ANNOUNCING: The Inaugural HOCKEY-L Preseason Poll The coaches get to do it, sportswriters do it, why shouldn't we? FORMAT: 1. Predict the order of finish for the teams in your favorite Division 1 college hockey league. Just a rank ordering will be sufficient. A list of each league's members appears below. 2. Choose a preseason favorite for the league's Player of the Year. 3. Send your choices via e-mail to the person listed below who has volunteered to collect responses for that league. To avoid undue strain on the system, please DO NOT post your picks to the entire HOCKEY-L list. Entries should be e-marked by October 15th. CCHA [log in to unmask] Keith Instone (special address) ECAC [log in to unmask] Robin Lock HE [log in to unmask] Mike Machnick (special address) WCHA [log in to unmask] Carol White [log in to unmask] Of course, you may forecast the finish in as many leagues as you like, but please send no more than one entry per league. Can our accumulated wisdom do at least as well as the coaches' polls? Let's find out. This is not intended to be a contest to boost your local team, although general postings to the list on the outlook for your team this year are certainly welcome. Happy picking! (Alphabetical listing of league members) CCHA ECAC HOCKEY EAST WCHA ---------------- ------------ ---------------- ---------------- Bowling Green Brown Boston College Colorado College Ferris State Clarkson Boston University Denver Illinois-Chicago Colgate Lowell Michigan Tech Lake Superior St. Cornell Maine Minnesota Miami (Ohio) Dartmouth Merrimack Minnesota-Duluth Michigan Harvard New Hampshire North Dakota Michigan State Princeton Northeastern Northern Michigan Ohio State Rensselear Providence St. Cloud State Western Michigan St. Lawrence Wisconsin Union Vermont Yale