Notre Dame Retains Top 5 Spot In High School Hockey Poll

WEST HAVEN, CT — Ridgefield was again the unanimous top choice of all 13 voters in the latest weekly Connecticut high school boys ice hockey poll of coaches and media members.

Darien moved up two spots into second, while Northwest Catholic maintained third.

Notre Dame-West Haven held its position, placing fifth in the most recent balloting.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other programs collecting votes.

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

Also receiving votes: Guilford, Amity, Farmington Valley, New Fairfield/Immaculate, West Haven, Branford, Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe, Simsbury.

Voters: Coaches: Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Larry Vieira, Notre Dame-West Haven. Media: Sean Begin, Hartford Courant; Luke Devoe, CTHSHockey.org; Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Pete Paguaga, Hearst Connecticut Media; Jim Stout, MaxPreps.com; Peter Vander Veer, HAN Network.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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