Cornell is #5!
I only get the print version, so I'm not sure if this is the right link... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/pr/subs/siexclusive/2004/pr/subs/siexclusive/11/17/college_hockey1122/index.html
Maybe someone else can post the article :)
You have to be an SI subscriber to get the article. Maybe you could cut and paste.
SI's College Hockey Top 5
1 BC
2 Michigan
3 Minnesota
4 Colorado College
5 Cornell. "The Big Red is first in the nation in defense (1.17 goals allowed per game) and penalty killing percentage (94.3) and tied for second in offense (4.00 goals per game)."
It's in the Scorecard section of the 11/22/04 issue (Basketball Preview). It lists the top five teams in the nation this year -- apprently the five most likely to be the best teams this year, in SI's opinion -- as opposed to the top hockey programs or most tradition.
It's a sidebar to a one-page article on stricter college hockey rules enforcement, "Giving Hooking the Hook," and quotes CCHA commisioner Tom Anastos as saying his supervisor of officials pulled the tape of the 2004 NCAA finals. He saw 30 penalties, of which one was called and one other was not called but mentioned by the TV announcers. The other 28 went uncalled, unremarked upon, yet when the tape was shown to other a dozen other people, all agreed with the assessment that 30 penalties could have been called. Through the first five weeks of the season the number of penalties called per game is up 35% to 19.4 per game (wonder if they mean minutes not penalties).
(If you're an SI print subscriber you can get this online. Just have a copy of the magazine with your cover page subscriber info when you log on first time.)
There's some mention of this on the Cornell athletics website.
http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/111904aag.html
Almost sounds as though that little "article" was written after someone in Athletics read the forum. Nahhhh...that couldn't be...