Polls 3/22/04

[Chris 02]

USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 22, 2004

   Team                               Pts (1st) Last Record
 1 University of Maine                495 (21)   2   30-7-3
 2 University of North Dakota         486 (13)   1   29-7-3
 3 University of Minnesota            431        5   26-13-3
 4 Boston College                     410        4   27-8-4
 5 University of Minnesota-Duluth     382        3   26-12-4
 6 The Ohio State University          318      T-11  26-15-0
 7 University of Michigan             313        6   26-13-2
 8 Miami University (Ohio)            257        7   23-13-4
 9 University of Denver               248        9   23-12-5
10 University of New Hampshire        195        8   20-14-6
11 University of Wisconsin            189      T-11  21-12-8
12 Michigan State University          142       10   24-15-2
13 University of Notre Dame            87       13   20-14-4
14 University of Massachusetts         44       NR   19-12-6
15 Harvard University                  41       NR   20-14-4

Others receiving votes: Colorado College 20, 
Colgate University 17; Niagara University 4, 
College of the Holy Cross 1.

Final USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
March 22, 2004

   Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Week
 1 Maine                (21)    30-7-3  576     2
 2 North Dakota         (19)    29-7-3  575     1
 3 Minnesota                   26-13-3  510     5
 4 Boston College               27-8-4  494     3
 5 Minnesota-Duluth            26-12-8  439     4
 6 Ohio State                  26-15-0  371    12
 7 Michigan                    26-13-2  359     6
 8 Denver                      23-12-5  310     9
 9 Miami                       23-13-4  281     7
10 New Hampshire               20-14-6  235     8
11 Wisconsin                   21-12-8  214    11
12 Michigan State              24-15-2  165    10
13 Notre Dame                  20-14-4   96    15
14 Colorado College            20-16-3   45    14
15 Harvard                     18-14-3   43    NR

Others Receiving Votes: Colgate 42, Massachusetts 29, 
St. Cloud State 7, Niagara 6, Cornell 2, Holy Cross 1

Harvard has followed the ways of Minnesota.  Started out the season highly ranked, tanked it during the season, but managed to hang on and make NCAA's.  

[Pete Godenschwager]

[Q]Harvard has followed the ways of Minnesota. Started out the season highly ranked, tanked it during the season, but managed to hang on and make NCAA's.[/Q]

I agree in general, but I'd say Minn. did more than hang on.  They started off crappy, but after Nov. 21 they were 25-6-2.  

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

That's what you call a photo finish at #1 and #15 in the USCHO poll.

[OSB]

I'd like to know who these two votes are coming from

[billhoward]

Cornell has pretty much beaten everyone in the top fifteen that it played including now-number-six Ohio State. Our problem was more beating teams in the bottom thirty.

[ugarte]

[Q]Pete Godenschwager Wrote:

 Harvard has followed the ways of Minnesota. Started out the season highly ranked, tanked it during the season, but managed to hang on and make NCAA's.

[q]I agree in general, but I'd say Minn. did more than hang on.  They started off crappy, but after Nov. 21 they were 25-6-2.  
 [/Q][/q]Wasn't Vanek injured for a lot of the Gophers' rough patch?