New Rankings

Even though we are now fully into the post-season, the rankings are still out there and the Tigers are on the move again. CC is now numero uno in the INCH power rankings, up to second in both the national polls (below) and has dropped to #4 in the latest power rankings, probably due to the results of the teams that jumped over them. No worries though, the actual selection will be different and the letters WCHA will have a big effect on the Tigers final landing spot.
Another interesting development is Air Force winning the AHA tournament and clinching their spot in the NCAA Tournament. This means that both Colorado Springs teams, and all three Colorado teams will make the NCAA Tournament-a pretty awesome feat. It is also possible that the Falcons could open up at the World Arena, although having two teams playing in their home city might not sit well with the powers that be. Although, if you put all three teams in different regionals, there is the possibility of them all making the Frozen Four...in Denver. How crazy would that be?!

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
March 17, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Michigan (28)	500	1
2.	Colorado College (4)	466	3
3.	Miami (2)	420	5
4.	New Hampshire	418	4
5.	North Dakota	404	2
6.	Denver	331	8
7.	Boston College	285	9
8.	St. Cloud State	262	10
9.	Michigan State	244	6
10.	Clarkson	196	7
11.	Notre Dame	173	12
12.	Minnesota	107	15
13.	Boston University	93	13
14.	Minnesota State	90	11
15.	Princeton	33	NR

Also receiving votes: Harvard 23, Wisconsin 20, Ferris State 4, Air Force 4, Niagara 4, Northern Michigan 2, Vermont 1.

USCHO.com/CSTV Poll

March 17, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Michigan (41)	989	1
2.	Colorado College (5)	922	3
3.	Miami (1)	869	4
4.	North Dakota (3)	866	2
5.	New Hampshire	837	5
6.	Denver	740	8
7.	St. Cloud State	653	9
8.	Boston College	649	T10
9.	Michigan State	600	6
10.	Clarkson	529	7
11.	Notre Dame	483	12
12.	Minnesota	408	15
13.	Boston University	376	14
14.	Minnesota State	363	T10
15.	Princeton	287	16
16.	Harvard	261	17
17.	Wisconsin	176	13
18.	Vermont	170	19
19.	Niagara	94	NR
20.	Cornell	53	NR

Also receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth 42, Air Force 35, Northern Michigan 34, Ferris State 30, Michigan Tech 12, Colgate 10, Masachusetts 6, Bemidji State 3, Quinnipiac 2, Army 1.

Monday's Rankings

From 3-8-08 CC vrs...

The Tigers jumped to #2 in the INCH Power Rankings

CC is tied with Michigan in the PairWise Rankings

The Let'sGoDU Top 10 Super Poll surprises the world and puts the Tigers #1

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
March 10, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Michigan (15)	483	2
2.	North Dakota (9)	457	1
3.	Colorado College (9)	451	5
4.	New Hampshire	417	3
5.	Miami (1)	385	4
6.	Michigan State	324	6
7.	Clarkson	304	8
8.	Denver	258	7
9.	Boston College	207	9
10.	St. Cloud State	196	11
11.	Minnesota State	194	10
12.	Notre Dame	126	12
13.	Boston University	86	NR
14.	Wisconsin	80	13
15.	Minnesota	45	14

Also receiving votes: Princeton 16, Minnesota Duluth 12, Harvard 6, Ferris State 5, Niagara 3, Vermont 3, Army 2

USCHO.com/CSTV Poll

March 10, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Michigan (19)	964	2
2.	North Dakota (20)	936	1
3.	Colorado College (9)	898	5
4.	Miami (2)	857	4
5.	New Hampshire	843	3
6.	Michigan State	726	6
7.	Clarkson	676	8
8.	Denver	623	7
9.	St. Cloud State	541	11
10.	Boston College	538	10
10.	Minnesota State	538	9
12.	Notre Dame	432	12
13.	Wisconsin	383	13
14.	Boston University	330	16
15.	Minnesota	299	14
16.	Princeton	257	15
17.	Harvard	164	19
18.	Minnesota Duluth	156	18
19.	Vermont	103	NR
20.	Providence	46	17

Also receiving votes: Niagara 45, Ferris State 29, Army 23, Massachusetts 17, Michigan Tech 14, Cornell 13, Northeastern 12, Quinnipiac 10, Air Force 8, Union 7, Bemidji State 4, RIT 3, Bowling Green 2, Nebraska-Omaha 2, UMass Lowell 1.

Trying Some New Stuff-Don't Freak Out!

It's been fun to see my daily visitors jump through the roof the past 2 days, I guess those throwbacks are pretty popular huh?! So I'm testing some new stuff out: texture in the background and the new 3rd column that I finally got put in. I'll be moving stuff around to get some sort of rhyme and reason to the setup. I'm hoping to have an area for other fan-generated content to go in (hint hint to the other great pics of the throwbacks that I saw). I'm open to any suggestions you may have, you guys have to look at it! Vote in the survey and leave some comments. For the record, if I voted I would chose number 2 so don't feel obligated to say it's great.

The Tigers jumped to #2 in this week's INCH Power Rankings and have an odd reference to Kobe Bryant in their "Of Note". Be sure to check out the vid below with the ND-UM fight, classic. I'm glad we don't play ND for the rest of the regular season, cheap shots seem to be their M.O. right now. Thanks for the visits and enjoy the snow!
~PCO

Tuesday Notes

I was reading through the new INCH Power Rankings and discovered one of the funnier descriptions I've come across. Granted, they have a point but it's still funny:
The Pioneers are 18-0-0 this season when scoring more goals than their opponents.
Hmmm, strange that they are undefeated...here's the rest so I don't take it completely out of context: Of course, Wisconsin would say DU is 17-0-0 when outscoring opponents, and 1-0-0 when scoring the same number of goals as their foes.

It reminds me of a line uttered at halftime a few years back during a CU-Nebraska game:
"for CU to win this game, they need to score more points than Nebraska". Wow dude, can we all have your job??

Here's an interview with Scott Owens after the first weekend of the season that I found. It's funny to see what the team outlook was i.e. starting a freshman goalie we weren't too sure about ;)

Here's an interesting twist: I'm averaging about 20% of my daily referrals are from the DU blog. Who says rivals can't share interests!