TCHB Power Rankings: More Miami
By Fetch
1. Miami (8-1-1) (5-1-0) No Change
Dear Miami: Please lose as I am running out of pictures of you. Thanks. Also, Miami is the first team to sweep at Yost in over 8 years.
2. North Dakota (6-1-1) (4-1-1) No Change
North Dakota didn’t get their 4th win last year until November 15th.
3. Cornell (3-0-0) (2-0-0) Up 1
The defense hasn’t clicked yet, but at 4.67 goals per game, would you believe Cornell is the highest scoring team in the nation?
4. Denver (6-3-1) (4-1-1) Down 1
The loss of Marc Cheverie is killing Denver. They have fallen to a tie for 30th in defense in his absence.
5. Notre Dame (5-4-1) (2-1-1) Up 1
Notre Dame is 17th nationally in scoring margin, far too low for a team with that talent.
6. UMass-Lowell (5-2-1) (3-1-1) Up 4
Lowell is the 8th least penalized team in college hockey.
7. Michigan (4-4-0) (2-2-0) Down 2
Think about how bad it would have been if Miami hadn’t been 2 for 15 on the power play this weekend.
8. Bemidji State (7-0-1) (4-0-0) Up 4
They haven’t played anybody yet, but you can only beat the teams on your schedule.
9. Alaska (6-1-1) (3-1-0) No Change
Alaska goes to the lower 48 for the first time all season this weekend.
10. Nebraska-Omaha (4-1-3) (1-1-2) Down 2
Rich Purslow is tied for 5th in the CCHA with 5 goals.
11. Vermont (3-3-1) (2-2-1) Up 2
Senior Brayden Irwin is tied for 9th in Hockey East in ppg.
12. Yale (1-1-1) (0-1-1) Down 5
13 goals combined in 2 games this weekend? Maybe ECAC Hockey is getting offensive after all.
13. UMass (6-1-0) (3-1-0) Up 3
UMass hasn’t played anybody either, but unlike Bemidji State they have some tough teams coming up on the schedule.
14. Princeton (2-2-0) (1-1-0) No Change
Princeton has allowed 11 goals in 4 games. I didn’t see that coming from Zane Kalemba (and Alan Reynolds)
15. Michigan State (7-2-1) (4-1-1) Newbies
Western College Hockey Blog alluded to this last week, but if Corey Tropp keeps it up, we have a Nathan Gerbe X1000 situation going on.
16. Minnesota-Duluth (6-3-1) (3-2-1) Newbies
Duluth, CC, Wisconsin and Boston College all could have nabbed this spot.
Dropped out: Boston U, Wisconsin
Teams By Conference: CCHA 6, Hockey East 3, WCHA 3, ECAC Hockey 3, CHA 1