Hamden stays at No. 9 in the Register/GameTimeCT Top 10 Hockey Poll. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register agold@newhavenregister.com

 

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
1. DARIEN	11-1	13	147	1	I

• Last week: Defeated Ridgefield 5-0, New Canaan 4-3 and Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe 4-2.
• Bottom line: Blue Wave are rolling with seven straight wins including two wins over Top 10 teams.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
2. GREENWICH	10-2	0	122	2	I

• Last week: Defeated Westhill/Stamford 8-3 and Trinity Catholic 9-0 and lost to Hamden 2-1 (OT)
• Bottom line: Cardinals are 2-1 against SCC-SWC D-I teams and face another one Monday at Notre Dame-West Haven

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
3. XAVIER	10-4	2	113	3	I

• Last week: Defeated Notre Dame-Fairfield 5-3 and lost to Fairfield Prep 4-2.
• Bottom line: The Falcons have struggled lately going 2-3 in their last five games.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
4. NOTRE DAME-WH	7-4-1	0	108	4	I

• Last week: Did not play.
• Bottom line: The Green Knights are 3-3-1 in their last seven games.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
5. NORTHWEST CATHOLIC	9-1	0	92	5T	I

• Last week: Defeated Conard 6-3 and Simsbury 3-1.
• Bottom line: The Lions get a big test Wednesday at Notre Dame-West Haven at 4 p.m.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
6. SIMSBURY	8-4	0	61	5T	I

• Last week: Defeated Hamden 3-0 and lost to Northwest Catholic 3-1.
• Bottom line: The win over the resurgent Green Dragons solidifies the Trojans’ spot in the poll.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
7. FAIRFIELD PREP	4-6-1	0	54	NR	I

• Last week: Defeated Xavier 4-2 and Hamden 6-3 and lost to Malden Catholic (Mass.) 3-2.
• Bottom line: Jesuits return to the Top 10 after going 3-0-1 against state teams prior to the Malden Catholic loss.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
8. NOTRE DAME-FAIRFIELD	6-6	0	44	7	I

• Last week: Lost to Xavier 5-3.
  Bottom line: The .500 season continues for the Lancers.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Div
9. HAMDEN	5-6-1	0	31	9	I

• Last week: Defeated Greenwich 2-1 (OT) and lost to Simsbury 3-0 and Fairfield Prep 6-3.
• Bottom line: Nice win over the Cardinals, but the up-and-down Green Dragons are still searching for consistency.

Team	Record	1st Place	Points	Last	Class
10. FAIRFIELD CO-OP	9-1-1	0	20	NR	II

• Last week: Defeated New Milford 3-2 and Norwalk/McMahon 7-0.
• Bottom line: Fairfield, the first D-II team to crack the Top 10 this season, is 8-0-1 its last nine games including 3-0 against D-I teams.

First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Dropped out: St. Joseph (8), Glastonbury (10).

Others receiving votes

St. Joseph (5-5) 17; Glastonbury (5-5-1) 4; Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks (9-3) 3; New Fairfield/Immaculate (10-1) 3; North Branford (7-3-1) 3; North Haven (6-2-1) 2; Ridgefield (6-6-1) 1.

The following voted

Media: Mike Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Matt Conyers, Hartford Courant; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT.com; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Don Boyle, SportingNewsCT.com; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Peter Vander Veer, HAN Network; Jim Stout, MaxPreps.com Northeast Regional writer-editor; Pete Paguaga, The Hour of Norwalk.

Coaches: Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Ken Barse, Glastonbury; Tim Belcher, Notre Dame-West Haven; Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Larry Vieira, New Fairfield/Immaculate.