Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 02/23/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 657 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 34 28- 2- 4 35.29 156.43 W20,T20 2 3 Clarkson 30 22- 8- 0 29.33 141.19 W30,W37 3 2 Vermont 30 19- 8- 3 27.33 138.94 W34,L17 4 4 New Hampshire 32 24- 8- 0 30.00 136.40 L6 5 5 North Dakota 34 24- 8- 2 29.41 134.95 W31,W31 6 13 Maine 31 20-10- 1 26.45 124.32 W4,W11,W11 7 7 Cornell 27 16- 7- 4 26.67 123.44 L15,W18 8 8 Minnesota 34 22-11- 1 26.47 123.23 T14,W14 9 10 Miami 31 21- 9- 1 27.74 118.96 W21,L10 10 11 Michigan State 32 18-11- 3 24.38 116.15 W9,L32 11 6 Boston University 32 18- 8- 6 26.25 116.07 L6,L6 12 9 St Cloud 34 19-11- 4 24.71 114.20 L19,T19 13 14 Denver 34 19-11- 4 24.71 111.35 W22,W22 14 12 Colorado College 34 18-13- 3 22.94 110.52 T8,L8 15 16 Union 26 13-10- 3 22.31 109.01 W7,T16 16 17 Colgate 30 15-12- 3 22.00 100.85 W18,T15 17 18 Princeton 27 15- 8- 4 25.19 98.95 T26,W3 18 15 Rensselaer 30 16-10- 4 24.00 98.48 L16,L7 19 19 Minnesota-Duluth 34 18-13- 3 22.94 96.65 W12,T12 20 20 Lake Superior 36 19-12- 5 23.89 93.10 L1,T1 21 21 Bowling Green 33 14-15- 4 19.39 87.85 L9,T32 22 22 Wisconsin 34 15-17- 2 18.82 84.61 L13,L13 23 25 Merrimack 32 14-16- 2 18.75 80.07 T41,W41 24 24 Western Michigan 32 13-15- 4 18.75 78.50 L39,W39 25 28 Providence 33 15-17- 1 18.79 76.10 W27,W27 26 26 Dartmouth 27 10-15- 2 16.30 74.73 T17,L34 27 23 Mass Lowell 33 13-19- 1 16.36 74.50 L25,L25 28 27 Boston College 32 12-17- 3 16.88 74.12 W36 29 30 St Lawrence 32 10-17- 5 15.63 65.39 T37,W30 30 29 Harvard 27 9-16- 2 14.81 64.52 L2,L29 31 31 Alaska-Anchorage 32 9-20- 3 13.13 59.78 L5,L5 32 35 Ohio State 35 12-22- 1 14.29 57.85 T21,W10 33 33 Northern Michigan 32 8-22- 2 11.25 54.03 W42,W42 34 34 Yale 26 7-16- 3 13.08 53.19 L3,W26 35 32 Ferris State 31 8-21- 2 11.61 50.15 L38,T38,L38 36 36 Mass Amherst 32 12-20- 0 15.00 48.34 L28 37 37 Brown 27 6-18- 3 11.11 45.06 T29,L2 38 42 Alaska-Fairbanks 31 10-20- 1 13.55 42.95 W35,T35,W35 39 41 Notre Dame 31 7-23- 1 9.68 42.90 W24,L24 40 39 Army 14 2-10- 2 8.57 42.49 - 41 38 Northeastern 32 7-22- 3 10.63 42.17 T23,L23 42 40 Michigan Tech 32 5-23- 4 8.75 37.88 L33,L33 43 43 Air Force 12 0-11- 1 1.67 4.63 L--,L-- Average ranking of each league(#teams): WCHA(10): 19.90 HEA(09): 22.33 CCHA(10): 22.90 ECAC(12): 19.50 On this week's ranking ... - Maine had a good week; BU did not. 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]