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The Top 25 College Hockey Teams of the NCAA Era

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Updated probabilities:
33% statehockey
21% spartanforlife4
13% bumpreader
13% css228
8% Badger Abroad
4% MindDoc
4% Moxie Girl
4% Shirtless Guy
 
Re: The Top 25 College Hockey Teams of the NCAA Era

Shirtless Guy said:
Updated probabilities:
33% statehockey
21% spartanforlife4
13% bumpreader
13% css228
8% Badger Abroad
4% MindDoc
4% Moxie Girl
4% Shirtless Guy
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For those who might be curious, here is what the leaderboard would have looked like had a more reasonable (i.e., FS23's) contest scoring methodology been used instead:

1. Shirtless Guy 56.83
2. Moxie Girl 55.25
3. bumpreader 44.17
4. FreshFish 41.00
5. statehockey 32.75
6. tabasca 31.50
7. dwollstadt 31.00
8. siouxfaninseattle 29.50
9. Spartanforlife4 29.00
10. fellowes 28.58
11. Badger Abroad 28.00
12. aygwm2 27.33
13. Lord Humongous 26.00
14. davewb 25.55
15. MindDoc 25.00
16. css228 22.25
17. vizoroo 19.33
18. DSTY 17.25
19. mkw 15.50
 
Re: The Top 25 College Hockey Teams of the NCAA Era

burgie12 said:
I've heard DocD make references to this back when the ECAC used a "mini-game" to decide playoff series back in the '80s.

RPI beat Colgate in the first game of the 1987 playoffs 9-1 and was losing the second game. Since there would be a mini-game immediately following if RPI lost and the series was split, Addessa pulled the goalie and just peppered Colgate with shots without caring if they scored an empty netter (or 3). RPI ended up losing the game 7-2 and then won the mini-game 2-0 to advance to the semis against Harvard.
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Your recap is exactly on the money. I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember thinking how foolish it was to try. Goes to show what the heck do I know.
 
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Has anyone mentioned Bemidji State's Perfect Season which I think still holds the NCAA Record 1983-1984 season with a 31-0 record
 
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Nate86 said:
Has anyone mentioned Bemidji State's Perfect Season which I think still holds the NCAA Record 1983-1984 season with a 31-0 record
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming this Top 25 ranking is of Division I schools. Bemidji State of '83 -'84 was a DII program.
 
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Hoover said:
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming this Top 25 ranking is of Division I schools. Bemidji State of '83 -'84 was a DII program.
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Correct. I could do that particular Bemidji State season, but I'm not sure if it would be fair to rank it against Division 1 seasons. Plus, there are probably a lot of pieces of data that would be difficult (read: near impossible) to find without major help.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Their non-conference opponents were not all that stellar. Additionally, the WCHA was not all that great in 01-02. Those two factors, along with the fact that they were under .800, and failed to win either of the WCHA trophies kept that Gopher squad out of the top 25.
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So the team that finished 3rd in a supposed weak conference with one NC loss against a conference opponent won it all with a better overall record than several teams in the top 25? ;)
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
new chances:
Bumpreader 50%
css228 33%
statehockey 17%
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I'm not even going to fight it, I'm totally riding the scoring system here, which seems to benefit those who get a high proportion of teams exactly right and those who get teams right close to the top.
 
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css228 said:
I'm not even going to fight it, I'm totally riding the scoring system here, which seems to benefit those who get a high proportion of teams exactly right and those who get teams right close to the top.
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Well, if Cornell is # 1 and Maine is # 2 you win! * Otherwise bumpreader wins. Either way, nicely done.


Looks like Moxie Girl would be 2nd and I'd be 3rd this way, didn't bother to check the other way.
 
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Thanks to FS23 for an interesting sojourn through Men's NCAA division I college hockey history as well. It was fun. :)

Appreciate the time effort and thoughtfulness involved.
 
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Interestingly (well maybe not), in either case RPI beat the winner the following season, and if Cornell wins, we also beat them the previous season.
 
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FreshFish said:
Thanks to FS23 for an interesting sojourn through Men's NCAA division I college hockey history as well. It was fun. :)

Appreciate the time effort and thoughtfulness involved.
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It was just as fun for me, but you are welcome.

I think it was pretty obvious that we would be left with these two squads to fight over the #1 spot. I was hoping to put some doubt into minds with some comments that I made earlier. :)
 
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I think Denver should be in the Top 2, but I may be a little biased.:D
 
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buoldtimer said:
Perhaps it's the passage of time, but judging from the team picture, the Pios appeared to be a "mature" bunch.
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Yeah, college players sure do look differently. When my grandpa passed away last month, we were looking at some of his WWII photos. In his enlistment photo, he was 17, but looked about 30 by today's measures.
 
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