Varsity Insider: Vermont high school boys, girls hockey power rankings (Feb. 13)
Following two weeks of activity since the last Varsity Insider high school boys and girls power rankings, our top 10s saw plenty of movement and shake-up.
Just how much? Read on to find out for the last power rankings entry of the 2023-24 regular season.
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This week's boys power rankings:
(Through Feb. 13)
1. Rice Memorial High School
Record: 13-2-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 2
► The Green Knights ran into a hot goalie, Ethan Fortin, and saw their 11-game winning streak halted in last week's 1-0 loss at Spaulding. But Rice's well-executed win over South Burlington two weeks ago, its second over the Wolves this winter, is enough to get the jump to No. 1.
2. South Burlington High School
Record: 15-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 1
► The Wolves have outscored opponents 15-3 over a three-game streak since their 4-1 defeat to Rice. Wednesday, longtime coach Sean Jones meets his son, Owen Jones, as SB and Mount Mansfield square off at the Essex Skating Facility.
3. Spaulding High School
Record: 8-7-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 5
► Spaulding has bounced back from defeats to Burr and Burton and BFA with impressive shutouts of CVU (3-0) and Rice (1-0).
4. Burr and Burton Academy
Record: 9-6-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 6
► The Bulldogs have won three of four games, including a 3-2 victory in the final seconds at Colchester and a 5-0 shutout of MMU.
5. Colchester High School
Record: 12-4-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 3
► The Lakers, the top-ranked team in Division II, have won five of six games including a 3-2 decision over Burr and Burton, 6-2 over Essex and 5-1 over CVU.
6. Hartford High School
Record: 9-5-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 4
► Playing some tough competition, Hartford is 1-5-1 over the last three-plus weeks.
7. Mount Mansfield Union High School
Record: 8-6-3
Jan. 30 ranking: 7
► The Cougars are 1-1-1 in their last three games. Their one victory? A 3-0 decision over BFA, the first time they've beaten the storied program.
8. Lyndon Institute
Record: 11-2-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 10
► Lyndon pushed its unbeaten streak to seven games with a strong, 4-0 victory over Milton, a fellow Division II contender.
9. BFA-St. Albans
Record: 6-10-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 8
► The Bobwhites lost a late lead to Essex and then suffered two more setbacks during a weekend tournament in New York.
10. Harwood Union High School
Record: 12-4
Jan. 30 ranking: 9
► Harwood's high-scoring offense was silenced Saturday in a 5-1 home loss to Woodstock. The setback ended a 10-game winning streak.
Games to Watch
Hartford at Burr and Burton, 7 p.m. Wednesday
South Burlington at Mount Mansfield, 8:15 p.m. Wednesday
Colchester at Rice, 7 p.m. Saturday
This week's girls power rankings:
(Through Feb. 13)
1. BFA-St. Albans
Record: 13-3-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 1
► The Comets rebounded from their first blemish against an in-state opponent (2-2 tie at rival Essex) with a 4-1 triumph at Woodstock.
2. Burlington/Colchester
Record: 12-4-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 3
► The Sealakers skated to wins over Hartford, Essex and Burr and Burton since the last rankings before an entertaining tie with Champlain Valley/Mount Mansfield on Saturday.
3. South Burlington High School
Record: 12-4-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 5
► One of the best single-season turnarounds of any team this winter, the Wolves are 5-0-1 in their last six games, a stretch that includes upending the Kingdom Blades' perfect season with a thrilling overtime triumph.
4. Kingdom Blades
Record: 15-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 2
► The Kingdom Blades' loss at South Burlington hasn't slowed the Northeast Kingdom cooperative team's momentum: They're on a three-game roll with big matchups upcoming: at Essex, vs. Burlington/Colchester and then at BFA.
5. Burr and Burton Academy
Record: 12-4-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 4
► Losses in three of their last four games, including last week's home defeats to South Burlington and Burlington/Colchester, drop the Bulldogs in the top 10.
6. Hartford High School
Record: 12-4-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 8
► The Hurricanes answered a five-game winless streak with back-to-back victories (over U-32 and Essex).
7. Woodstock Union High School
Record: 9-6-2
Jan. 30 ranking: 6
► The Wasps are 1-4-1 in their last games. Last week, they tied South Burlington and lost 4-1 to BFA.
8. Essex High School
Record: 5-10-1
Last week's ranking: 7
► Essex had its best result of the season, a 2-2 tie with BFA, before getting blanked on the road by Hartford 5-0.
9. Spaulding High School
Record: 7-8-1
Jan. 30 ranking: 9
► Spaulding has one win in their last six games.
10. Rice Memorial High School
Record: 7-9-1
Jan. 30 ranking: Unranked
► Rice's four-game winning streak includes a measure of revenge against Middlebury and back-to-back shutouts of Brattleboro and Stowe.
Games to Watch
Hartford at Burr and Burton, 5 p.m. Wednesday
Burlington/Colchester at Kingdom Blades, 3 p.m. Saturday
South Burlington at Spaulding, 5:15 p.m. Saturday
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont high school hockey: Girls, boys power rankings (Feb. 13)
