I figured it would be interesting to compare the actual finishes of the D-I clubs with the finishes predicted by some of the various magazines. I did save the ECAC coaches poll but not those for the other leagues. DTP= Drop the Puck THN= Hockey News ACTUAL DTP THN COACHES POLL ECAC Harvard 1 3 2 T2 Clarkson 2 2 3 T2 RPI 3 1 1 1 Brown 4 6 7 5 Vermont 5 10 9 9 Union 6 12 10 12 Colgate 7 7 5 7 Cornell 8 9 12 11 Princeton 9 11 11 10 SLU 10 4 4 4 Yale 11 8 8 8 Dartmouth 12 5 6 6 DTP PRE-SEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Steve Martins, Harvard ACTUAL: Steve Martins, Harvard (nice call!) HE ACTUAL DTP THN BU 1 1 1 Mass-Lowell 2 4 3 Maine 3* 3 2 UNH 4 2 4 Northeastern 5 7 5 Providence 6 6 6 BC 7 5 7 Merrimack 8 8 8 DTP PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kaj Linna, BU ACTUAL: Dwayne Roloson, Mass-Lowell *= NOTE: I assumed, for the purposes of this post, what would have happened had Maine not forfeited all those games. I did so since the pollsters couldn't have conceived Maine forfeiting 20+ games. That way, both the actual and the predicted will be based on the actual results of teh games played and not the forfeits. CCHA ACTUAL DTP THN Michigan 1 3 3 LSSU 2 2 1 Michigan St 3 1 2 Western Mich 4 8 5 Miami 5 4 4 BG 6 5 6 Ferris St 7 7 7 Notre Dame 8 11 10 UIC 9 10 9 Ohio St 10 11 11 Kent 11 6 8 DTP PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Brian Holzinger, BG ACTUAL: David Oliver, Michigan WCHA ACTUAL DTP THN Colorado Coll 1 10 8 Minnesota 2 4 4 Wisconsin 3 1 1 St Cloud 4 7 9 N Michigan 5 5 3 AK-Anchorage 6 9 10 Minn-Duluth 7 8 6 N Dakota 8 6 7 Denver 9 3 5 Michigan Tech 10 2 2 DTP PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jim Carey, Wisconsin ACTUAL: I believe it was Chris Marinucci, Minn-Duluth *************************************************************************** Bri Farenell Clarkson '95 [log in to unmask] Glens Falls High '91 AHL and NCAA contact for rec.sport.hockey Go Erin Whitten (GFH '89)! Adirondack Red Wings, AHL Calder Cup Champs: '81 '86 '89 '92 Bri's (revised) Hoops Final Four picks: Arizona, Florida, Michigan and Duke Bri's Hockey Final Four Picks: BU, Lake Superior St, RPI and Mass-Lowell