Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 02/02/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 538 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 28 24- 1- 3 36.43 158.79 W38,W19 2 2 Vermont 24 17- 6- 1 29.17 150.03 W5,W29 3 5 North Dakota 28 19- 7- 2 28.57 143.87 W7,W7 4 3 New Hampshire 28 22- 6- 0 31.43 142.79 W28,W36,W35 5 4 Clarkson 24 16- 8- 0 26.67 132.75 L2,W24 6 7 Cornell 21 12- 5- 4 26.67 129.21 W15,W33 7 6 Minnesota 28 18-10- 0 25.71 121.33 L3,L3 8 8 Boston University 25 14- 6- 5 26.40 118.73 W32 9 9 St Cloud 28 16- 9- 3 25.00 115.70 L10,W10 10 11 Colorado College 28 16-10- 2 24.29 113.92 W9,L9 11 10 Michigan State 26 15- 8- 3 25.38 110.58 W37,L26 12 13 Miami 27 18- 8- 1 27.41 110.14 T19,W38 13 12 Denver 28 16- 8- 4 25.71 108.77 W34,W34 14 15 Maine 26 15-10- 1 23.85 106.07 W23,L27 15 14 Princeton 22 14- 6- 2 27.27 104.67 L6,W17 16 16 Rensselaer 24 14- 7- 3 25.83 103.08 W28,W39 17 18 Colgate 24 13-10- 1 22.50 96.94 W22,W33,L15 18 17 Union 20 9- 9- 2 20.00 93.03 W39,W40 19 20 Bowling Green 27 12-12- 3 20.00 92.22 T12,L1 20 21 Wisconsin 28 14-12- 2 21.43 91.50 T30,W30 21 22 Lake Superior 31 18- 9- 4 25.81 91.25 W37,W37 22 19 Mass Lowell 27 13-14- 0 19.26 85.83 L17,L32 23 23 Boston College 26 10-13- 3 17.69 82.00 L14 24 24 Dartmouth 21 9-11- 1 18.10 79.31 L29,L5 25 25 Minnesota-Duluth 28 14-12- 2 21.43 77.94 L41,T41 26 27 Western Michigan 26 10-12- 4 18.46 75.51 W11,W31 27 28 Merrimack 26 10-15- 1 16.15 73.20 W35,W14 28 26 Harvard 20 7-11- 2 16.00 68.77 L4,L16 29 30 St Lawrence 26 9-15- 2 15.38 64.25 W24,L2 30 32 Alaska-Anchorage 26 8-15- 3 14.62 61.75 T20,L20 31 29 Ferris State 25 8-16- 1 13.60 59.05 L26 32 35 Providence 27 10-16- 1 15.56 56.20 L8,W22 33 31 Yale 21 6-13- 2 13.33 53.03 L17,L6 34 34 Northern Michigan 26 5-19- 2 9.23 50.23 L13,L13 35 33 Mass Amherst 27 11-16- 0 16.30 48.48 L27,L4 36 36 Northeastern 26 6-18- 2 10.77 43.45 L4 37 37 Notre Dame 25 6-18- 1 10.40 42.17 L11,L21,L21 38 39 Ohio State 29 7-22- 0 9.66 39.00 L1,L12 39 38 Brown 22 5-15- 2 10.91 38.65 L18,L16 40 40 Army 13 1-10- 2 6.15 37.23 L18 41 42 Michigan Tech 26 3-19- 4 7.69 35.96 W25,T25 42 41 Alaska-Fairbanks 26 7-19- 0 10.77 29.57 W43,W43 43 43 Air Force 12 0-11- 1 1.67 4.55 L42,L42 Average ranking of each league(#teams): this week last week WCHA(10): 19.20 19.70 HEA(09): 22.33 22.22 CCHA(10): 23.80 23.90 ECAC(12): 19.33 18.92 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]