Cornell Hockey In 2009-2010, Updated

I know, it's been a while since I did a hockey post, right?

Two college hockey media outlets released their preliminary top-10 lists for next season. They might be a little too optimistic at this point, but we thank them for the respect.

CollegeHockeyNews.com
1. Denver
2. Notre Dame
3. Miami
4. Cornell
5. Boston University
6. Michigan
7. Princeton
8. Minnesota
9. North Dakota
10. Umass-Lowell

InsideCollegeHockey.com
1. Miami
2. Denver
3. Boston University
4. Minnesota
5. Notre Dame
6. Cornell
7. Princeton
8. Michigan
9. UMass-Lowell
10. St. Cloud State

Most of the analysis is pretty superficial at this point. A few highlights:

CHN: If [Greening and Nash return], this could be another one of those seasons like 2005 and 2006, where the Big Red get a couple key non-league wins, roll through the ECAC, and get a very high seed in the NCAAs.

INCH: They've got enough talent available to come back and plenty of experience to make another run at ECAC Hockey titles and a Frozen Four trip to Detroit in 2010.

It also looks like we'll have a pretty good strength of schedule next season, with 2 games each against Princeton and North Dakota, and the BU game. That could be 5 games against top-10 teams.