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January 23, 2008
Poll history

For some historical perspective here's a little info. I got from the folks at USA Hockey this week.

Maine (8-10-2, 4-7-2 Hockey East) was not in the USA Today/USA Hockey Men's College Hockey poll for the ninth straight week this season on Monday. It is the longest absence since a 17-week absence in 1997-98 that stretched from Nov. 24 to March 23.

Since that 1997-98 season Maine has only been absent from the poll for a maximum of two consecutive weeks. That was in the 2000-2001 season, from Dec. 11 to Dec. 18.

It is important to note that until the 1998-99 season the poll only ranked the country's top-10 teams, not the top-15 teams as it does now.

It's also notable that Maine returned to win the NCAA Championship in 1999, a season removed from the year it was left out for 17 weeks.

Here's a link to the current weekly poll.

Posted by Jenn Menendez at 10:43 AM

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Jenn covers Maine college sports for
the Portland Press
Herald/Maine Sunday
Telegram.

A former Portland Pirates beat writer who has covered two winter Olympics for the paper, Jenn will expand her beat this year to include the University of Southern Maine, St. Joseph's College, Bowdoin College, the University of New England, and Southern Maine Community
College.

She will continue to cover the
University of Maine Black Bears, the state's only division one program.



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