Considerable Shuffling In Latest High School Boys Ice Hockey Poll

CONNECTICUT — New Canaan retained the No. 1 position in the latest weekly Connecticut high school boys ice hockey poll, but the next four spots shuffled considerably from the orevious week.

The Rams received nine of 12 first-place votes to stay atop the rankings. Notre Dame-West Haven collected the other three top nods to move up two places into second.

Here are the top 10, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams earning support.

1. New Canaan (9) (lw: 1)
2. Notre Dame-West Haven (3) (lw: 4)
3. Darien (lw: 2)
4. Ridgefield (lw: 5)
5. Fairfield Prep (lw: 3)
6. Fairfield co-op (lw: 6)
7. Northwest Catholic (lw: 7)
8. Xavier (lw: 8)
9. Hamden (lw: 10)
10. Greenwich (lw: 9)

Also receiving votes: Lyman Hall, North Haven, St. Joseph, Farmington Valley, Sheehan, Simsbury.

Voters: Coaches: Mac Budd, Darien; Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Larry Vieira, Notre Dame-West Haven. Media: Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Greg Lederer, Meriden Record Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Stewart, New Canaan Advertiser/Darien Times.
Compiled by Michael Fornabaio