If the North Dakota Souix sweep the Gophers this weekend (highly unlikely, but still probable), the Gophers will find themselves firmly in 5th place in the WCHA. This would raise a couple of interesting questions: 1. How can a team with "three Hobey Baker candidates" (Brian Bonin, Dan Trebil, Mike Crowely), "four all Americans" (add Ryan Kraft)- so says coach Doug Woog, find itself firmly in the middle of the WCHA? 2. What does a middle team in the WCHA defeating Michigan in the hockey showcase mean in terms of division strength? The Troy, NY Poll has Michigan ahead of the Gophers,(or did I dream this?) posing the question why games are played in the first place. Note: There seems to be some Lou Holz logic going around,"I don't care if they did beat us, we should still be ranked #1. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.