USHR Prep Poll Breakdown

U.S. Hockey Report Prep Poll

Sun., Dec. 12, 1999

#	School	DI Record	The Skinny
1	Cushing	5-0-0	No one's touched them yet.
2	Deerfield	3-0-0	Stop the Kolarik-Canner-Fried line and you have a chance. Otherwise, forget it.
3-T	Lawrence	3-0-0	The real test comes Friday, 8 p.m.
	Hotchkiss	3-0-0	Deerfield-Hotchkiss on Sunday at Flood-Marr? Bet on it.
5	Taft	2-0-0	Terrific outing vs. Avon on Wednesday
6	Choate	2-1-0	Lost at Deerfield by one goal -- and that's nothing to be ashamed of.
7	Westminster	3-1-0	Lost at Choate in OT -- ditto
8	Thayer	2-0-0	Is it a school rule that the coaches have to wear black jackets?
9	Milton	3-1-0	Hot and cold -- just like last year.
10T	Nobles	2-0-1	We'll know more after this week
	Exeter	2-1-1	Time to think about this year.

FUTURE SHOT: Governor Dummer gave Thayer all they could handle for two periods before fading in the third. They then lost a pair of road games -- to Belmont Hill and Milton -- in overtime. They're young, they work hard, they have a good young goaltender in Gabe Winer, and they'll win some games this year.

GAME OF THE WEEK: Cushing vs. Lawrence, of course. It's the Friday 8 p.m. game at the Lawrence-Groton tournament.