Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 03/02/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 711 Division I games. Only games between teams with 17 or more Division I games scheduled are counted, as 17 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 36 29- 3- 4 34.44 153.11 L6,W34 2 2 Clarkson 32 24- 8- 0 30.00 146.70 W11,W18 3 3 Vermont 32 21- 8- 3 28.13 138.32 W37,W29 4 4 New Hampshire 34 25- 9- 0 29.41 134.15 W25,L9 5 5 North Dakota 36 24-10- 2 27.78 130.60 L10,L10 6 9 Miami 34 24- 9- 1 28.82 129.17 W24,W1 7 8 Minnesota 36 24-11- 1 27.22 128.30 W23,W23 8 6 Maine 32 21-10- 1 26.88 125.76 W36 9 11 Boston University 34 20- 8- 6 27.06 122.63 W22,W4 10 13 Denver 36 21-11- 4 25.56 122.47 W5,W5 11 7 Cornell 29 17- 8- 4 26.21 120.19 L2,W30 12 10 Michigan State 34 19-11- 4 24.71 115.69 W41,T21 13 12 St Cloud 36 21-11- 4 25.56 112.55 W42,W42 14 14 Colorado College 36 19-13- 4 23.33 112.20 W32,T32 15 15 Union 30 16-11- 3 23.33 110.85 L16,W33 16 17 Princeton 29 16- 9- 4 24.83 102.11 W15,L17 17 18 Rensselaer 32 17-11- 4 23.75 101.27 L33,W16 18 16 Colgate 32 16-13- 3 21.88 100.49 W30,L2 19 19 Minnesota-Duluth 36 18-14- 4 22.22 96.36 L31,T31 20 20 Lake Superior 36 19-12- 5 23.89 93.65 - 21 21 Bowling Green 34 14-15- 5 19.41 88.67 T12 22 23 Merrimack 34 15-17- 2 18.82 81.65 L9,W27 23 22 Wisconsin 36 15-19- 2 17.78 81.11 L7,L7 24 24 Western Michigan 34 13-16- 5 18.24 76.64 L6,T34 25 25 Providence 34 15-18- 1 18.24 74.03 L4 26 27 Mass Lowell 34 13-20- 1 15.88 73.49 L38 27 28 Boston College 34 13-18- 3 17.06 72.79 W38,L22 28 26 Dartmouth 29 10-17- 2 15.17 70.33 L29,L37 29 30 Harvard 29 10-17- 2 15.17 66.08 W28,L3 30 29 St Lawrence 34 10-19- 5 14.71 61.89 L18,L11 31 33 Northern Michigan 34 9-22- 3 12.35 61.68 W19,T19 32 31 Alaska-Anchorage 34 9-21- 4 12.94 60.66 L14,T14 33 34 Yale 28 8-17- 3 13.57 59.70 W17,L15 34 32 Ohio State 37 12-23- 2 14.05 57.75 T24,L1 35 35 Ferris State 35 9-23- 3 12.00 52.43 - 36 36 Mass Amherst 33 12-21- 0 14.55 49.88 L8 37 37 Brown 29 7-19- 3 11.72 49.19 L3,W28 38 41 Northeastern 34 8-23- 3 11.18 46.73 L27,W26 39 38 Alaska-Fairbanks 31 10-20- 1 13.55 45.67 - 40 40 Army 18 4-12- 2 11.11 45.62 W44,L44 41 39 Notre Dame 34 8-25- 1 10.00 44.27 L12 42 42 Michigan Tech 36 7-25- 4 10.00 43.62 L13,L13 43 * Mankato State 17 7- 9- 1 17.65 39.87 W--,W-- 44 43 Air Force 18 2-15- 1 5.56 19.23 L40,W40 * - Mankato State added to "eligible teams" this on this week's report. Average ranking of each league(#teams): WCHA(10): 19.60 HEA(09): 21.67 CCHA(10): 23.30 ECAC(12): 19.92 On this weeks' ranking ... This report contains the results of all regular season games. On with the playoffs (for most teams)! 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]