| No. |
Team |
|
Of
Note |
| 1. |
 Denver |
– |
Skipping
thoughts of a third straight title for a moment, we wonder:
will Matt Carle or Gabe Gauthier wrest the Hobey from Marty
Sertich next season? |
| 32-9-2
(19-7-2 WCHA). |
| 2. |
 Colorado
College |
– |
You can
forget your post-playoff round of golf when your town gets two
feet of snow as soon as you get home. |
| 31-9-3
(19-7-2 WCHA). |
| 3. |
 North
Dakota |
 2 |
You have
to love this about the Sioux: no fan base turns a game into
a costume party quite like those from Grand Forks. |
| 25-15-5
(13-12-3 WCHA). |
| 4. |
 Cornell |
 1 |
The biggest
challenge for the young Cornell defensemen is to match the reliability
provided by departed seniors Jeremy Downs and Charlie Cook.
|
| 27-5-3
(18-2-2 ECACHL). |
| 5. |
 Minnesota |
1 |
Somewhere,
a Gopher fan has started counting the days to the beginning
of the Phil Kessel Era. |
| 28-15-1
(17-10-1 WCHA). |
| 6. |
 Boston
College |
– |
Hands-down,
BC's MVP in this year's NCAA Tournament was Humanitarian
winner Sarah Carlson. |
| 26-7-7
(14-3-7 Hockey East). |
| 7. |
 Michigan |
– |
The Wolverines
lose 10 seniors, but Jeff Tambellini (57 points) and T.J. Hensick
(55 points) should be back. |
| 31-8-3
(23-3-2 CCHA). |
| 8. |
 New
Hampshire |
– |
If they
can replace the likes of Preston Callander and Sean Collins
as well as they did Mike Ayers and Steve Saviano, the Wildcats
will have no worries. |
| 27-12-5
(15-5-4 Hockey East). |
| 9. |
 Ohio
State |
– |
Of the
20 players who appeared in more than 20 games for the Buckeyes
in 2004-05, only two were seniors. |
| 27-12-4
(21-5-2 CCHA). |
| 10. |
 Harvard |
– |
Judging
by the contributions from Lederman, Reese, and Grumet-Morris,
the
Harvard Crimson might suggest that Ted Donato recruit
the Israel Junior A Hockey Association. |
| 21-10-3
(15-5-2 ECACHL). |
| 11. |
 Maine |
– |
Black Bears
have been to the final the last two even years. Bodes well for
2006, eh? |
| 20-13-7
(13-6-5 Hockey East). |
| 12. |
 Colgate |
– |
Don
Vaughan lost nine contributing seniors off this year's club.
He's hoping that right-hand man Stan Moore doesn't also leave. |
| 25-11-3
(14-5-3 ECACHL). |
| 13. |
 Boston
University |
– |
It was
a bad end of the year for the Terriers, and longtime SID Ed
Carpenter suffered a heart attack shortly after the season.
Ed's doing well, though, and has the best wishes of all of college
hockey. |
| 23-14-4
(15-5-4 Hockey East). |
| 14. |
 Wisconsin |
– |
The NCAA
Midwest Regional (Green Bay) and the Frozen Four (Milwaukee)
will both be played in America's Dairyland next season. No pressure,
Bucky. |
| 23-13-4
(16-9-3 WCHA). |
| 15. |
 Vermont |
– |
The Cats'
last season in the ECACHL brought to mind some glory days. They'll
be able to forge new memories in the fall, when they compete
in Hockey East. |
| 21-14-4
(13-6-3 ECACHL). |
| 16. |
 UMass
Lowell |
– |
Everybody
(including us) loved the River Hawks heading into last season,
and almost that entire team will be back. |
| 20-12-4
(11-10-3 Hockey East). |
| 17. |
 Dartmouth |
– |
Colgate
built on a close miss in 2004 to end an NCAA Tournament drought;
we think the Big Green will follow suit in 2006. |
| 20-13-2
(14-8-0 ECACHL). |
| 18. |
 Bemidji
State |
– |
Beavers
have two wishes for 2005-06: repeat as CHA playoff champions,
and hope it's not the swan song for their conference. |
| 23-13-0
(16-4-0 CHA). |
| 19. |
 Northern
Michigan |
– |
The Wildcats
only need to replace two regulars from this year's team, but
one of them is 2005 CCHA Player of the Year Tuomas Tarkki. |
| 22-11-7
(17-7-4 CCHA). |
| 20. |
 Mercyhurst |
– |
With longtime
nemesis Quinnipiac out of the picture, who will be the Lakers'
biggest Atlantic Hockey challenger? |
| 18-16-4
(14-7-3 Atlantic Hockey). |
