The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for November 18, 1992: 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. Well, it seems that if a hockey team wants to impress people, one good way to do it is to put up 25 goals over two games. Maine picked up all 16 first place votes this week to maintain its position atop the HOCKEY-L poll. (I wonder how head coach Shawn Walsh, who I gather is not terribly fond of the media polls, will feel about his team being at the top of ANOTHER one) Also, Vermont, off its weekend sweep of the North Country teams, makes its debut in the Top 15. Meanwhile, two teams who definitely did NOT have good weekends are out of the poll this week -- RPI and Clarkson, which plummeted from fifth place last week. Boy, you voters are tough :-) Composite poll (16 responses): Last Record Pts. Week 1. Maine (16) 6-0-1 240 1 2. Lake Superior 6-1-1 223 2 3. Denver 7-1 191 7 4. Michigan 5-2-2 173 4 5. Wisconsin 5-2-1 159 6 6. Harvard 3-0 158 10 7. Boston University 2-1-1 126 3 8. Miami 5-2-1 120.5 8 9. Western Michigan 5-2-1 102 11 10. Michigan Tech 5-3 87 9 11. Vermont 3-1-1 57 -- 12. St. Lawrence 4-1 45 15 13. Alaska-Anchorage 4-2 39 14 14. Minnesota 2-3-3 35 13 15. UMass-Lowell 5-2 31.5 -- Others receiving votes: Yale, Alaska-Fairbanks, Clarkson, Michigan State, RPI, Brown, Providence, New Hampshire, Army, Boston College Teams named on all responses: Maine, Lake Superior, Denver, Michigan, Wisconsin, Harvard, Boston University, Miami, Western Michigan Dropped out of Top 15: Clarkson, RPI Eastern responses: Western responses: 1. Maine (10) 150 1. Maine (6) 90 2. Lake Superior 139 2. Lake Superior 84 3. Denver 120 3. Denver 71 4. Michigan 104 4. Michigan 69 5. Harvard 100 5. Wisconsin 63 6. Wisconsin 96 6. Harvard 58 7. Boston University 81 7. Miami 50 8. Miami 70.5 8. Boston University 45 9. Western Michigan 62 9. Michigan Tech 43 10. Michigan Tech 44 10. Western Michigan 40 11. St. Lawrence 41 11. Minnesota 21 Vermont 41 12. Clarkson 17 13. Yale 27 13. Vermont 16 14. Alaska-Anchorage 26 14. Alaska-Anchorage 13 15. UMass-Lowell 25.5 15. Alaska-Fairbanks 9 There was some strong agreement between the two media polls (Times-Union and WMPL) and HOCKEY-L this week, particularly with WMPL, in which the top eight teams are identical with those in HOCKEY-L, and #9 and #10 are switched. We may be getting to the point where the real "contenders" are starting to emerge, at least in the pollsters' minds (still a long way to go yet on the ice). This week's comparison: Times- HOCKEY-L Union WMPL Team Record Rank Rank Rank Maine 6-0-1 1 1 1 Lake Superior 6-1-1 2 2 2 Denver 7-1 3 4 3 Michigan 5-2-2 4 3 4 Wisconsin 5-2-1 5 6 5 Harvard 3-0 6 5 6 Boston University 2-1-1 7 7 7 Miami 5-2-1 8 8 8 Western Michigan 5-2-1 9 10 10 Michigan Tech 5-3 10 (13) 9 Vermont 2-0 11 9 St. Lawrence 4-1 12 Alaska-Anchorage 4-2 13 Minnesota 2-3-3 14 UMass-Lowell 5-2 15 (15) Here's a Tadpoll composite of the three polls, which doesn't really reveal any surprises: 1. Maine 45 2. Lake Superior 42 3. Denver 38 4. Michigan 37 5. Wisconsin 32 6. Harvard 31 7. Boston University 27 8. Miami 24 9. Western Michigan 19 10. Michigan Tech 16 11. Vermont 12 12. Clarkson 5 13. St. Lawrence 4 Yale 4 15. Alaska-Anchorage 3 -- To vote in the HOCKEY-L poll, send your response to: [log in to unmask] The deadline for responses is Tuesday at nidnight. The poll is released every Wednesday morning. Questions about the poll should be sent to [log in to unmask] .