I am a newcomer to the Hockey List and I really enjoy the civility of it all. Particularly compared to a lot of what I heard on AOL. Thanks for all the info about the CCHA and WCHA. I am in the East and more familiar with HEA and ECAC. One request, better hints about initials for the schools?? I'll probably catch on, but there seem to be a lot of UM's out there. About the polls,... remember there are pre-season polls!! I've never figured that out. It is early. Too bad that all the inter-conference games are early in the season. Lines are still being put together and the new kids worked in. But how about NU beating MSU? I didn't see the game, but it definitely picked up NU's stature in my mind. Then I saw UNH v. NU, and thought the game was a little slow, but NU did not have the finishers that UNH had. I also saw Vermont v. BU, which went twice as fast. Vermont looks REALLY GOOD. BU is not chopped liver, but looked disorganized. They will improve. Susan from Boston HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.