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FINAL RANKINGS: Calumet goes into the postseason at No. 1; Trenton, Heritage, Pioneer join the final hockey top 25
If it seems like the puck just dropped on the regular season a blink of the eye ago — well, it sorta did. But we’re through the regular season, and on to the postseason already, so we’ll give you one last edition of the SC! top 25 rankings before the playoffs commence. The Copper Kings go into the postseason unbeaten at 14-0-1, as do the Bulldogs of Byron Center (14-0), while No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central has just one blemish. Trenton, Ann Arbor Pioneer and Saginaw Heritage all move into the back end of the top 25 after big wins.
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To see the hockey regional pairings, click the links below:
[DIVISION 1] [DIVISION 2] [DIVISION 3]
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Here are the rankings for week 5, at the conclusion of the regular season:
1 Calumet (D3, 14-0-1)
Previous ranking: 1
How they fared: Beat Painesdale Jeffers, 7-1; beat Kingsford, 6-0.
2 Novi Detroit Catholic Central (D1, 13-1)
Previous ranking: 2
How they fared: Beat No. 8 Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 7-1; beat No. 25 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 2-1.
3 Byron Center (D2, 14-0)
Previous ranking: 3
How they fared: Beat Grandville, 5-4 (OT), beat Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 7-3.
4 Hartland (D2, 12-2–1)
Previous ranking: 4
How they fared: Beat Howell, 4-1; beat No. 10 Novi, 2-1.
5 Birmingham Brother Rice (D2, 10-4)
Previous ranking: 7
How they fared: Beat Port Huron Northern, 7-2; beat Grosse Pointe North, 8-0; beat Howell, 5-0.
6 University of Detroit Jesuit (D3, 10-3-1)
Previous ranking: 5
How they fared: Beat No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 2-0, lost to No. 25 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 4-2.
7 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (D3, 10-4)
Previous ranking: 6
How they fared: Beat Grosse Pointe North, 9-3; lost to No. 5 University of Detroit Jesuit, 2-0; beat Bay Reps, 6-1.
8 Livonia Stevenson (D2, 9-3)
Previous ranking: 9
How they fared: DNP
9 Houghton (D3, 12-2-1)
Previous ranking: 11
How they fared: Beat Kingsford, 6-1; beat Negaunee, 7-0; beat No. 12 Maquette, 3-2 (OT).
10 Novi (D2, 10-2-2)
Previous ranking: 10
How they fared: Lost to No. 4 Hartland, 2-1, beat Macomb Dakota, 4-0.
11 Birmingham Detroit Country Day (D3, 9-2-1)
Previous ranking: 8
How they fared: Lost to No. 2 Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 7-1; beat Riverview, 9-1.
12 Flint Powers (D3, 11-3)
Previous ranking: 15
How they fared: Beat Davison, 6-2; beat Fenton-Linden, 2-0.
13 Marquette (D2, 11-4)
Previous ranking: 12
How they fared: Beat Negaunee, 8-0; beat No. 16 Hancock, 6-3; lost to No. 11 Houghton, 3-2 (OT)
14 Traverse City Central (D2, 11-2)
Previous ranking: 13
How they fared: Beat Traverse City West, 7-1; beat Alpena, 3-1; lost to Saginaw Heritage, 5-3.
15 Brighton (D1, 7-4-3)
Previous ranking: 17
How they fared: Beat No. 21 Plymouth, 3-2 (OT)
16 Chelsea (D3, 13-1-1)
Previous ranking: 19
How they fared: Beat Jackson, 8-0; beat Pinckney, 7-1; beat Ann Arbor Huron, 8-0.
17 Jackson Lumen Christi (D3, 8-1)
Previous ranking: 20
How they fared: DNP
18 Hancock (D3, 10-5)
Previous ranking: 16
How they fared: Beat Painesdale Jeffers, 7-1; lost to No. 12 Marquette, 6-3; beat Negaunee, 7-1.
19 Muskegon Mona Shores (D2, 13-2-1)
Previous ranking: 14
How they fared: Lost to Rockford, 6-3; beat Caledonia, 3-1; tied Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern-Eastern, 2-2
20 Midland Dow (D3, 9-4)
Previous ranking: 24
How they fared: Beat Grand Blanc, 14-1, beat Saline, 3-1
21 Ann Arbor Pioneer (D2, 11-2-1)
Previous ranking: N/R
How they fared: Beat Ann Arbor Skyline, 5-2; beat Bay Reps, 5-4.
22 Trenton (D2, 9-7)
Previous ranking: N/R
How they fared: Beat Brownstown-Woodhaven, 4-0; beat No. 23 Port Huron Northern, 2-1; beat Dearborn Unified, 9-1.
23 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (6-7)
Previous ranking: 25
How they fared: Lost to No. 2 Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 2-1; beat No. 5 University of Detroit Jesuit, 4-2.
24 Saginaw Heritage (D1, 8-6)
Previous ranking: N/R
How they fared: Beat Manistee, 10-1; beat No. 13 Traverse City Central, 5-3.
25 Port Huron Northern (D2, 9-5)
Previous ranking: 23
How they fared: Lost to No. 7 Birmingham Brother Rice, 7-2; lost to Trenton, 2-1 (OT); beat No. 18 Warren De La Salle, 2-1 (OT)
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Dropped out: No. 18 Warren De La Salle (D3, 6-4-1); 21 Plymouth (D1, 6-6-2); No. 22 22 White Lake Lakeland (D2, 14-2-1)
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For the initial STATE CHAMPS! top 25 rankings, CLICK HERE.
For the Week 2 STATE CHAMPS! top 25 rankings, CLICK HERE.
For the Week 3 STATE CHAMPS! top 25 rankings, CLICK HERE.
For the Week 4 STATE CHAMPS! top 25 rankings, CLICK HERE.
