The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for March 30, 1994:
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.
The Birthday Edition (the big Three-Oh for me) of the HOCKEY-L poll finds
Boston University on top again, with Lake Superior rising to the second spot
on the strength of their OT win against Michigan in the NC$$ tournament.
The Wolverines, #1 for most of the season, have now dropped to fourth
place -- their lowest ranking by HOCKEY-L since the first week of the poll,
when Michigan was sixth.
Speaking of sixth, that's where we find Minnesota, the only NC$$ semi-
finalist not to be ranked in the top four. Not only that, the Gophers are
ranked behind Mass Lowell, the team they beat in double overtime to make it
to the Phinal Phour. Not that this makes any difference when the teams take
the ice, but if I were BU, I'd be a little worried about facing a good team
that probably feels like they've been getting "dissed".
Composite poll (8 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Boston University (7) 33-6 119 1 1-2
2. Lake Superior 29-10-4 108 4 2-3
3. Harvard (1) 24-4-4 106 3 1-4
4. Michigan 33-7-1 94.5 2 2-6
5. Mass Lowell 25-10-5 82 5 4-7
6. Minnesota 25-12-4 78.5 6 4-6
7. Wisconsin 26-15-1 60 7 6-13
8. New Hampshire 25-12-3 55 7 7-13
9. Michigan State 23-13-5 50.5 9 8-14
10. Colorado College 23-11-5 42 11 7-14
RPI 21-11-4 42 10 5-14
12. Northeastern 20-12-7 36.5 14 7-13
13. Western Michigan 24-13-3 26 12 10-15
14. St. Cloud 21-13-4 19 13 9-15
15. Maine 6-29-1 15 -- 10-12
Others receiving votes: Clarkson, Northern Michigan, Alaska-Fairbanks,
Miami, Michigan Tech
Teams named on all responses: Boston University, Lake Superior,
Harvard, Michigan, Mass Lowell, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Michigan
State, Colorado College, RPI
Dropped out of Top 15: Clarkson (#15 last week)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Boston University (3) 59 1. Boston University (4) 60
2. Harvard (1) 53 2. Lake Superior 55
Lake Superior 53 3. Harvard 53
4. Michigan 51 4. Minnesota 45.5
5. Mass Lowell 39 5. Michigan 43.5
6. Wisconsin 36 6. Mass Lowell 43
7. Minnesota 33 7. New Hampshire 30
8. Michigan State 27 8. Wisconsin 24
9. New Hampshire 25 9. Michigan State 23.5
10. Colorado College 20 10. Colorado College 22
RPI 20 RPI 22
12. Northeastern 18 12. Northeastern 18.5
13. Western Michigan 14 13. Western Michigan 12
14. St. Cloud 13 14. Maine 10
15. Clarkson 8 15. St. Cloud 6
There were no media polls posted this week, and the only rating I saw was
CHODR. Here's a comparison between that one and the HOCKEY-L poll:
HOCKEY-L CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank
Boston University 33-6 1 1
Lake Superior 29-10-4 2 3
Harvard 24-4-4 3 4
Michigan 33-7-1 4 2
Mass Lowell 25-10-5 5 5
Minnesota 25-12-4 6 17
Wisconsin 26-15-1 7 6
New Hampshire 25-12-3 8 8
Michigan State 23-13-5 9 15
Colorado College 23-11-5 10 13
RPI 21-11-4 10 7
Northeastern 20-12-7 12 14
Western Michigan 24-13-3 13 19
St. Cloud 21-13-4 14 10
Maine 6-29-1 15 9
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Northern Michigan 22-16-1 11
Boston College 15-16-5 12
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