Farmington Valley Co-op Earns Votes in Latest Hockey Poll

FARMINGTON, CT — For the first time all season, each of the 16 voters in the weekly high school boys ice hockey poll agreed on a number one.

Ridgefield bagged all the top votes in the final regular season balloting of media members and coaches. New Canaan moved from third to second.

Farmington Valley (14-3), made up of Farmington, Avon, Windsor and Lewis Mills high schools, received some voter support in the most recent poll.

Here are the top 10, with records through Feb. 20:

1. Ridgefield (18-2)
2. New Canaan (16-3-1)
3. Xavier (13-5-1)
4. Notre Dame-West Haven (10-7-1)
5. Northwest Catholic (15-3-1)
6. Hamden (11-6)
7. Fairfield Prep (9-8)
8. West Haven (12-5)
9. East Haven (13-3)
10. Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks (13-5)

Also receiving votes: Simsbury (9-8), NFI (13-2-2), Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe (13-4-2), Farmington Valley (14-3), Watertown/Pomperaug (14-3).

Media voters: Mike Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Tim Jensen, Patch Media; Matt Conyers, Hartford Courant; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT.com; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Don Boyle, SportingNewsCt.com; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Peter Vander Veer, HAN Network; Jim Stout, MaxPreps.com.

Coaches voting: Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Nick Boorman, SGWL; Ken Barse, Glastonbury; Tim Belcher, Notre Dame-West Haven; Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Larry Vieira, New Fairfield/Immaculate.

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