Feb. 19, 2008

The Adrian College men's varsity hockey team was tabbed as the #4 team in the West Region of NCAA Division III hockey in the first Regional Ranking of the season.

The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Committee released its first regional ranking on Tuesday. All teams' records were considered through competitions before Monday, February 18. One-third of the institutions from each region are ranked. Teams are ranked based on the following primary criteria:

• win-loss percentage against regional opponents;
• Strength-of-schedule (only contests versus regional competition) to include:

Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OWP) and
Opponents' Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OOWP).

• in-region head-to-head competition;
• in-region results versus common regional opponents; and
• in-region results versus regionally ranked teams.

The National Selection will be Sunday evening, March 9.

The full listing of the first regional ranking of three for the season is as follows:

Regional Rankings, Feb. 19, 2008
No	Team	In-Region	Overall
East Region
1	Elmira	18-1-4	18-1-4
2	Plattsburgh State	19-4-0	21-4-0
3	Norwich	16-5-0	18-5-0
4	Manhattanville	15-5-3	15-5-3
5	Oswego State	17-5-2	17-5-2
6	Hobart	16-6-1	16-6-1
7	Bowdoin	14-5-0	15-5-0
8	Babson	12-5-3	15-5-3
9	Neumann	14-6-0	16-7-0
10	Middlebury	10-6-2	14-6-2
11	Amherst	12-5-2	12-7-3
12	Fredonia State	13-8-3	13-8-3
13	Colby	11-8-1	12-8-1
14	Utica	12-8-1	12-8-1
15	New England College	11-7-3	13-7-3
West Region
1	St. Norbert	17-1-4	19-1-4
2	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	16-5-2	16-5-2
3	Wisconsin-River Falls	16-6-3	16-6-3
4	Adrian	17-1-0	22-3-0
5	Wisconsin-Stout	15-7-3	15-7-3
6	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	14-7-4	14-7-4
7	Bethel (Minnesota)	12-6-2	14-6-2
This ranking includes records through February 18.