Poll Monday.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll

January 26, 2009
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Notre Dame (37) 19-3-3 987 1
2 Boston University (13) 18-5-1 963 2
3 Northeastern 17-5-2 867 5
4 Cornell 14-2-3 831 3
5 Minnesota 12-5-5 791 6
6 Vermont 14-5-4 716 7
7 Denver 15-7-3 696 4
8 Michigan 18-8-0 692 8
9 Princeton 13-5-0 582 9
10 Miami 14-8-4 553 10
11 Boston College 11-8-3 450 14
12 North Dakota 15-10-3 432 15
13 New Hampshire 11-8-4 353 11
14 Ohio State 16-7-3 347 12
15 Wisconsin 13-10-3 279 16
16 Minnesota-Duluth 13-7-6 271 17
17 Colorado College 13-9-6 244 13
18 Yale 13-5-1 158 NR
19 Air Force 17-6-1 97 20
20 Dartmouth 10-7-2 67 18
Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 42, Nebraska-Omaha 24, RIT 23, Alaska 17, Minnesota State 5,
Massachusetts 4, Quinnipiac 4, St. Lawrence 4, Niagara 1
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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
Jan. 19, 2009
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1 Notre Dame (22) 19-3-3 496 1
2 Boston University (6) 16-5-1 464 2
3 Cornell (6) 13-1-3 434 4
4 Denver 15-6-2 394 7
5 Northeastern 15-5-2 386 6
6 Minnesota 12-5-5 336 8
7 Vermont 13-5-3 304 7
8 Michigan 16-8-0 280 6
9 Princeton 13-5-0 222 10
10 Miami (Ohio) 13-8-3 188 9
11 Ohio State 16-6-2 156 14
12 New Hampshire 11-6-4 154 13
13 Colorado College 13-8-5 132 11
14 Boston College 9-8-3 46 12
15 North Dakota 15-10-3 45 NR

Others receiving votes:
Wisconsin 17, Alaska 9, Nebraska-Omaha 9,
Air Force 2, Michigan State 2, Quinnipiac 2, Yale 2.
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INCH Power Rankings

1. Notre Dame
2. Boston University
3. Cornell
4. Northeastern
5. Vermont
6. Denver
7. Michigan
8. Minnesota
9. Princeton
10. Miami
11. North Dakota
12. Ohio State
13. Boston College
14. Wisconsin
15. New Hampshire
16. Colorado College
17. Air Force
18. Minnesota Duluth
19. Yale
20. RIT
Dropped out: Dartmouth, Alaska
Bubble-licious: St. Cloud State, Dartmouth, Nebraska-Omaha

In the INCH power ranking UMD could be higher. USA Today didn't even have UND's record right the Fighting Sioux are 15-10-3.

Internet Trolls.

There are a few people that take themselves way, way, way too serious. When I started this blog it was to have fun. At this current time I am still having fun. Most of us write blogs because it is a hobby. Now we have these self appointed narcissistic experts that think they are the hockey blog police. You know these people; they are people that are insecure in their skin that need to cut others down to feel better about their pathetic self. These are the people that sit in their mother’s basement with oatmeal on their shirt parsing every word and phrase that bloggers write. They also comment on every misspelled word and punctuation mark that is missed, then when you go to their blog they have misspelled words and pictures that of woman’s hockey players when the article is about a men’s hockey team. Sorry but you really need to get a life, I am not quitting because you take issue with what I write.

Always brave when hiding behind a fake name on the net

These trolls are always brave when they can hide behind a moniker or fake name using multiple email addresses and log in names. It is pretty easy to figure out who they are because use the same phrases and say the same things. These trolls have multiple login names on college hockey message boards and are an administrator’s night mare, one name is deleted and banned another name will sprout up almost instantly. These guys are real brave when they are anonymous and write anything; nothing is out of bounds because they know they don’t have to pay for their comments. Yet in public they wouldn’t dare say this stuff to you because they are gutless punks.

Now we have a few morons that have dedicated a blog to Brandon, BrettB and my blog (I will not link their blog because it isn’t worth mentioning plus they are just trolling for hits) they are going to focus on every article and point that we make. Now! Talk about your basic losers. If that isn’t a text book definition of loser I don’t know what is? Let’s review; you think our bogs are that bad, so you’re going to waste your time pointing out how bad you think these blogs are? WTF is that? So let me get this right; your life is really that pathetic and that bad that you have to focus on us? If that isn’t pathetic I don’t know what is? If you think our blogs are that bad don’t read it. Why lower yourself?

Sioux7 not going anywhere

Now to some house cleaning issues. Our friend from RWD's suggested that I give Sioux7 his pink slip. Come on now! that is not going to happen. Sioux7 is a great friend of mine and I personally hired him to jinx the other teams around the WCHA. Unfortunately the Badgers have thrived under Sioux7's predictions

Profanity

From time to time posts have been removed for objectionable content. I have many family and friends that read my blog and I am not having them wade through vile filthy, horrible, objectionable comments. If you can't use the language you're posting in a letter to a business colleague or your mother it shouldn't be posted. If you can't comment without being respectful and with out cussing don't comment. Again, its the common courtesy thing. Notice how people are really brave while hiding behind a fake name. These are people from the same ilk that caused Brad to have to moderate his hockey blog. The lack of class that some people ooze is mind boggling.