CHODR - The College Hockey Offensive / Defensive Ratings (Based on games through 1/03/93) Note: Last Week Rankings 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 19 0 1 6.387 1 2.391 1 3.996 2 2 Michigan 12 3 2 4.936 4 2.872 2 2.063 3 3 Clarkson 6 6 2 4.464 8 2.906 3 1.558 4 5 Lake Superior 10 4 3 4.488 5 2.978 5 1.510 5 12 Boston University 10 4 1 4.377 12 2.919 4 1.458 6 7 Miami 12 6 2 4.484 6 3.200 8 1.284 7 4 Wisconsin 10 7 1 4.475 7 3.206 9 1.269 8 6 Minnesota-Duluth 13 4 1 4.965 3 3.880 21 1.085 9 8 St Lawrence 9 4 1 4.143 15 3.129 6 1.014 10 14 Harvard 10 1 1 4.013 18 3.163 7 0.849 11 15 Yale 6 4 2 4.448 10 3.762 19 0.686 12 16 RPI 7 4 2 3.857 25 3.217 10 0.640 13 11 Michigan State 9 7 1 3.879 24 3.375 11 0.505 14 10 St Cloud 8 7 1 3.976 20 3.551 17 0.425 15 20 Bowling Green 10 11 0 4.387 11 3.972 23 0.415 16 21 Alaska-Fairbanks 7 4 0 3.797 27 3.429 13 0.367 17 9 Minnesota 8 5 5 4.247 13 3.882 22 0.365 18 17 UMass-Lowell 10 7 0 3.708 30 3.398 12 0.310 19 13 Michigan Tech 7 11 2 3.808 26 3.505 15 0.303 20 27 Ferris State 6 7 3 3.734 29 3.526 16 0.209 21 24 Providence 9 8 1 3.917 23 3.753 18 0.164 22 23 Western Michigan 11 7 1 3.972 21 3.874 20 0.098 23 18 Denver 10 7 1 4.140 16 4.057 25 0.084 24 19 New Hampshire 8 7 2 4.145 14 4.117 26 0.029 25 28 Kent 6 9 3 4.047 17 4.226 27 -0.179 26 29 Brown 5 7 0 4.451 9 4.872 35 -0.420 27 33 Northeastern 7 8 0 4.968 2 5.439 42 -0.471 28 25 North Dakota 8 11 1 3.969 22 4.710 33 -0.740 29 26 Boston College 4 9 3 3.981 19 4.925 37 -0.944 30 31 Vermont 5 7 2 2.499 42 3.475 14 -0.976 31 30 Colorado College 4 13 0 3.743 28 4.743 34 -1.000 32 32 Northern Michigan 6 11 3 3.480 33 4.498 31 -1.017 33 34 Princeton 4 7 0 3.323 35 4.397 30 -1.073 34 35 Notre Dame 3 13 1 3.312 36 4.623 32 -1.311 35 36 Merrimack 5 8 2 3.583 31 5.030 39 -1.447 36 37 Cornell 2 6 1 2.715 39 4.392 28 -1.678 37 22 Alaska-Anchorage 5 5 1 2.321 44 4.031 24 -1.709 38 38 Colgate 0 8 2 3.561 32 5.289 41 -1.728 39 40 Ohio State 4 11 1 3.372 34 5.134 40 -1.762 40 43 Dartmouth 3 7 0 3.062 37 4.882 36 -1.820 41 39 Illinois-Chicago 4 11 1 2.531 41 4.397 29 -1.866 42 42 Union 1 8 0 2.538 40 4.996 38 -2.457 43 44 Army 2 3 0 2.933 38 5.549 43 -2.615 44 41 Air Force 1 9 1 2.449 43 5.619 44 -3.170 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Team: 3.954 3.954 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Home Ice Advantage = +/- 0.375 Goals Per Game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Based on 335 Division I games. Notes for 1/03/93: The holiday tournament and nonconference action produced some interesting movement in the ratings, especially with some of the "upsets" that occurred. Dartmouth and Boston University emerge as the big winners, each picking up over 0.8 points in the overall ratings. Unfortunately for the Big Green, they were so far down to start with it was only good enough to pick up 3 spots, but the Terriers vaulted into the top 5 with a pickup of 7 spots. Ferris State's championship in the Mariucci Classic was good enough for a gain of 7 spots while Harvard, Yale, RPI, Bowling Green, Alaska-Fairbanks and Northeastern all posted gains of 4+ spots. The biggest loser by far is Alaska-Anchorage, who went 0-3-1 at home over the holdidays, including a 7-0 whitewashing from none other than our second-place loser, Minnesota. Anchorage (as in dropping like a boat anchor) fell 15 spots to #37 and now boasts the worst offense in the nation. The Gophers meanwhile finished 4th in their own tournament and weren't helped much by their 7-0 win because Anchorage fell so badly. Minnesota drops 8 spots to #17 while Michigan Tech's last place finish in the Great Lakes Invitational was good enough for a fall of 6 spots to #19. New Hampshire lost to Dartmouth at home and fell 5 spots as did Denver, which managed only a 1-goal victory over Army at home and was hurt by the poor performance of other WCHA teams. As always, a summary of the CHODR projections for this week's action will be forthcoming, along with a summary of how CHODR did in predicting individual games over the holidays. Timothy J. Danehy [log in to unmask] Robin Lock [log in to unmask]