Exiled Top 20 White/Blue Ranking

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03.29.04 Monday

Despite the impressive tournament performances from several white/blue teams, including eight teams in the round of 16, the rankings changed very little from the pre-tournament rankings—the favorites matched each other most of the way and Middletown North rightly distanced itself from Southern White rivals Toms River South and Montgomery by reaching the semifinals.

This is the only ranking for the bottom half of New Jersey high school ice hockey. To make it organized, I have chosen to rank the White and Blue Division of the NJIHL, the Haas and Charette Divisions of the MCSSIHL, the Valley and Patriot Divisions of the CVC, and the three public-school independents (Vernon, Point Pleasant Boro, and Red Bank Regional). This comes to 59 teams, more than half of New Jersey’s total. There is hardly enough interregional play to put together these rankings, but I’ve done my best.

 

White/Blue Top 20 (final records)

  1—Middletown North (23-6, 11-3 Southern White) Last Week – 1

         State Tournament: lost to Ridge 6-2 in public semifinals

         Lions follow Ridge as White Division team to reach public semis; is a public final next?

  2—Toms River South (19-7, 11-3 Southern White) Last Week – 2

         State Tournament: lost to West Essex 6-2 in public quarterfinals

         Indians escape Fair Lawn challenge but cannot follow MidN to the semis.

  3—Montgomery (19-9-1, 9-4-1 Southern White) Last Week – 3

         State Tournament: lost to Ridge 4-3 in public quarterfinals

         Cougars played Ridge as well as anybody and were competitive all season long.

  4—Rumson/Fair Haven (15-9-2, 8-4-2 Southern White) Last Week – 4

         State Tournament: lost to South Brunswick 2-1 in overtime in public round of 16

         Bulldogs continued to represent Southern White but could not pull off the upset.

  5—Monsignor Donovan (12-8-2, 7-5-2 Southern White) Last Week – 5

         State Tournament: lost to Delbarton 9-1 in parochial round of 16

         Griffins pulled off the preliminary win over Gordon Conference foe Hudson Catholic.

  6—Montclair-Kimberley (19-8, 13-1 Central White) Last Week – 6

         State Tournament: lost to Don Bosco Prep 11-1 in parochial round of 16

         Cougars can be proud of Van Cott Cup championship and should move up next year.

  7—Cranford (17-8-2, 13-1 Central White) Last Week – 7

         State Tournament: lost to Morris Knolls 8-2 in public round of 16

         Other Cougars knocked off Bayonne with authoritative 6-1 first round win.

  8—Pascack Valley (22-4-2, 11-1 Northern White) Last Week – 8

         State Tournament: lost to West Essex 2-1 in public round of 16

         Indians very impressive with 6-2 win over Mendham and narrow defeat.

  9—Fair Lawn (15-8-3, 6-3-3 Northern White) Last Week – 13

         State Tournament: lost to Toms River South 1-0 in overtime in public round of 16

         Cutters are highest-ranked team on the rise after a state-tournament upset of Chatham.

10—West Milford (13-7-5, 7-3-2 Northern White) Last Week – 9

         State Tournament: lost to Rumson/Fair Haven 2-1 in public first round

         Highlanders drop behind Northern White foes after failing to reach final 16.

11—West Orange (22-3-1, 13-1 Central Blue) Last Week – 10

         State Tournament: lost to Toms River South 3-0 in public first round

         Mountaineers prove more than respectable for a Blue Division team.

12—Millburn (20-4-3, 13-1 Central Blue) Last Week – 14

         State Tournament: lost to Middletown North 2-1 in public first round

         Millers also proved their worth in one-goal loss to Middletown North.

13—Morristown (12-9-3, 7-5-3 MCSSIHL Haas) Last Week – 12

         State Tournament: did not qualify

         Colonials put it together for great run to third Haas Cup in four years.

14—Morris Hills (15-7-3, 10-2-3 MCSSIHL Haas) Last Week – 11

         State Tournament: lost to Jefferson 4-1 in public preliminary round

         Loss to Jefferson drops regular-season Haas winning Scarlet Knights below Mor.

15—Ramsey (14-7-4, 8-4 Northern Blue) Last Week – 15

         State Tournament: lost to West Milford 3-1 in public preliminary round

         Rams’ Northern Blue championship run keeps them at No. 15.

16—Old Tappan (11-11-3, 4-7-1 Northern White) Last Week – 16

         State Tournament: lost to Morris Knolls 7-1 in public first round.

         Golden Knights reach double-digit wins and losses in an inconsistent season.

17—Vernon (11-7-3 independent) Last Week – 17

         State Tournament: lost to Old Tappan 6-5 in public preliminary round.

         Vikings had a great debut season and will fit right in the NJIHL next year.

18—Jefferson (16-8-1, 10-4-1 MCSSIHL Haas) Last Week – 18

         State Tournament: lost to Ridge 4-1 in public first round

         Preliminary win over Morris Hills not enough to move up in the final poll.

19—Mountain Lakes (15-4-5, 11-2-1 MCSSIHL Charette) Last Week – 19

         State Tournament: lost to Paramus 1-0 in public first round

         Lakers gave us a memorable unbeaten run and great season-long defense.

20—Ridgewood (9-8-7, 3-4-5 Northern White) Last Week – 20

         State Tournament: lost to South Brunswick 6-2 in public first round

Check out the Maroons’ quirky records in descending and ascending order.

 

Previous Polls: Dec. 29  |  Jan. 5  |  Jan. 12  |  Jan. 19  |  Jan. 26  |  Feb. 2  |  Feb. 9  |  Feb. 16  |  Mar. 1

 

State Top 20 Polls: Dec. 15  |  Dec. 22  |  Dec. 29  |  Jan. 5  |  Jan. 12  |  Jan. 19  |  Jan. 26  |  Feb. 2  |  Feb. 9  |  Feb. 16  |  Mar. 1  |  Final