[January 18, 2010]
1 Denver (39) 14-5-3 989 1
2 Miami (11) 15-4-5 957 2
3 Wisconsin 13-6-3 863 3
4 Minnesota-Duluth 16-7-1 795 10
5 North Dakota 12-7-5 654 4
6 Yale 10-4-3 651 5
7 Colorado College 13-8-3 641 8
8 Ferris State 16-6-2 633 6
9 Cornell 9-4-3 573 9
10 Michigan State 15-7-4 563 7
11 Boston College 12-6-2 554 12
12 St. Cloud State 14-7-3 523 14
13 Union 13-4-5 485 13
14 Bemidji State 15-5-2 435 11
15 Massachusetts 14-8-0 310 19
16 New Hampshire 10-7-4 220 20
17 Vermont 11-7-2 185 18
18 Lake Superior 14-8-4 118 NR
19 Mass.-Lowell 12-9-2 97 15
20 Maine 11-9-2 83 16
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan 52, Quinnipiac 47, Minnesota 30, Alaska 20, Notre Dame 19, St. Lawrence 2, RIT 1
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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Jan. 18, 2010]
1 Denver (24) 14-5-3 500 1
2 Miami University (Ohio) (10) 15-4-5 483 2
3 Wisconsin 13-6-3 420 3
4 Minnesota Duluth 16-7-1 361 10
5 Yale 10-4-3 304 5
6 North Dakota 12-7-5 295 4
7 Cornell 9-4-3 263 8
8 Colorado College 13-8-3 249 9
9 Ferris State 16-6-2 237 7
10 Boston College 12-6-2 232 12
11 Michigan State 15-7-4 214 6
12 St. Cloud State 14-7-3 173 15
13 Union College 13-4-5 158 13
14 Bemidji State 15-5-2 90 11
15 Massachusetts 14-8-0 58 NR
Others receiving votes: University of New Hampshire, 35; University of Massachusetts Lowell, 3; University of Vermont, 3; University of Alaska, 2.
Analysis: Color me surprised. It would appear that the Pollsters have to be taking the loss of Chay Genoway and Brett Hextall injuries into account in their rankings because I honestly believe that UND is really probably about a 10th ranked team and not a 5th or 6th ranked team nationally. Cornell and Yale ranked high again. It will be fun watching one EZAC team make it into the NCAA tourney and watching them go out in their first game, again.
WCHA looks as strong as ever. I still think the ECAC is getting too much love. I think that BSU should have dropped further after playing a complete horse crap of a game on Friday, but decent rebound Saturday night. Goon, Serratore benched Jordan George Saturday night, second on the team in scoring because he felt the rookie needed to see a game from the press box. The result, Brance Orban another rookie puts up 3 pts in his place on the top line. What do you think they should do for Duluth this week, find a way to get both of them in the lineup?
ReplyDeleteBemidji has no chance against the Bulldogs this weekend, and they might as well just do themselves a favor and forfeit ahead of time. The Dogs are a very strong team, they've won four in a row and have quality wins over CC, UND, DU, and most recently, a road sweep at Mankato, a team that swept the Beavers in Bemidji just last month. Seriously, 6 WCHA teams ranked and in the top 13 of the pairwise? Now that's dominant.
ReplyDeleteI am going to the game in Bemidji on Friday night. Last time I will be able to see BSU play a WCHA school as a CHA school.
ReplyDeleteWCHA Dominates Like I said before BSU has more tourney wins than your crappy team.
ReplyDeleteIt's not about tournament wins. It's about being good over a long period of time. Consistency my friend.
ReplyDeleteAnd last time I checked, BSU's strength of schedule rivals that of my sister's 7th grade girls schedule.
You are right WCHAdominates... its not about tourney wins, its all about strentgh of schedule and being average of the long haul... that's why everyone celebrates the likes of SCSU so much, and try to emulate their incredible success. I mean as a Beaver fan, I hope they try to be just like them, and not say UND who has nothing to hang its hat on except those lousy 7 national titles and umpteen playoff victories.
ReplyDeleteDavid I love how the SCSU fans come on here and beat their chest but the fact remains they have banner for NCAA participation and WCHA playoff championship.
ReplyDeleteThe fact remains that BSU has more wins in the NCAA tourney than the Huskies do. 2 > 0 and 7 > 0, I saw some moron over Gopher puck live thumping their chest about how SCSU is so much better than UND this season but they just finished beating two cup cakes in non-conference play QU and Brown. Real power houses.