Boys Hockey: Hartford Courant Final Regular Season Ratings

February 27, 2013|By MATTHEW CONYERS

Stop me if this sounds familiar.

Fairfield Prep starts the preseason as the top team in The Courant state ratings. Fairfield Prep goes on impressive win streak to strengthen its grip on No. 1 rating. Fairfield Prep ends the regular season in the top spot.

You've heard this before, right?

Yeah. Me too.

But once again its the truth.

For the third time in five years, Fairfield Prep has finished the regular season with the No. 1 position in The Courant State Ratings. 

And this may be the program's most dominant team yet. I'm not saying the best. But the most dominant. Since early January, the Jesuits have held the top spot and they've never once looked like they were going to lose it.

Sorry Notre Dame-West Haven. The Jesuits have owned the regular season. But they're not the only team that has had a firm hold on a position. 

Despite failing to beat Fairfield Prep in three games so far this season, Notre Dame-West Haven has never dropped out of the second spot. The Green Knights may not have an answer for Fairfield Prep yet but they're far and away the second best team in the state in my humble opinion.

As for the rest of the top 10, it was anything but boring.

Along with a surprising slide by Darien out of the top five and Hamden's rise, Xavier moved to its highest rating this season.

But were any of those most interesting moves of the week? Not for me.

Instead, I'm going with Simsbury's return to the top 10.

The Trojans have bounced around the ratings but with their second win against Glastonbury sure made them look like a contender at exactly the right time. I'm a believer.

Here's the final regular season ratings of the year for both the state and the area...

Matthew Conyers' Final Regular Season Hartford Courant Blog Ratings (State)

(Team, record, last week's ratings)

1. Fairfield Prep, 20-1, 1

2. Notre Dame-West Haven, 15-5-1, 2

3. St. Joseph, 17-4-1, 4

4. Xavier, 12-6-2, 5

5. Ridgefield, 17-5, 6

6. Darien, 17-3-2, 3

7. Simsbury, 14-6, 7

8. Hamden, 9-8-3, 10

9. Glastonbury, 12-8, 8

10. Notre Dame-Fairfield, 11-9, 9

Just Out: East Catholic (15-5)

Area Ratings

(Team, record, last week's ratings)

1. Xavier, 12-6-2, 2

3. Simsbury, 14-6, 3

3. Glastonbury, 12-8, 1

4. East Catholic, 15-5, 4

5. Fermi/Enfield/East Granby, 8-11-1, 5

6. South Windsor, 8-11-1, 6

7. Northwest Catholic, 14-6, 8

8. Newington/Berlin, 14-2-2, 7

9. Bolton/Rockville/Coventry, 17-1-2, 9

10. Windsor/Farmington/Avon, 9-11, 10

Just out: Hall/Southington (12-6-1)

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