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2011-2012 DIII Opinion Poll

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Tweedle Dee

Pending inspiration
Alright guys I'm gonna try to run this this year. I'm probaly gonna regret it later but I'll give it a shot. Poll results will be posted after 5pm on Wednesdays so you have until then to post. Rank your Top 10 teams. I ask that unless the Berry Patch is being used for the poll that it be held off until after the poll for the week has been posted. Defend your picks if you want, it's not mandatory. Pre-season opinion goes up on 10/26, have fun everyone.
 
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1) RIT
2) Middlebury
3) Norwich
4) Elmira
5) Amherst
6) Plattsburgh
7) Gustavus Adolphus
8) Wisconsin-River Falls
9) Manhattanville
10) Bowdoin (now, now, just remember this is an opinion poll and I dream in black and white)
GO U BEARS!!!
 
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1. Norwich
2. RIT
3. M'ville
4. Midd
5. Elmira
6. Platty
7. Amherst
8. UWRF
9. GA
10. Adrian
 
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1.Norwich
2.RIT
3.Middlebury
4.Plattsburgh
5.Amherst
6.Manhattanville
7.Gustavus Adolphus
8.River Falls
9.Elmira
10.Neumann
 
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1) RIT
2) Midd
3) Norwich
4) Platty
5) Amherst
6) Manhattanville
7) River Falls
8) GA
9) Elmira
10) Adrian
 
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1) Norwich
2) Manhattanville
3) RIT
4) Middlebury
5) Plattsburgh
6) Wisconsin-River Falls
7) GAC
8) Amherst
9) Elmira
10) Adrian
 
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1. RIT
2. Norwich
3. Middlebury
4. Plattsburgh
5. Elmira
6. Amherst
7. GAC
8. Manhattanville
9. Bowdoin
10. River Falls

Note: I really like Bowdoin, I didn't just put em in for Obserbear.
 
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well i'm gonna shake things up a bit...

1) Norwich
2) Manhattanville
3) RIT
4) UWRF
5) Midd
6) Platty
7) GAC
8) Amherst
9) SNC
10) Adrian
 
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1) RIT
2) Middlebury
3) Norwich
4) Plattsburgh
5) Manhattanville
6) Amherst
7) GAC
8) Wisconsin River Falls
9) Adrian
10) Elmira
 
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obserbear said:
No love for the P.B. Phil? I hope this is not a field hockey grudge thing!
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Well, you know, I thought for a moment at putting them in around #8 over Adrian and all, but I see a lot hanging on that Holtz and with ice hockey (unlike the field variety) you can't be on the ice the whole time. They are a young team and have potential but based on last year's inconsistency you really can't ramp them up (yet). Now, if you can dangle a few freshmen in front of me with skillz....we can talk. They have solid goaltending and should improve. We will see by how much...

As to holding a grudge...if I play my cards right, I won't have to visit Brunswick again after November 5-6th. No grudge, just bewilderment on how they keep winning without the total domination of the 07-08 years -- testament to the program -- like Midd WHockey.

Enjoyed feeding my whole other season crew here tonight -- plague of locusts were all over the bear stew I was serving up (amazing what a few stale donuts will draw out of the woods -- I don't play fair) -- they'll be ready when the season opens up (and they do play fair).

Look forward to catching up with you, O-bear.
 
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Phil D. Stands said:
Now, if you can dangle a few freshmen in front of me with skillz....we can talk. They have solid goaltending and should improve. We will see by how much...


Look forward to catching up with you, O-bear.
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I hear the P.B. have some frosh with skillz but I wish I were as comfortable with the goaltending! I think the Bowdoin schedule looks brutal early (with Plattsburgh and Norwich) and hopefully they will find their stride and return to forner glories as the season evolves.
Look forward to seeing you in Plattsburgh right after T Day (and good luck with the 5th-6th trip!).
 
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Recent history suggests that the PB's skate with the "big girls" for 2-plus periods and then fade. Is this because Holtz and Tess-Wanat are tired and they don't have the skill behind them? Or was it that the team was being led on the ice by underclassmen? If the latter, those girls are upperclassmen (women?) now. And Holtz has to be a front runner for NESCAC POY. I think they certainly have the horses to pass Trinity and join Amherst and Midd at the top of the league.
 
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spike said:
Recent history suggests that the PB's skate with the "big girls" for 2-plus periods and then fade. Is this because Holtz and Tess-Wanat are tired and they don't have the skill behind them? Or was it that the team was being led on the ice by underclassmen? If the latter, those girls are upperclassmen (women?) now. And Holtz has to be a front runner for NESCAC POY. I think they certainly have the horses to pass Trinity and join Amherst and Midd at the top of the league.
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...yepper...I think the early pollsters would do well to note that Bowdoin will supercede Trinity at the top of NESCAC but they will need to shutout more opponents and up that goal count a mite to stick it out in the top ten of D3 -- like I said, it is hard to hang it all on one player, so a little more D and another O ringer would define them well.
 
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Phil D. Stands said:
...yepper...I think the early pollsters would do well to note that Bowdoin will supercede Trinity at the top of NESCAC but they will need to shutout more opponents and up that goal count a mite to stick it out in the top ten of D3 -- like I said, it is hard to hang it all on one player, so a little more D and another O ringer would define them well.
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This will be Coach O'Neil's second season (coming off a 15-9-2 year with a trip to the NESCAC semis) and first class she recruited for the Polar Bears. Bowdoin lost little offense to graduation (30/203 points or 15% and, as an added bonus, 61/269 penalty minutes or 23%). Last season they skated 4 first year D (Tang, Lane, Pashkowski and Allen). Pitching more shutouts, by which I imply more consistent goal play, could take the P.B. to the next level. I don't know if they will be ready to challenge Plattsburgh in their first game of the season (11/19 in the friendly confines of Watson) or Norwich on the road for game six (12/10 at Kreitzberg), but those experiences will yield dividends as they look to make some noise in the January and February NESCAC free for all!
 
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1. Norwich
2. St Norbert
3. RIT
4. River Falls
5. Plattsburgh
6. Manhattanville
7. Gustavus
8. Bowdoin
9. Neumann(this is for you know who!)
10. Superior!
 
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1. Gustavus
2. St. Norbert
3. UW River Falls
4. Norwich
5. RIT
6. Amherst
7. Manhattenville
8. Plattsburgh
9. Elmira
10.Trinity
 
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4and20 said:
1. Gustavus
2. St. Norbert
3. UW River Falls
4. Norwich
5. RIT
6. Amherst
7. Manhattenville
8. Plattsburgh
9. Elmira
10.Trinity
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Now there's a poll I can sink my teeth into. I guess all thats left is to figure out which Eastern team should be in the FF with GAC, SNC, and RF?
 
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Had computer problems yesterday and couldn't get to another until today. So without further adieu here are your Pre-Season Poll Results.

1. Norwich (5) 90
2. RIT (4) 88
3. Middlebury 63
4. Plattsburgh 58
5. Manhattanville 56
6. Wisconsin-River Falls 44
7. Gustavus Adolphus (1) 43
8. Amherst 43
9. Elmira 28
10. Saint Norbert 20
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11. Bowdoin 6
12. Adrian 6
13. Neumann 3
14. Wisconsin-Superior 1
15. Trinity 1

10 people participated in this poll
 
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