AURORA – To celebrate the start of the winter sports and activities season, the Colorado High School Activities Association is publishing its preseason coaches’ poll for ice hockey, with other sports’ polls to follow in the coming days.
Please know that CHSAA will ONLY be doing a preseason coaches poll. Throughout the season, CHSAA will publicize the Seedings Index as a weekly ranking for the sports that have a Seedings Index (boys and girls basketball and ice hockey). These rankings will go live once there are enough games played to populate a ranking (approximately week 3 or 4).
The preseason ice hockey polls:
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Standley Lake |
| 2 | Steamboat Springs |
| 3 | Cheyenne Mountain |
| 4 | Durango |
| 5 | Summit |
| 6 | Glenwood Springs |
| 7 | Pine Creek |
| 8 | Crested Butte |
| 9 | Colorado Academy |
| 9 | Kent Denver |
Also receiving votes: Pueblo County, District 11, Battle Mountain, Liberty.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Valor Christian |
| 2 | Cherry Creek |
| 3 | Poudre School District |
| 4 | Monarch |
| 5 | Regis Jesuit |
| 6 | Denver East |
| 7 | Ralston Valley |
| 8 | Heritage |
| 9 | Castle View |
| 10 | Chaparral |
Also receiving votes: Chatfield, Lewis-Palmer, Mountain Vista, Resurrection Christian, Grandview.