Here you go, 2nd: A Hockey Preseason Poll has UM at #2

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2012/06/michigan_hockey_ranked_no_2_in.html


Thoughts??

Lots of offensive talent back, but Hunwick cleaned up a lot of mistakes on D. I hope they can find adequate goal tending to keep the NCAA streak alive, and I think they will.

Way to early to tell but clearly goaltender will be our question mark.

Guptil is going to be big.

way too early to tell. As INCH typically blows at almost everything they do I'll take it with a grain of salt. Pre-season, or even Mid-season rankings mean nothing in Hockey. It all matters how you do in the tournament. Look at the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs this year. In the Finals we have Los Angeles (#8 in the west) versus New Jersey (#6 in the east). Just make the dance, that's all the matters.

Incidentally Michigan has made the tournament for a record 22 consecutive years. I thought that streak would die in 2010 after an abysmal regular season, then Shawn Hunwick appeared. He proved time and time again, good things do come in small packages.