Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 01/05/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 383 Division I games. Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted, as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament, and only games between eligible teams (+ Maine) are used in the NCAA selection process. Last Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I. 1 1 Vermont 17 12- 5- 0 28.24 149.38 W27,W40 2 2 New Hampshire 19 15- 4- 0 31.58 142.21 L06,L06 3 3 Michigan 19 17- 1- 1 36.84 142.16 W37 4 4 North Dakota 20 14- 4- 2 30.00 140.04 W28,W28 5 5 Minnesota 20 14- 6- 0 28.00 137.51 W31,W31 6 14 Boston University 19 12- 4- 3 28.42 132.10 W02,W02 7 7 Miami 19 15- 4- 0 31.58 129.91 W38 8 6 Cornell 14 8- 4- 2 25.71 124.22 T21,L15 9 9 Colorado College 19 11- 7- 1 24.21 120.83 L11 10 8 St Cloud 20 12- 5- 3 27.00 120.55 L12,T12 11 10 Michigan State 18 12- 6- 0 26.67 118.10 W09 12 16 Denver 20 11- 6- 3 25.00 112.03 W10,T10 13 13 Princeton 18 12- 4- 2 28.89 109.40 W14,L16 14 11 Rensselaer 17 10- 5- 2 25.88 109.26 L13,W29 15 12 Clarkson 17 10- 7- 0 23.53 108.91 L17,W08 16 19 Union 14 6- 7- 1 18.57 102.67 W29,W13 17 17 Colgate 18 10- 7- 1 23.33 102.01 W15,W21 18 15 Dartmouth 13 8- 5- 0 24.62 97.79 W23,L21 W40,L27 19 18 Maine 18 9- 8- 1 21.11 97.14 W35,W23 20 21 Lake Superior 24 15- 8- 1 25.83 80.63 W41,W41 21 26 St Lawrence 19 8- 9- 2 18.95 80.61 W33,W18 T08,L17 22 22 Minnesota-Duluth 20 11- 8- 1 23.00 79.97 - 23 20 Mass Lowell 18 9- 9- 0 20.00 78.06 L18,L33 W26,L19 24 23 Wisconsin 20 9-10- 1 19.00 77.06 W42,W42 25 24 Bowling Green 21 8-11- 2 17.14 71.52 L37,W37 26 25 Boston College 19 7-11- 1 15.79 68.67 L23 27 30 Harvard 16 6- 8- 2 17.50 68.31 L01,W18 28 28 Western Michigan 19 7-10- 2 16.84 58.87 L04,L04 29 27 Yale 14 4- 8- 2 14.29 57.05 L16,L14 30 32 Merrimack 18 5-12- 1 12.22 55.87 W36 31 29 Alaska-Anchorage 18 5-11- 2 13.33 54.78 L05,L05 32 31 Northern Michigan 20 4-14- 2 10.00 54.09 - 33 35 Northeastern 19 5-12- 2 12.63 49.09 L21,W23 W43,W43 34 33 Mass Amherst 18 8-10- 0 17.78 47.44 - 35 36 Providence 19 6-12- 1 13.68 42.69 L19 36 34 Army 9 1- 7- 1 6.67 41.60 L30 37 38 Ferris State 19 6-13- 0 12.63 39.78 L03,W25,L25 38 37 Notre Dame 17 4-12- 1 10.59 35.68 L07 39 40 Alaska-Fairbanks 19 4-15- 0 8.42 32.92 - 40 39 Brown 15 2-12- 1 6.67 30.58 L18,L01 41 41 Ohio State 21 5-16- 0 9.52 30.22 L20,L20 42 42 Michigan Tech 18 2-15- 1 5.56 20.46 L24,L24 43 43 Air Force 7 0- 7- 0 1.00 0.00 L33,L33 Average ranking of each league(#teams): WCHA(10): 19.10 HEA(09): 23.11 CCHA(10): 24.90 ECAC(12): 18.25 On this week's ranking ... o BU makes an incredible jump from 14th to 6th with a sweep of UNH. o UNH holds to 2nd (virtual tie for 3rd) despite 2 losses because the Michigan win over 37th Ferris State was worth very little and most of UNH's previous opponents faired very well this week. o ECAC holds positions 13 through 18 and remains most highly ranked conference. On "The Heal Point System" ... The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in several sports. The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams. On the Maine secondary school calculation ... "P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index". "P.I." is calculated for each team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie, and then dividing by the number of scheduled games. Minimum "P.I." is 1.00. "T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams. "T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10. Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled. Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played, there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary results. Game scores for this ranking have been provided by Mike Machnik and INFO-HOCKEY-L, The College Hockey Information List, an internet mailing list hosted by The University of Maine System. Mr. Machnik's composite of all Division I men's ice hockey games is available in the list archives ([log in to unmask]) as file "9697MCMP SCHEDULE" and, with all team schedules, at US College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ Copyright 1996 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]