Farmington Valley Ends Regular Season In Hockey Top 10

FARMINGTON VALLEY, CT — An outstanding regular season ended with the Farmington Valley ice hockey co-op team firmly entrenched in the state's top 10.

In the final regular season poll of coaches and media members, the Generals (17-2-1) ranked eighth. The co-op comprised of players from Farmington, Avon, Windsor and Lewis Mills high schools will be the top seed in the Division II state tournament; brackets will be announced Friday.

Fairfield Prep (17-2-1) continued its seasonlong run at the top of the weekly poll.

Here are the top 10, plus all other programs receiving votes, with regular season records:

1. Fairfield Prep (17-2-1)
2. Greenwich (18-2)
3. Ridgefield (16-4)
4. Xavier (13-7)
5. Notre Dame-West Haven (12-8)
6. Hamden (13-7)
7. New Fairfield/Immaculate (12-4-3)
8. Farmington Valley (17-2-1)
9. Northwest Catholic (11-8-1)
10. Guilford (17-3)

Also receiving votes: Darien (9-10-1), Watertown/Pomperaug (16-3-1), New Canaan (11-9), Notre Dame-Fairfield (9-11), Simsbury (9-10-1).

Voters: Coaches - Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Tim Belcher, Notre Dame-West Haven; Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Larry Vieira, New Fairfield/Immaculate. Media - Mike Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Don Boyle, SportingNewsCT.com; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Sean Begin, Hartford Courant; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Luke Devoe, CTHSHockey.org; Peter Vander Veer, HAN Network; Jim Stout, MaxPreps.com.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen