After all I have seen, I guess it's my turn. 1(Tie). Minnesota 1(Tie). CC (O.K., so I can't make a decision) 3. Minnesota Duluth 4. Denver 5. Wisconsin 6. Michigan Tech 7. Northern Michigan 8. North Dakota 9. UAA 10. SCSU I have seen UMD from 5th to 9th. They finished just a game out of fifth last year, and are returning the top three guys (Federenko, Ciccarello and Peluso), and a goalie who has started since being a freshman. They were the hottest team in the league after January. The way it looks, there are going to be a lot of surprised people. Minnesota and CC will fight it out. My sentimental pick is Minnesota, but CC is another team with a good returning base. Denver and Wisconsin could be either way, as could 6-8. Alaska Anchorage #9, you say? Well, after my experiences with Saint Clod the previous two years, I had to give UAA the nod. I am wondering, however, about the comment that SCSU is a Division one program at a Div II school. Until just a few years ago (2, I believe) UMD was a D-I hockey program at a NAIA school. I am not sure of the significance of the rest of the sports being Div-II. Does that make the hockey team worse? I would argue against that, UMD has 3 Hobey winners, 3 league championships, a 2nd and a 3rd at the NCAAs, all in the last 12 seasons. Oh well, just my $0.02 Tony Frolik -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony J. Frolik University of Minnesota Duluth Go Bulldogs! 0-0-0 WCHA, 0-0-0 Overall My views are not representative of the University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.