Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 02/16/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 616 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 Michigan 32 27- 2- 3 35.63 154.02 W41,W41 2 2 Vermont 28 18- 7- 3 27.86 145.34 L16,T15 3 4 Clarkson 28 20- 8- 0 28.57 142.75 W18,W34 4 3 New Hampshire 31 24- 7- 0 30.97 139.37 W28,L28 5 5 North Dakota 32 22- 8- 2 28.75 135.72 L33,W33 6 7 Boston University 30 18- 6- 6 28.00 124.17 W27,W23,T23 7 6 Cornell 25 15- 6- 4 27.20 123.46 W29,W37 8 8 Minnesota 32 21-11- 0 26.25 119.89 L19,W19 9 10 St Cloud 32 19-10- 3 25.63 117.53 W22,W22 10 12 Miami 29 20- 8- 1 28.28 117.27 W11,W32 11 9 Michigan State 30 17-10- 3 24.67 115.06 L10,W20 12 11 Colorado College 32 18-12- 2 23.75 112.47 W14,L14 13 13 Maine 28 17-10- 1 25.00 107.98 W36,W36 14 14 Denver 32 17-11- 4 23.75 105.96 L12,W12 15 15 Rensselaer 28 16- 8- 4 25.71 105.46 W26,T2 16 19 Union 24 12-10- 2 21.67 103.07 W2,W26 17 17 Colgate 28 14-12- 2 21.43 94.60 W37,L29 18 16 Princeton 25 14- 8- 3 24.80 92.40 L3,T30 19 22 Minnesota-Duluth 32 17-13- 2 22.50 92.23 W8,L8 20 20 Lake Superior 34 19-11- 4 24.71 89.38 W32,L11 21 21 Bowling Green 31 14-14- 3 20.00 89.37 W24,L35 22 18 Wisconsin 32 15-15- 2 20.00 88.84 L9,L9 23 26 Mass Lowell 31 13-17- 1 17.42 79.51 L6,T6 24 23 Western Michigan 30 12-14- 4 18.67 79.26 L35,L21 25 27 Merrimack 30 13-16- 1 18.00 79.24 W27,W27 26 24 Dartmouth 25 10-14- 1 16.80 75.19 L15,L16 27 25 Boston College 31 11-17- 3 16.13 71.89 L6,L25,L25 28 30 Providence 31 13-17- 1 17.42 70.36 L4,W4 29 28 Harvard 25 9-14- 2 16.00 69.33 L38,L7,W17 30 31 St Lawrence 30 9-17- 4 14.67 63.29 T34,T18 31 29 Alaska-Anchorage 30 9-18- 3 14.00 61.54 L40,L40 32 32 Ferris State 28 8-19- 1 12.14 52.87 L20,L10 33 36 Northern Michigan 30 6-22- 2 9.33 52.02 W5,L5 34 33 Yale 24 6-15- 3 12.50 51.39 T30,L3 35 37 Ohio State 33 11-22- 0 13.33 50.64 W24,W21 36 34 Mass Amherst 31 12-19- 0 15.48 49.49 L13,L13 37 35 Brown 25 6-17- 2 11.20 44.51 L17,L7 38 39 Northeastern 30 7-21- 2 10.67 42.42 W29,L39 39 40 Army 14 2-10- 2 8.57 42.26 W--,W38 40 42 Michigan Tech 30 5-21- 4 9.33 40.55 W31,W31 41 38 Notre Dame 29 6-22- 1 8.97 38.33 L1,L1 42 41 Alaska-Fairbanks 28 8-20- 0 11.43 36.54 - 43 43 Air Force 12 0-11- 1 1.67 4.67 - Average ranking of each league(#teams): this week last week WCHA(10): 19.30 19.20 HEA(09): 22.22 22.33 CCHA(10): 23.70 23.80 ECAC(12): 19.50 19.33 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, sometimes supplimented by other sources. 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 1997 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]