INCH Power Rankings

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings because they are worth a look. The Sioux remain in the top spot.

INCH Power Rankings
March 13, 2011
1. North Dakota — Friday must've been a profitable night at the Ralph Engelstad Arena team store; forwards Matt Frattin and Jason Gregoire both netted hat tricks in the Fighting Sioux's 8-0 rout of Michigan Tech in the first game of the WCHA playoff series between the two teams. 28-8-3 LAST WEEK: W vs. Michigan Tech, 8-0; W vs. Michigan Tech, 3-1 (WCHA First-Round Series). THIS WEEK: at WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, Minn.)
2. Boston College
3. Miami
4. Michigan
5. Yale
6. Merrimack
7. Union
8. New Hampshire
9. Denver
10. Minnesota Duluth
11. Notre Dame
12. Western Michigan
13. Colorado College
14. Dartmouth
15. Nebraska-Omaha
16. Boston University
17. RIT
18. Wisconsin
19. Rensselaer
20. Air Force
Dropped out: Minnesota, Maine
Bubble-licious: Cornell

INCH Power Rankings

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings for discussion purposes and this week there was a lot of movement. The Darlings from Yale are starting to tumble in the rankings.

INCH Power Rankings
[February 13, 2011]
1. Boston College
2. North Dakota 2 - In three starts for the Sioux against Alaska Anchorage, goaltender Aaron Dell is 3-0-0 with a 0.67 goals against average and a .964 save percentage. 21-8-2 (16-6-0 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Alaska Anchorage, 6-1; W vs. Alaska Anchorage, 3-1. THIS WEEK: at St. Cloud State, at St. Cloud State
3. Yale
4. Union
5. Merrimack
6. Denver
7. Minnesota Duluth
8. Miami
9. New Hampshire
10. Rensselaer
11. Michigan
12. Notre Dame
13. Nebraska-Omaha
14. Wisconsin
15. Dartmouth
16. Boston University
17. Western Michigan
18. RIT
19. Colorado College
20. Robert Morris
Dopped out: Maine
Bubble-licious: Cornell, Ferris State, Maine

INCH Power Rankings

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings. This past weekend everyone in the Top five lost this past weekend, Yale lost to the unimpressive Brown Bears, UND lost to the hapless Gophers, UNH lost to Dartmouth, Boston College lost to Maine and UMD lost to Wisconsin.

INCH Power Rankings
[January 16, 2011]
1. Yale
2. North Dakota — Down 1-0 early on Saturday and facing an upset home sweep against the rival Gophers, it took Evan Trupp just 34 seconds to respond with an unassisted breakaway goal to turn the momentum North Dakota's way. 17-6-2 (12-4-0 WCHA) LAST WEEK: L vs. Minnesota, 3-2; W vs. Minnesota, 4-1. THIS WEEK: vs. Nebraska-Omaha, vs. Nebraska-Omaha.
3. New Hampshire
4. Boston College
5. Minnesota Duluth
6. Denver
7. Michigan
8. Union
9. Merrimack
10. Rensselaer
11. Notre Dame
12. Miami
13. Wisconsin
14. Maine
15. Nebraska-Omaha
16. Boston University
17. Western Michigan
18. Dartmouth
19. Alaska
20. Ohio State

Dropped out: Colorado College
Bubble-licious: Minnesota, Princeton, RIT, Robert Morris

INCH Power Rankings

1. Yale
2. North Dakota — The Fighting Sioux have won seven straight games, are unbeaten (8-0-1) in their last nine, and are 11-1-1 since a Nov. 6 loss to Minnesota Duluth. WCHA series against Minnesota, Nebraska-Omaha, and Colorado College precede an early February bye weekend. 16-5-2 (11-3-0 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Robert Morris, 8-0; W vs. Robert Morris, 2-1. THIS WEEK: vs. Minnesota, vs. Minnesota
3. New Hampshire
4. Boston College
5. Minnesota Duluth
6. Denver
7. Michigan
8. Rensselaer
9. Nebraska-Omaha
10. Union
11. Notre Dame
12. Merrimack
13. Wisconsin
14. Miami
15. Maine
16. Boston University
17. Western Michigan
18. Ohio State
19. Colorado College
20. Alaska
Dropped out: Robert Morris, Clarkson
Bubble-licious: Dartmouth, Ferris State, Princeton, RIT, Robert Morris

As always I post the INCH Power Rankings because they are interesting and fun to look at, I like the INCH staff and what they bring to the table. Like I have said in the past the only poll that matters is the PWR after the conference tourneys, there are no trophies for racking up wins in November, December and January...

In this week’s power ranking I don’t think that there are a lot of surprises here.... The INCH Rankings will mirror the USA and USCHO polls that will come out later today. Recently, there has been a national debate amongst college hockey fans on whether Yale is legit or for real? Yep, the Yale Bulldogs are the best in the ECAC, there is no doubt about it. Recently, the ECAC fans have gotten defensive when making a case for the ECAC.

Personally, being a western hockey fan and a WCHA guy, I think that right now, the UND Fighting Sioux are one of "the best teams" in the nation right now today as I write this, the Fighting Sioux have played by far the toughest schedule in college hockey and went an impressive 16-5-2 and the Fighting Sioux has lost one league game on the road. In case anyone is confused they buried the UMD Bulldogs 5-0 on December 30th, who is also one of the better teams in the WCHA. This is the same UMD Bulldog team that went out to Postdam, New York and took the Clarkson Knights to the woodshed.

INCH gives Sioux the kiss of death

In case you haven't seen it, INCH has The Great 58 up and they have University of North Dakota ranked number one. I would say that B.C. should be number one because they are the reigning NCAA champ and they returned most of their good players.

1. North Dakota - A crucial four-week stretch of October and November for the Sioux has home series with Denver and UMD sandwiched between trips to Maine and Wisconsin.
2. Boston College
3. Miami
4. Michigan
5. Minnesota Duluth
6. St. Cloud State
7. Yale
8. Maine
9. New Hampshire
10. Alaska
11. Denver
12. Union
13. Rensselaer
14. Boston University
15. Cornell
16. Notre Dame
17. Michigan State
18. Minnesota
19. Wisconsin
20. RIT