High school hockey weekly power rankings

With the onset of the 2012-13 hockey season, C & G Hockey Writer Mike Moore has once again put together power rankings for the teams in our coverage area.

There’s no special equation or formula used, just a weekly idea of the top eight squads from the Michigan Intercollegiate Hockey League, Macomb Area Conference, Oakland Activities Association, Michigan Metro Hockey League and independent teams.

New rankings, as well as insight as to why each team is where, will appear every week throughout the season leading up to the playoffs in late February.

Records are updated through the day rankings were posted.

All logos were provided by their respective teams and leagues.

Moore Power Rankings: Final post of the 2012-13 season (updated Feb. 25)

And with that, the regular season has come and gone. The playoffs begin today, so, what better time than to lay out the final rankings? 

This was more difficult than I envisioned, because of how many strong teams we have going right now.

Trying to predict how the three brackets will play out isn't an easy task, which is why, in Division 1, I'm going to go with whoever wins the Rice-CC-St. Mary's regional. Sorry, that's as good as I can get!

In D-2, I don't see any of our local teams making it to Compuware, unless Walled Lake Central or Grosse Pointe South catches fire. Livonia Stevenson will likely be the team on top when all is said in done.

D-3, Cranbrook. Period.

Feel free to email or tweet me any questions, comments or suggestions. Follow me @CandGMike. You can email me at mmoore@cangnews.com

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Season Rank	Last Week
1	1		Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (22-2-1 overall, 12-0-1 MIHL North)	The Cranes were dominant from the start of the season, and never looked back. They won the MIHL North Division by an astonishing five points ahead of Catholic Central and Brother Rice. This is, without a doubt, the team to beat in the D-3 tournament.
2	3		Birmingham Brother Rice (20-3-2 overall, 9-2-2 MIHL North)	The first-round game of Rice taking on St. Mary’s is borderline absurd, but, the MHSAA set this up for a reason. Either way, the teams meet for a fourth time in the past two months Monday night. The consolation prize is likely CC in the regional final. As for the regular season, the Warriors were brilliant, going unbeaten until Jan. 25.
3	2		Novi Detroit Catholic Central (18-7-0 overall, 10-3-0-2 MIHL North)	The Shamrocks ended the regular season on a six-game winning streak, and won 10 games in the North Division. CC has a first-round bye before facing Northville or South Lyon in a regional semi and then likely Rice or St. Mary’s in the final. The winner of this regional likely wins the D-1 crown.
4	4		Utica Eisenhower (20-4-1 overall, 7-1-0 MAC Red)	The Eagles closed the regular season strong, sharing the MAC Red title after splitting a series with Dakota. The Eagles will wait and watch for the Dakota-Rochester United winner in the regional final.
5	NR		Rochester United (16-7-2 overall, 6-2-2  OAA Red)	The United squad was up and down most of the season, but finished with 16 wins and at the top of the OAA’s Red Division. The guys open the D-1 playoffs against a Dakota team that’s lost three in a row.
6	6		Macomb Dakota (20-5-0 overall, 7-1-0 MAC Red)	A wonderful regular season came to a close with three straight losses, including one to Ike where the Cougars could have clinched the MAC Red title outright.  They need to rebound, and fast, as the D-1 playoffs get going Monday if the guys want to make up for it.
7	7		Berkley-Ferndale Unfiied (19-6-0 overall, 10-2-0 OAA White)	Jeff Fleming began the season with a bit of a rebuild going on, then rolled to 19 wins and another league title. The Bears will give Grosse Pointe North everything they’ve got Tuesday when the teams open the D-1 tournament.
8	8		Farmington High (15-9-1 overall, 3-3-4 OAA Red)	There aren’t many teams playing better hockey entering the playoffs than the Falcons, who closed the regular season with nine wins in 11 games. Farmington has little time to celebrate, though, as it gets either Shrine or Country Day in the regional semifinals.

Honorable mention: Grosse Pointe North, St. Mary's, Liggett, West Bloomfield

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