5 years 6, 7.9% > d) 5-10 years 24, 31.6% > e) more than 10 years 39, 51.3% >5. What team(s) do you follow most closely? If you don't follow any > particular team more closely than others, please answer "none". (only numbers are given here, from the largest to smallest. I accepted more than one response if given, since some people said they follow more than one team closely.) 15: Cornell 11: Minnesota 9: Wisconsin 7: Michigan State RPI 6: Bowling Green 4: Clarkson ECAC Maine 3: Merrimack Northern Michigan 2: Dartmouth Hockey East Michigan Michigan Tech New Hampshire Northeastern Vermont 1: Air Force Army Boston College Boston University Bowdoin Brown Colgate Elmira Harvard Illinois-Chicago Lake Superior Minnesota-Duluth none Notre Dame Ohio State Oswego Princeton RIT Southern Maine St Cloud St Lawrence Union Wisconsin-Superior >6. If you listed a team(s) in #5, how long have you been following this > team(s)? (84 responses) > a) 0-1 year 1, 1.2% > b) 1-3 years 9, 10.7% > c) 3-5 years 8, 9.5% > d) 5-10 years 26, 31.0% > e) more than 10 years 40, 47.6% >Please answer the following three questions for a) in person, b) on tv, >c) overall. > >7a,b,c. How many games a year do you get to see your favorite team play? > a) 0-5 > b) 6-10 > c) 11-20 > d) more than 20 answer -> a b c d no answer 7a 33/43.4% 7/9.2% 24/31.6% 10/13.2% 2/2.6% 7b 65/85.6% 6/7.9% 2/2.6% 2/2.6% 1/1.3% 7c 29/38.2% 4/5.3% 20/26.3% 23/30.3% 0 >8a,b,c. How many college games a year do you get to see overall? > a) 0-5 > b) 6-10 > c) 11-20 > d) more than 20 answer -> a b c d no answer 8a 30/39.5% 11/14.5% 19/25.0% 14/18.4% 2/2.6% 8b 45/59.2% 15/19.7% 7/9.2% 6/7.9% 3/3.9% 8c 18/23.7% 14/18.4% 15/19.7% 28/36.8% 1/1.3% >9a,b,c. How many pro games do you get to see a year? > a) 0-10 > b) 11-25 > c) 26-50 > d) 51 or more answer -> a b c d no answer 9a 72/94.7% 0 0 0 4/5.3% 9b 35/46.1% 22/28.9% 10/13.2% 6/7.9% 3/3.9% 9c 33/43.4% 20/26.3% 13/17.1% 8/10.5% 2/2.6% >10. Did you watch the 1991 Championship Game between Boston University > and Northern Michigan? Yes: 59, 77.6% No: 17, 22.4% >11. Did you watch any of the 1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs? Yes: 61, 80.3% No: 15, 19.7% >12. In which is your main college hockey interest (please choose one)? note: some said they had an equal interest in >1. > a) NCAA Division I 73, 93.6% > b) NCAA Division III 3, 3.8% > c) Canadian university/Canadian women's 0 > d) US women 1, 1.3% > e) US club 0 > f) other (please list) 1 ("none"), 1.3% note: the following two questions were an attempt to find out what kind of job the list has done in educating people about college hockey and in disseminating information about what is going on during the season. By the responses, I would say the list plays an important role in both aspects. >13. With regard to #12, how much have you learned from the list about that > aspect of college hockey which you follow the most? Please use a > 0-10 scale where 0 is "none", and 10 is "all I know I learned from > the list". Average response = 380 / 76 = 5.00 >14. How much of your information on college hockey (scores, highlights, > general goings-on) comes from the list as opposed to other sources? > Please use a 0-10 scale where 0 is "none", 5 is "equal balance", and > 10 is "all information comes from the list". Other sources can be > papers, radio, tv, second-hand, etc. Even attending games gives you > information you don't get from the list, so consider that too. Average response = 520 / 76 = 6.84 >OPINIONS > >15. The NCAA has recently reduced the number of games teams can play from > 38 to 34. Do you think this was a good decision? Yes: 28, 36.8% No: 37, 48.9% Don't Know/No Opinion: 11, 14.5% >16. Do you think the limit should be reduced further? Yes: 6, 7.9% No: 65, 85.5% Don't Know/No Opinion: 5, 6.6% >17. Would you like to see more games played between Eastern and Western > teams? Yes: 58, 76.3% No: 8, 10.5% Don't Know/No Opinion: 10, 13.2% >18. The Division I tournament was just reorganized so that instead of > games being played on campus sites, they will be played at East and > West regionals (one for each region). Do you agree with regional > sites over campus sites? Yes: 27, 35.5% No: 40, 52.6% Don't Know/No Opinion: 9, 11.8% >19. Also, instead of a best-of-three in the opening rounds, the tourney > will be single elimination with the top two seeds in each region > receiving byes to the quarterfinals. Do you agree with the new > single elimination format over the best-of-three? Yes: 29, 38.2% No: 45, 59.2% Don't Know/No Opinion: 2, 2.6% >20. Do you think the NCAA Selection Committee should state publicly > what the criteria they will be studying for team selection is and > release at regular intervals in the season the latest rankings of > teams according to those criteria? Yes: 50, 65.8% No: 23, 30.3% Don't Know/No Opinion: 3, 3.9% >21. Do you think the recent emphasis by the NCAA Rules Committee on > specific penalties such as hitting from behind and hitting after the > whistle have had a positive effect upon the college game? Yes: 57, 75.0% No: 5, 6.6% Don't Know/No Opinion: 14, 18.4% >22. Do you approve of the reorganization of the Division III tourney > from a two-game, total goals series into a Final Four similar to > Division I? (1991 was the first year of the new format in DivIII.) Yes: 33, 43.4% No: 2, 2.6% Don't Know/No Opinion: 41, 53.9% >23. Do you think that overall, college hockey officials are doing an > acceptable job? (There's always room for improvement, but the key > word here is acceptable.) Yes: 61, 80.3% No: 7, 9.2% Don't Know/No Opinion: 8, 10.5% >24. Do you think that the NCAA should sanction women's ice hockey and > hold an official national championship tournament? As it stands, > the ECAC champion assumes the unofficial title of national champion. Yes: 48, 63.2% No: 10, 13.2% Don't Know/No Opinion: 18, 23.7% >25. Do you think that checking should be allowed in US women's hockey? > Currently it is not although it is in Canada. Yes: 34, 44.7% No: 10, 13.2% Don't Know/No Opinion: 32, 42.1% >26. Do you think that there should be an automatic Independent bid > to the Division I tournament? Yes: 17, 22.4% No: 52, 68.4% Don't Know/No Opinion: 7, 9.2% >27. Do you think that there should be automatic bids for each of the > four Division I conference postseason tournament champions? Yes: 60, 78.9% No: 13, 17.1% Don't Know/No Opinion: 3, 3.9% >END