2021-22 Official Hollywood Top 35

[Hollywood3]

This is a peculiar season for USports hockey due to the staggered start times of the conference schedules. The AUS has played their opening week. The CW starts their regular season next weekend. The OUA will just start their exhibition season next weekend and won't start their regular season until November.

There are no non-conference games at all between the three USports conferences, nor were there any games against NCAA teams. So all we had for interlocking matchups was BC's Captain's Cup, a smattering of ACAC games, and Carelton's loss to a Senior AA team.

With precious little data, do not get too involved with these rankings.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.

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[Hollywood3]

Poll 2 - includes games to October 17, 2021

I included the OUA teams rather than leave them as unranked until November (when thir season starts). I mostly kept them where they were in 2019-20, with B and C+ teams starting in C+ and C and C- teams starting in C. Exceptions were Western Ontario (at 3-0-0) who went to B level and Carleton (at 0-2-0 including a loss to a Senior AA team) who went to C level. This poll operates unfairly to the OUA teams, however more GPs will solve that problem.

I put last year’s final category in the “AOA” column for reference. There is not yet enough data to do an AOA calculation. “U/C” denotes teams who qualified for the 2020 University Cup.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.

 

[FreddyFoyle]

First "official" USports Top 10 for men's hockey comes out tomorrow. Will be interesting to compare.

 

[dm8895]

Carleton (at 0-2-0 including a loss to a Senior AA team) who went to C level.

i may have misunderstood but I’m pretty sure their was Carleton players playing on the SR team and Sr players playing for Carleton . If I’m wrong my apologies , but if I was informed correctly than that’s kind of an unfair judgment.

 

[Hollywood3]

i may have misunderstood but I’m pretty sure their was Carleton players playing on the SR team and Sr players playing for Carleton . If I’m wrong my apologies , but if I was informed correctly than that’s kind of an unfair judgment.

I heard nothing of a sort. If so, that would change things. Only North Dundas' website had the score.

 

[Aces89]

i may have misunderstood but I’m pretty sure their was Carleton players playing on the SR team and Sr players playing for Carleton . If I’m wrong my apologies , but if I was informed correctly than that’s kind of an unfair judgment.

There are Carleton alumni who play for North Dundas since Winchester (where North Dundas plays) is a short drive from Ottawa.

 

[Hollywood3]

There are Carleton alumni who play for North Dundas since Winchester (where North Dundas plays) is a short drive from Ottawa.

The opening page of their website has photos of players with their prior club, and a couple were Ravens earlier in their life.

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 3 - includes games to October 24, 2021

Last week’s ranking was missing a Carleton win over Ottawa. That result would have allowed them to be in C+ rather than C.

Acadia dropped from B to C+ with a three loss week. Otherwise everybody stayed where they were last week.

This was the first week with AOA numbers, albeit not for the OUA teams. These rankings aren’t really fair to the OUA teams, who have just two to five exhibition games each. They still have one more week of exhibition games.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 4 - includes games to October 31, 2021

I chose to keep the CW and AUS teams in the categories they were, but C+ could bleed in both directions next time. The AOA is still subject to extreme oscillations and the rankings still can’t be fair to the OUA. I have 10 OUA teams in C+ and 9 in C to start their regular season.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 5 - includes games to November 7, 2021

I chose to keep all teams in the categories they were because most of the CW was on a bye week, the OUA just started their regular season, and the most vulnerable AUS team (Acadia) is usually a B or C+ team so one more week in C+ would not unduly throw off the rankings. The AOA is still subject to extreme oscillations. A loss in overtime instead of regulation could cause a swing of 6.25 points. The OUA remains difficult to rank because only Windsor, York, and Queen’s won two games (and Queen’s only beat RMC). So a shift of 15 places next week is very possible.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 6 - includes games to November 14, 2021

This poll was a major shifting, perhaps overdue. The AUS teams have now played 12 or 13 games, a significant chunk of the season. Next weekend, some CW teams will hit their half-way mark. The OUA is barely out of the starting gates, but we still have enough to do a ranking. Most teams are ranked by the AOA, with Brock moving up and UQTR moving down. I added a table for the OUA interlocking games, which gives perspective on relative divisional strength.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 7 - includes games to November 21, 2021

Now that the OUA teams have played 4 to 6 games (other than Lakehead with 8) the rankings can start making more sense. Most teams are ranked by AOA, with a couple of shufflings. The OUA Far West could (should?) have all five teams in the same category.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 8 - includes games to November 28, 2021

That C level has grown a lot, because so many teams should be in the same category so if one goes up then so too should a handful of others. After next week we get the Christmas break and I will have to re-evaluate a lot of teams. The C- will stay a C level but the other C teams are candidates for C+. A lot of CW teams are teetering. Regina is close to B, and Sask and MRU should likely be together. But in A or B?

