<< P.S. -- Can you please throw this question out to the hockey-L discussion pool: How can it be that the highest ranked team in the "Around the Rinks/USCHO" poll (12/2/96) from the ECAC is only 1 point out of last place in the conference? >> This refers I guess to Vermont. The answer I gave him would be that a number of ECAC teams have shown flashes of brilliance with little consistency (thinking here, in rough order, of: RPI, Yale, Clarkson, Dartmouth, Princeton, Cornell). Several of them were really prepped or up for the games versus highly ranked teams (Vermont, BU) but the polls reflect the teams effort and potential as a whole. Further, defensive teams and physical teams that can smother the top line of those two teams, especially UVM's connection, fared well. Anyone? Shallee HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.