Just fyi to all the remedials (remedial is actually an adjective. But since I went to a real school, I can make up my own rules. So for this, remedial is a noun and remedials is the plural version) who went to Northeastern and work for Blast, you might want to make a note that Boston University is the #1 ranked school in Men’s Division I ice hockey. And this is impressive for a school that focuses so heavily on academics.

Chris Drury (pictured) is as NHL-ready as one can be, and will be impossible to stop for the rest of the year. Mike Grier is a force and having a great season. And with DiPietro in net, we don’t see how Northeastern even scores a goal in the Beanpot final. Also, Tom Poti is looking more and more like a blue-chip NHL prospect, so they will need to account for him as well. Northeastern has no one to mark Chris O’Sullivan and when you consider the season Joe Sacco is having, well….the game is over before it starts.

So anyway, here are the current USA Today rankings:

1 Boston University
2 University of Notre Dame
3 Northeastern University
4 University of Michigan
5 Cornell University
6 Miami (Ohio) University
7 University of Vermont
8 University of Denver
9 University of Minnesota
10 Princeton University
11 University of New Hampshire
12 Boston College
13 University of North Dakota
14 Yale University
15 The Ohio State University