The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for December 18, 1991:
Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place
vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote. Total first-
place votes are in parentheses.
About the holiday season -- if people would like to send in their responses
for the next two polls (the deadlines would be December 24 and 31), I'm
willing to put together composites, but I wouldn't be able to send them out
until December 26 and January 2.
For the third straight week, the same teams are in the Top 15, although in a
very shuffled order. This week, the big mover is Northern Michigan, up six
places thanks to their weekend sweep of Minnesota.
Composite poll (13 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week
1. Maine (13) 11-1 195 1
2. Northern Michigan 11-5-2 173.5 8
3. Clarkson 10-2 150.5 3
Lake Superior 12-4-1 150.5 2
5. Michigan 9-3-3 143 6
6. Minnesota 10-6 113.5 4
7. St. Lawrence 8-3-1 108 10
8. Alaska-Anchorage 13-2 104 7
9. Michigan State 7-2-4 93 5
10. Yale 6-0-1 75 9
11. Providence 10-4 67 13
12. Boston University 8-4 41 14
Western Michigan 7-5-2 41 12
14. New Hampshire 9-4 39 11
15. Wisconsin 9-6-1 35 15
Others receiving votes: Harvard, UMass-Lowell, Michigan Tech, Miami,
Minnesota-Duluth
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (8) 120 1. Maine (5) 75
2. Northern Michigan 109 2. Northern Michigan 64
3. Clarkson 97 3. Lake Superior 63
4. Michigan 88 4. Michigan 55
5. Lake Superior 87 5. Clarkson 54
6. St. Lawrence 67 6. Michigan State 49
7. Alaska-Anchorage 66 7. Minnesota 48
Minnesota 66 8. St. Lawrence 41
9. Yale 51 9. Alaska-Anchorage 38
10. Michigan State 44 10. Providence 25
11. Providence 41 11. Western Michigan 24
12. New Hampshire 31 12. Yale 22
13. Boston University 29 13. Wisconsin 16
14. Wisconsin 20 14. Boston University 12
15. Western Michigan 17 15. New Hampshire 10
I am not including the "official" NCAA poll in the comparison below,
because it is absolutely identical to this week's Albany Times-Union
poll, both in rankings AND in number of points. I suspect the Star-
Tribune got hold of the Times-Union poll and ran it as an "NCAA Div. I
Hockey poll", which it is -- it's just not the one the NCAA itself puts
out. As mentioned before, that one should start appearing after the
new year.
Times-
HOCKEY-L Union TCHCR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine (13) 11-1 1 1 3
Northern Michigan 11-5-2 2 2 9
Clarkson 10-2 3 4 5
Lake Superior 12-4-1 3 3 4
Michigan 9-3-3 5 5 1
Minnesota 10-6 6 7 7
St. Lawrence 8-3-1 7 6 10
Alaska-Anchorage 13-2 8 9 8
Michigan State 7-2-4 9 8 6
Yale 6-0-1 10 2
Providence 10-4 11 14
Boston University 8-4 12 10 15
Western Michigan 7-5-2 12 13
New Hampshire 9-4 14 12
Wisconsin 9-6-1 15 16
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