Poll Monday 3-09-2009

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
March 9, 2009

1 Boston University (42) 27- 5-4 992 1
2 Notre Dame ( 8) 27- 5-3 958 2
3 Michigan 26-10-0 894 3
4 Northeastern 23- 9-4 828 4
5 Denver 20-10-5 791 5
6 North Dakota 22-12-4 709 6
7 Vermont 20- 9-5 670 7
8 Miami 19-10-5 641 8
9 New Hampshire 19-10-5 579 9
10 Yale 20- 7-2 552 11
11 Princeton 20- 9-0 533 10
12 Cornell 18- 7-4 479 12
13 Colorado College 16-10-10 383 13
14 Ohio State 22-12-4 352 14
15 St. Lawrence 19-11-4 302 15
16 Minnesota 15-12-7 200 17
17 Wisconsin 17-15-4 174 19
18 Boston College 16-13-5 124 20
19 Minnesota-Duluth 16-12-8 91 16
20 St. Cloud State 18-15-3 82 18
Others Receiving Votes: Mass.-Lowell 65, Air Force 58,
RIT 18, Alaska 8, Minnesota State 8, Alaska-Anchorage 3,
Union 3, Northern Michigan 2, Dartmouth 1
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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 9, 2009
1 Boston University 502 (26) 1 27- 5-4
2 University of Notre Dame 484 (8) 2 27- 5-3
3 University of Michigan 462 3 26-10-0
4 Northeastern University 394 4 23- 9-4
5 University of Denver 380 5 20-10-5
6 University of North Dakota 322 6 22-12-4
7 University of Vermont 294 7 20- 9-5
8 Miami (Ohio) University 245 8 19-10-5
9 University of New Hampshire 226 9 19-10-5
10 Yale University 204 10 20- 7-2
11 Princeton University 179 11 20- 9-0
12 Cornell University 163 12 18- 7-4
13 Colorado College 80 15 16-10-10
14 The Ohio State University 71 14 22-12-4
15 St. Lawrence University 48 13 19-11-4

Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin 9, U.S. Air Force Academy 6, University of Minnesota 6,
University of Massachusetts Lowell 3, Rochester Institute of Technology
1, St. Cloud State University 1.

Poll Monday

I can't remember the last time I have seen so many polls, hockey and political over the course of one month. Thank God the election is over tomorrow, or should we say that voting is over tomorrow, we could be counting votes (dimpled chads, hanging chads) till January.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
1 Colorado College (41) 5-0-3 986 1
2 Boston College ( 5) 5-1-0 932 2
3 Boston University ( 4) 5-1-0 908 3
4 Minnesota 4-0-2 829 5
5 New Hampshire 4-1-2 772 6
6 Denver 4-2-1 755 4
7 Michigan 6-2-0 676 8
8 Miami 4-2-2 599 7
9 Princeton 1-0-0 548 10
10 Northeastern 5-1-2 529 9
11 Michigan State 4-2-2 468 11
12 Notre Dame 4-3-0 457 13
13 Minnesota State 3-2-1 316 12
14 Air Force 8-0-0 291 17
15 Clarkson 1-1-2 249 15
16 Vermont 3-2-1 216 14
17 Cornell 0-0-0 187 16
18 Harvard 1-0-0 156 20
19 Massachusetts 4-1-1 146 NR
20 Minnesota-Duluth 4-1-2 104 NR

Interesting! I think there are way too many EZAC teams in the top 20, Cornell hasn't played a game yet and are ranked 17th. Give me a break. Also, UMD cracks the top 20. So if we look at this poll we to believe that Vermont is better than UMD. Yeah ok.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll

1 Colorado College 501 (28) 1 5-0-3
2 Boston College 469 (5) 2 5-1-0
3 Boston University 442 (1) 3 5-1-0
4 University of Minnesota 394 5 4-0-2
5 University of New Hampshire 361 7 4-1-2
6 University of Denver 354 4 4-2-1
7 University of Michigan 304 8 6-2-0
8 Miami (Ohio) University 242 6 4-2-2
9 Princeton University 205 10 1-0-0
10 Northeastern University 193 9 5-1-2
11 Michigan State University 162 12 4-2-2
12 University of Notre Dame 141 13 4-3-0
13 Minnesota State University 73 11 3-2-1
14 U.S. Air Force Academy 72 NR 8-0-0
15 Clarkson University 50 14 1-1-2

Inside College Hockey

1. Colorado College
2. Minnesota
3. Boston College
4. Boston University
5. New Hampshire
6. Denver
7. Princeton
8. Northeastern
9. Michigan
10. Michigan State
11. Miami
12. Notre Dame
13. Minnesota State
14. Air Force
15. Cornell
16. Minnesota Duluth
17. Vermont
18. Massachusetts
19. Clarkson
20. Alaska Anchorage

Sioux are 13th in USA today poll.

In the USA today poll the Sioux fell to 13th place. Seems resonable since they lost both of their games this weekend.
USA Today poll

1. Boston College (32)
2. Michigan (1)
3. Colorado College (1)
4. Denver
5. Boston University
6. New Hampshire
7. Miami
8. Notre Dame
9. Minnesota
10. St. Cloud State
11. Michigan State
12. Princeton
13. UND
14. Clarkson
15. MSU-Mankato

The latest Patrick Reusse article.

Seems that Patrick Reusse is enflaming the masses down in Minneapolis again because he isn't spitting out the company line again. You know; Don Lucia is great, Don Lucia is God, Don Lucia is the top coach in the WCHA.

Seriously! Everyone knows that Mike Guentzel quit on his own accord and wasn't pushed out; there is no way a class act such as Don Lucia would force a great coach like Mike Guentzel out. Why couldn’t it happen?

The funny thing is every once in a while when there isn't much as far as real news going on in the Twin Cities Partick Reusse will put a shot across the bow of the Gopher hockey team. I don’t blame him it sells newspapers and people respond to it. Like obedient sheep the Gopher faithful take offense to it. I think people forgot to mention that it was an opinion piece. What is more funny is the comments that follow Reusse's articles.

Mainstream media. That's what they call us, right?

Apparently, the plan here in the mainstream has been to accept the tall tale that Mike Guentzel willingly resigned after 14 seasons as a Gophers hockey assistant, even though it's an open topic of conversation in WCHA circles and among former Gophers that he was forced out by coach Don Lucia.

Guentzel can't confirm this to media members, of course. The 45-year-old has aspirations to run a Division I program, and publicly admitting that Lucia chose him as the scapegoat for the horrendous 2007-08 season would not be helpful in that pursuit.

There's no doubt that the Lucia ego is sufficiently large that he's not going to blame a seventh-place finish in the WCHA on his own stewardship. And since The Don is joined at the hip with John Hill, his other assistant, that left Guentzel to take the fall. (Read the whole story here)

This is one of my favorite comments on the article.

Such short memories
Somehow the Don's critics have forgotten how he recruited a guy with below average skating skills named Grant Potulny. He certainly was not a prima-donna but the Don saw his leadership skills and character and Grant became the best captain the Gophers had in many years and led them to 2 NCAA championships. I agree with the Don that it's easy to be a good coach with good players - check the record at CC. However, to make the personable and hard working Guentzel a scapegoat (if that is indeed the case!) is not a class act.