CHN Early Top 10 - Michigan Hockey at #3
CollegeHockeyNews just dropped their early Top 10 for 2014-2015 yesterday. Michigan features in at #3 which seems a touch high to me:
early top 10 for 2014-15
1. Minnesota
2. N. Dakota
3. Michigan
4. BC
5. Miami
6. Providence
7. Union
8. Minnesota St.
9. Colgate
10. Maine
— College Hockey News (@chnews) April 15, 2014
Surprising to me is that they have Miami all the way up at #5. They finished at 15-20-3 this year but must have a strong core coming back and/or a strong class coming in to get a bump like that.
I'm hoping with the possible 'addition by subtraction' of some players and a strong class coming in that we'll get back to our first Frozen Four since 2011. CHN seems to agree.
Edit: SBN College Hockey (formerly WesternCollegeHockeyBlog) also has their early list up but has Michigan all the way at #16. Very interesting decision to have Brown and Dartmouth as ranked teams, both of which have been nothing better than average in years and years
School | '13-'14 Record | |
1 | Providence | 22-11-6 |
2 | Minnesota | 28-7-6 |
3 | North Dakota | 25-14-3 |
4 | Colgate | 20-14-5 |
5 | Miami | 15-20-3 |
6 | Boston College | 28-8-4 |
7 | Minnesota State | 26-14-1 |
8 | Boston University | 10-21-4 |
9 | Brown | 11-17-3 |
10 | Denver | 20-16-6 |
11 | St. Cloud | 22-11-5 |
12 | Union | 32-6-4 |
13 | UMass Lowell | 26-11-4 |
14 | Ferris State | 29-11-3 |
15 | Dartmouth | 10-20-4 |
Honorable Mention: Michigan, Northeastern, Quinnipiac, Harvard, Maine
April 16th, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^
Don't like that high ranking... Nice to see the Dynasty is back near the top of the rankings though
April 16th, 2014 at 11:50 AM ^
Wut?
April 16th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
What seems to be the problem?
No, Warsaw University of Technology doesn't even have a hockey team.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Is Blasi still at Miami?
April 16th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
Yeah Rico is still there
April 16th, 2014 at 12:17 PM ^
A few years ago he was a hot name for Red's replacement
April 16th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
I'm almost sure he's a Miami (NTM) alum and has built that program from scratch. If he goes anywhere, I'd imagine it would be the NHL. I can't imagine him jumping to another college program unless there was internal turmoil at Miami or something like it
Yup. He graduated from there in 1994, and took over as Head Coach in 1999
Plus, for a while there, it seemed like there was quite a lot of tension between the two programs. This is just my Joe Schmoe opinion, but hiring Rico would be like hiring Narduzzi for football. Makes sense from a numbers standpoint, but past that, no way
Things seemed to reach a 'pseudo-rivalry' for a while around 2007-2010 when both teams were generally the top 2 in the CCHA and top 10 nationally. We cared about each other because we were both good, but I never sensed much animosity from either side
Was Rico ever a "hot name" for Red's replacement? I call B.S. on this...
I had numerous fellow Michigan fans say they wanted him
April 16th, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^
That's quite the swing in rankings.
April 16th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
I'll believe it when I see it. Potential is there, but some sort of activating ingredient is missing.
I think we all know what it is, but saying it on this board is a guaranteed way to launch an all-out nuclear civil war.
down voted you for thinking it.
Dammit, I forgot to put my tin foil hat on when I typed it.
I'm optimistic, but Top 5 may be too high.
We have a solid group returning, incoming talent, sophomore Nagelvoort. We should have a forecheck for the first time in recent memory.
Personally, I'd split the difference between 3 and 16. The offense should be better, but they're going to be even worse on the blue line without Bennett, and that's saying something given how bad that group was last year.
I guess I'm surprised Ferris hasn't started getting a little bit more respect in these type of polls. CJ Motte returns (doubt he leaves early), which should be a safety net from losing Czarnowczan and Thompson. They were an OT goal, in a game they dominated, away from Frozen Four appearances in two of last three seasons.
ND out of the top 10? Did they graduate everyone? When you lose twice to Penn State hockey there should be no mention of Honor.
The Irish have a deep enough team to handle losing TJ Tynan, Bryan Rust and Jeff Costello.
It's a whole different story graduating 4 defensemen and their goalie.
If Robbie Russo doesn't come back next year they will only bring back two upperclassmen and two freshman with limited playing time on the blueline.
No program loses more than Wisconsin.
The Badgers graduated 3 defensemen and lost McCabe to the NHL.
At forward they lose Kerdiles, Barnes, Mersch and Zengerle. One player with more than 10 goals last season comes back.