Polls

[Jim Hyla]

Here's this week, 1/16. My thanks to Ken Schott.

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USCHO.com/NCAA Poll
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Minnesota-Duluth(50) 15-4-3 1000 1
2 Boston University    13-6-1 871 6
3 Boston College       14-8-1 856 4
4 Minnesota            16-8-1 783 5
5 Ohio State           14-6-3 780 2
6 Merrimack            12-4-5 747 7
7 Notre Dame           13-8-3 731 3
8 Western Michigan     12-7-5 627 10
9 Cornell              10-4-3 571 9
10 Michigan            14-8-4 563 15
11 Colorado College    13-8-1 505 8
12 Union               12-5-6 417 14
13 Ferris State        14-8-2 396 13
14 Massachusetts-Lowell12-6-0 370 11
15 Denver              13-8-3 338 16
16 Michigan State      12-9-3 205 18
17 North Dakota        12-9-2 201 17
18 Colgate             12-8-2 156 12
19 Lake Superior       13-10-3 129 19
20 Miami               12-10-2 91 NR
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 81, Nebraska-Omaha 43, Quinnipiac 15, Harvard 6, Northeastern 6, Minnesota
State 4, Maine 3, RIT 2, St. Cloud State 2, Mercyhurst 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week's Ranking 2011-12 Record Weeks in Top 15
1 Minnesota Duluth,(34)510 1 15-4-3 15
2 Minnesota,           435 5 16-8-1 14
3 Boston University,   422 6 13-6-1 12
4 Boston College,      406 4 14-8-1 15
5 Ohio State,          363 2 14-6-3 9
6 Notre Dame,          335 3 13-8-3 15
7 Merrimack,           321 7 12-4-5 14
8 Western Michigan,    275 11 12-7-5 15
9 Cornell,             232 9 10-4-3 5
10 Michigan,           191 15 14-8-4 11
11 Colorado College,   165 8 13-8-1 15
12 Union,              152 13 12-5-6 13
13 UMass Lowell,        97 10 12-6-0 3
14 Ferris State,        84 12 14-8-2 10
15 Denver,              60 NR 13-8-3 14
Others receiving votes: North Dakota, 8; Colgate, 7; Northern Michigan, 7; Michigan State, 5; Nebraska Omaha, 3; Miami (Ohio), 1; Quinnipiac, 1.



[nyc94]

Cornell remains at no. 9 in the USCHO poll.  Up four spots to 5 in the INCH Power Ranking.

[css228]

Cornell remains at no. 9 in the USCHO poll.  Up four spots to 5 in the INCH Power Ranking.

Up 3 spots to 6 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll

[Aaron M. Griffin]

I'm glad that others have begun to see in this team what many of us began to see a short time ago. I found INCH's new power rankings interesting (sorry if they were posted elsewhere I have not come across it). I was able to be at the Sucks game and I left Lynah somewhat deflated. A tie to Harvard feels like a loss. However, INCH has a point with ranking us fifth nationally in power rankings.

The Big Red held Harvard's nation-leading power play to just one goal in five opportunities in a 2-2 tie on Saturday night at Lynah Rink.

I guess they have a point.

[Jim Hyla]

It's not from the polls, but I like this quote from USCHO's "What we learned" post:

Need a sense of normalcy? Cornell took three points this weekend, extending the nation's longest unbeaten streak to seven games.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/ecac-blog/2012/01/23/rpi-rallying/#ixzz1kNXD93Aj

[Aaron M. Griffin]

It's not from the polls, but I like this quote from USCHO's "What we learned" post:

Need a sense of normalcy? Cornell took three points this weekend, extending the nation's longest unbeaten streak to seven games.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/ecac-blog/2012/01/23/rpi-rallying/#ixzz1kNXD93Aj

I appreciated it. I guess that Nate Owen has learned quickly what is expected and the norm in the ECAC.

[scoop85]

While we certainly have been steady in racking-up points, I would like to see us control a bit more of the play than we have recently.  I thought we were on our heals a bit too much against Dartmouth, the successful result notwithstanding.

[Al DeFlorio]

While we certainly have been steady in racking-up points, I would like to see us control a bit more of the play than we have recently.  I thought we were on our heals a bit too much against Dartmouth, the successful result notwithstanding.