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 9 - includes games to December 5, 2021

As I suspected last week, I moved most of the C level teams to C+. Regina has gone up to B. (That seems weird.) Concordia’s two losses slips them into C+ with the bulk of their division. These mass promotions reverberated throughout the rankings and caused a fair amount of change. I went over the adjustments several times and many teams went up or down. York and Ontario Tech could be C teams right now. I left them at C+ for now but they could easily slip back.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 10 - includes games to January 15, 2022

With the OUA and AUS choosing between postponements and cancellations, it is really hard to consider national rankings. But to remain optimistic, here we go. Sask is on the verge of a demotion. However, their Regina series (though split) would indicate that the teams are nowhere near the same calibre.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 11 - includes games to January 22, 2022

MRU’s sweep of Regina has those two moving in opposite directions, but that is it for movement. Hopefully the teams out east will see action in February. The big question is what those teams will look like after having lost a load of players to pro leagues.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results “smoothed” to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 12- includes games to January 30, 2022

Regina jumps up one space, and Manitoba?s split with TWU drops them five spots. Hopefully the AUS and OUA teams will soon play and move about the rankings as well.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 13 - includes games to February 6, 2022

MRU's sweep of UBC causes some shifts. MRU rises into A, and everybody in the CW had to be recalculated.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 14 - includes games to February 13, 2022

There are just two games left in the CW, and Alberta’s and U.B.C.’s AOAs can only go down, and Trinity’s and MacEwan’s can only go up. So U.B.C., Sask, and Mount Royal all fall just shy of 70%. I gave them all a B+, which for rankings purposes is no different than a B. Those shuffles affected all CW rankings.

With just one game, there were no shifts in the AUS.

In the OUA York fell from C+ to C (which does affect rankings) and Laurier jumped from C- to C (which does not affect rankings). And finally there was some movement in the OUA rankings.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[AdamMcg83]

Poll 14 - includes games to February 13, 2022

There are just two games left in the CW, and Alberta’s and U.B.C.’s AOAs can only go down, and Trinity’s and MacEwan’s can only go up. So U.B.C., Sask, and Mount Royal all fall just shy of 70%. I gave them all a B+, which for rankings purposes is no different than a B. Those shuffles affected all CW rankings.

With just one game, there were no shifts in the AUS.

In the OUA York fell from C+ to C (which does affect rankings) and Laurier jumped from C- to C (which does not affect rankings). And finally there was some movement in the OUA rankings.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

Just a heads-up that some of these records are wrong - Guelph forfeited three games, giving Waterloo, Windsor, and Western one more win and one fewer loss apiece.

 

[Lakeheadfan95]

Lakehead should be last they were absolutely embarrassing this weekend

 

[Hollywood3]

Just a heads-up that some of these records are wrong - Guelph forfeited three games, giving Waterloo, Windsor, and Western one more win and one fewer loss apiece.

For rankings purposes, the actual game results are what matters

 

[AdamMcg83]

For rankings purposes, the actual game results are what matters

I see your point, but i don't think your rankings take into account the advantage that a team might gain by having an extra skater on the bench!

Regardless, the rankings aren't much of anything this year, especially in the OUA - with the division-only schedule and the roster turnover during the break, there's just no way to compare the Ontario teams to the rest of the country.

 

[Hollywood3]

I see your point, but i don't think your rankings take into account the advantage that a team might gain by having an extra skater on the bench!

Regardless, the rankings aren't much of anything this year, especially in the OUA - with the division-only schedule and the roster turnover during the break, there's just no way to compare the Ontario teams to the rest of the country.

Taking points from one side and giving them to the other is unique to USports. In other countries a points deduction for the offending team is imposed.

 

[Hollywood3]

Poll 15 - includes games to February 20, 2022

This was the first weekend for the AUS being in full swing. But the departures and so forth did not produce head-shaking results.

The OUA seemed to produce randomly generated results. Guelph C+ to C was the only relegation which affects rankings. Otherwise we saw McGill and MacEwan fall from C to C-, and RMC dropped from C- to D, and none of those altered ranking calculations. Windsor is just hanging in to C+ and relegation to C would alter rankings. If so, that whole Far West would be C teams.

Some CW team calculations were not updated a week ago, but they are now that the regular season has ended.

* indicates total includes a tie game
Conf. indicates overall conference record
Conf-x indicates exhibition record within conference
USP-x indicates exhibition record within USports but outside conference
USPORTS indicates regular season and exhibition record against USports teams
Other indicates record against non-USports teams
Total indicates record against all teams
AOA is the average of averages against each category of opponent.
~ Indicates results "smoothed" to reduce impact of categories with fewer games. The categories are merged and the value applied to both.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ CWUAA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results : LeagueStat
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results