CHODR - The College Hockey Offensive / Defensive Ratings (Based on games through 12/20/92) Last Division I Offense Defense Overall Rank Week Team Record Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 Maine 15 0 1 6.157 1 2.421 1 3.737 2 2 Michigan 10 3 2 4.692 3 2.941 3 1.751 3 3 Clarkson 5 5 2 4.655 5 3.088 5 1.567 4 4 Wisconsin 9 6 1 4.416 8 2.897 2 1.520 5 6 Lake Superior 9 3 3 4.379 10 3.006 4 1.373 6 8 Minnesota-Duluth 11 4 1 5.031 2 3.851 21 1.181 7 5 Miami 11 3 2 4.535 6 3.393 12 1.142 8 7 St Lawrence 8 3 1 4.180 16 3.167 7 1.013 9 16 Minnesota 7 3 4 4.491 7 3.695 18 0.796 10 9 St Cloud 8 7 1 4.137 17 3.444 15 0.693 11 15 Michigan State 8 5 1 4.203 15 3.551 16 0.651 12 11 Boston University 7 4 1 3.868 26 3.244 9 0.624 13 18 Michigan Tech 7 9 2 4.014 21 3.404 13 0.610 14 10 Harvard 9 1 1 4.020 20 3.431 14 0.589 15 12 Yale 5 4 2 4.285 13 3.730 19 0.555 16 14 RPI 6 2 2 3.649 30 3.108 6 0.541 17 13 UMass-Lowell 10 5 0 3.800 27 3.277 10 0.523 18 17 Denver 8 7 1 4.385 9 4.066 24 0.319 19 19 New Hampshire 6 6 2 4.378 11 4.139 26 0.239 20 20 Bowling Green 8 9 0 4.237 14 4.021 23 0.215 21 21 Alaska-Fairbanks 6 3 0 3.693 29 3.642 17 0.051 22 22 Alaska-Anchorage 5 1 0 3.216 36 3.222 8 -0.006 23 25 Western Michigan 10 6 1 3.875 25 3.991 22 -0.116 24 23 Providence 5 8 1 3.937 23 4.097 25 -0.160 25 26 North Dakota 7 10 1 4.339 12 4.581 33 -0.242 26 24 Boston College 4 6 3 4.133 18 4.486 29 -0.353 27 33 Ferris State 4 7 3 3.352 33 3.825 20 -0.472 28 29 Kent 4 9 1 4.048 19 4.541 31 -0.493 29 27 Brown 4 6 0 4.006 22 4.640 35 -0.635 30 28 Colorado College 4 13 0 3.892 24 4.605 34 -0.713 31 31 Vermont 5 5 1 2.581 43 3.304 11 -0.723 32 30 Northern Michigan 5 10 3 3.618 31 4.364 28 -0.745 33 32 Northeastern 6 6 0 4.690 4 5.503 42 -0.813 34 34 Princeton 4 7 0 3.309 35 4.573 32 -1.264 35 35 Notre Dame 2 12 1 3.405 32 4.824 36 -1.419 36 37 Merrimack 4 8 1 3.743 28 5.430 38 -1.686 37 36 Cornell 2 4 1 2.588 42 4.307 27 -1.720 38 38 Colgate 0 8 0 3.342 34 5.442 39 -2.100 39 39 Illinois-Chicago 3 10 1 2.403 44 4.517 30 -2.113 40 40 Ohio State 3 10 1 3.188 37 5.459 40 -2.272 41 42 Air Force 1 5 1 3.180 38 5.647 43 -2.467 42 41 Union 1 7 0 2.936 40 5.410 37 -2.474 43 44 Dartmouth 1 7 0 2.810 41 5.466 41 -2.655 44 43 Army 1 1 0 3.149 39 5.846 44 -2.697 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Team: 4.002 4.002 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Home Ice Advantage = +/- 0.375 Goals Per Game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Based on 283 Division I games. Notes for 12/20/92: Michigan was idle this past week but LSSU's and WMU's strong performance against Maine (and Princeton) in the Great Western Freezeout helped boost the Wolverines at the expense of the Black Bears. The gap between #1 and #2 is now less than 2 goals. Due to some relatively low-scoring games this past week, the idle Wolverines offense improved from #7 to #3. Minnesota is the week's big winner picking up 7 spots with a sweep of #10 St Cloud. Ferris State also picked up 6 spots by staying within one goal in two games with #7 Miami. Harvard's 2-goal win over #43 Dartmouth wasn't enough as the Crimson fell 4 spots along with idle UMass-Lowell. Northeastern easily remains the most lopsided team with #4 offense and #42 defense. CHODR had predicted home teams to win every game this past week and it was true to form in all but one case (Minnesota 4 @ St Cloud 3). We can also call Ferris State's tie against Miami a miss since Miami was favored by almost 3 goals. CHODR also correctly predicted the outcome of all four games of the Great Western Freeze Out. So all in all, CHODR was 13-2 on the week. A summary of the CHODR projections for next week's action, including most of the holiday tournaments, will be posted later in the week. Timothy J. Danehy [log in to unmask] Robin Lock [log in to unmask]