Agree.  One other data point:  at one point in the third period against Harvard, shots in the period were 5-2 for Cornell according to livestats.  From that point to the end of overtime, shots were Harvard 10, Cornell 0.  "On our heels a bit too much?"::worry::

[Josh '99]

I'm glad that others have begun to see in this team what many of us began to see a short time ago. I found INCH's new power rankings interesting (sorry if they were posted elsewhere I have not come across it). I was able to be at the Sucks game and I left Lynah somewhat deflated. A tie to Harvard feels like a loss. However, INCH has a point with ranking us fifth nationally in power rankings.

The Big Red held Harvard's nation-leading power play to just one goal in five opportunities in a 2-2 tie on Saturday night at Lynah Rink.

I guess they have a point.

After clicking through this link, I noticed that BU is now #2 in the INCH rankings and the USCHO poll, and #1 in the Pairwise.  Since losing back-to-back games against Lowell and Merrimack in early November to fall to 3-4-1, the Terriers are on a 12-2-0 run (starting with a resounding 5-0 win at BC, who were 9-2-e time, and including the game at MSG).  A tight loss to them looks a lot better now than it did at the time.

[ajh258]

http://www.uscho.com/2012/01/25/with-history-as-a-guide-ecac-hockey-teams-chase-cornell-down-the-stretch/

Sullivan finally wrote an in-depth analysis for this year's team; Schafer received high praise as well.

The coach is an adaptor; don't be fooled into thinking otherwise. He has outgrown the battering rams and has adopted more decisive methods of taking the castle.

Just call him trebu-Schafer.

[RichH]

http://www.uscho.com/2012/01/25/with-history-as-a-guide-ecac-hockey-teams-chase-cornell-down-the-stretch/

Sullivan finally wrote an in-depth analysis for this year's team; Schafer received high praise as well.

The coach is an adaptor; don't be fooled into thinking otherwise. He has outgrown the battering rams and has adopted more decisive methods of taking the castle.

Just call him trebu-Schafer.

He's not getting any more t-shirts.

[Trotsky]

http://www.uscho.com/2012/01/25/with-history-as-a-guide-ecac-hockey-teams-chase-cornell-down-the-stretch/

Sullivan finally wrote an in-depth analysis for this year's team; Schafer received high praise as well.

The coach is an adaptor; don't be fooled into thinking otherwise. He has outgrown the battering rams and has adopted more decisive methods of taking the castle.

Just call him trebu-Schafer.

So, Sullivan plays Civ.

[Scersk '97]

After clicking through this link, I noticed that BU is now #2 in the INCH rankings and the USCHO poll, and #1 in the Pairwise.  Since losing back-to-back games against Lowell and Merrimack in early November to fall to 3-4-1, the Terriers are on a 12-2-0 run (starting with a resounding 5-0 win at BC, who were 9-2-e time, and including the game at MSG).  A tight loss to them looks a lot better now than it did at the time.

Playing with John's DIY rankings calculator, note that changing the BU game to a tie makes a pretty damn good season look great rankings-wise and that changing the BU game to a win makes the season look dominant.  Like #3 nationally dominant.

I sometimes kind of hate the confluence of small numbers of events and small sample spaces.

(Indeed, after Lowell's recent loss, even just a tie makes us look golden.)

PS  Winning twice against Colgate this weekend would go a long way toward a great seed in the tournament.  Colgate is unlikely to drop out of contention, and they have some great non-conference wins that will help our common opponents criterion.

[munchkin]

http://www.uscho.com/2012/01/25/with-history-as-a-guide-ecac-hockey-teams-chase-cornell-down-the-stretch/

Sullivan finally wrote an in-depth analysis for this year's team; Schafer received high praise as well.

The coach is an adaptor; don't be fooled into thinking otherwise. He has outgrown the battering rams and has adopted more decisive methods of taking the castle.

Just call him trebu-Schafer.

So, Sullivan plays Civ.

He really like to play Risk and Monopoly, I've never seen him play Civ.

[scoop85]

USCHO's first bracketology of the season.  Not to get ahead of ourselves, but I think most of us would sign on the dotted line for this bracket.