March 30, 2012

College Power Rankings

Every Friday during the season, New England Hockey Journal will present its power rankings of the region's 20 Division 1 men's teams. Here are the latest as of Mar. 30, 2012:

RANK

TEAM

RECORD

COMMENTS

 1

      
 Boston  College


 Overall: 31-10-1

Hockey East: 19-7-1

A year after crashing out of the NCAA tournament in the first round, the Eagles are the only New England team still standing, and are looking to end their season on a 19-game winning streak that would include their second national title in three years.

 2

Maine


 Overall: 23-14-3

Hockey East: 15-10-2

The season came to a close for the Black Bears with a 5-2 loss to Minnesota-Duluth, the defending national champions, in the Northeast Regional semifinal in Worcester. Not long after, senior Spencer Abbott signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was named a Hobey Hat Trick finalist, Brian Flynn (Lynnfield, Mass.) signed with the Buffalo Sabres, and Will O’Neill (Salem, Mass.) signed with the Winnipeg Jets.

 3

UMass-Lowell


 Overall: 24-13-1

Hockey East: 17-9-1

The River Hawks had one more win up their sleeves, toppling Miami in overtime for the program’s first-ever Division 1 NCAA tournament victory before falling to Union in the East Regional final.

 4

Boston University

 
Overall: 23-15-1

Hockey East: 17-9-1

An up-and-down year finally came to an end for BU, which gave up two empty-netters in a 7-3 loss to Minnesota in the West Regional semifinals. A few days later, forward Alex Chiasson opted out of his final year of eligibility, signing with the Dallas Stars organization.

 5

         

Harvard


Overall: 13-10-11

ECAC: 8-5-9

 

6

Merrimack 



Overall: 18-12-7

Hockey East: 13-9-5

 

 7

       

Yale 

 

Overall: 16-16-3

ECAC: 10-10-2

 

 8

 

Quinnipiac



Overall: 19-12-6

ECAC: 9-8-5

 

 9

  

New Hampshire


Overall: 15-19-3

Hockey East: 11-14-2

 

 10

 Providence 


  Overall: 14-20-4

Hockey East: 10-14-3

 

 11

            
 Holy Cross


Overall: 20-15-4

Atlantic: 15-8-4

 

 12

 

 Bentley 

Overall: 16-16-8

Atlantic: 13-7-7

 

 13

Dartmouth


Overall: 13-14-4

ECAC: 8-11-3

 

 14

UConn

Overall: 16-19-4

Atlantic: 12-12-3

 

 15

 UMass

 

Overall: 13-18-5

Hockey East: 9-14-4

 

 16

Northeastern


Overall: 13-16-5

Hockey East: 9-14-4

 

 17

       
Brown

 

Overall: 9-18-5

ECAC: 5-13-4

 

 18

Vermont 

Overall: 6-27-1

Hockey East: 3-23-1 

 

 19


AIC 


Overall: 8-26-3

Atlantic: 6-18-3

 

 20

Sacred Heart

Overall: 6-28-3

Atlantic: 4-20-3

 

Hockeyjournal.com’s weekly Division I power ratings are comprised by college hockey writers Andrew Merritt, Dan Guttenplan, Allen Lessels and Mike Zhe. They can be reached at feedback@hockeyjournal.com.