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The top 25 Michigan high school hockey teams for the 2021 season
Below are the 25 teams in the STATE CHAMPS! initial rankings for the 2020-21 season, with a lot of familiar faces, and a few new ones, as well. We’ll update the rankings every week for this abbreviated regular season. Records in parenthesis are from the 2019-20 season, and the previous rankings are from the final regular-season rankings on Feb. 24, 2020.
Here are the STATE CHAMPS! initial top 25 hockey teams for 2021:
1 Novi Detroit Catholic Central (22-5, D-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 1
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
2 University of Detroit Jesuit (14-11-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 11
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in regional semifinals.
3 Calumet (22-5-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 6
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
4 Birmingham Detroit Country Day (25-3)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 3
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
5 Houghton (17-10)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 16
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Calumet in regional finals
6 Trenton (22-6-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 8
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
7 Livonia Stevenson (25-3-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 2
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Trenton in quarterfinals
8 Birmingham Brother Rice (21-6-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 5
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
9 Hartland (19-6-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 13
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
10 Saginaw Heritage (25-3)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 4
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
11 Byron Center (18-10-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
12 Traverse City Central (22-4-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 10
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Marquette in quarterfinals
13 Flint Powers (17-8-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Midland Dow in regional finals.
14 Novi (13-11-3)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 20
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Livonia Stevenson in regional finals
15 Grand Rapids Forest Hills N/E (18-8-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Rockford in regional finals
16 Hancock (13-13)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Houghton in regional semifinals
17 Marquette (24-4)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 12
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
18 Brighton (16-9-2)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 15
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Howell in regional final
19 Rockford (12-14-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Hartland in quarterfinals
20 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (14-10-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 22
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Birmingham Detroit Country Day in regional semifinals
21 Ann Arbor Skyline (19-5)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 18
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Trenton in regional opener
22 Orchard Lake St Mary’s (8-16-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Brighton in regional semifinal
23 Ann Arbor Pioneer (21-4-1)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: 21
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Trenton in regional semifinal
24 Riverview Gabriel Richard (20-8)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: HM
2020 postseason finish: Still alive in semifinals at COVID-19 pause
25 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (16-13)
Last year’s final SC! ranking: N/R
2020 postseason finish: Lost to Birmingham Detroit Country Day in quarterfinals
