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Simsbury Gets Votes In Final Regular Season Hockey Poll

The Trojans will be opening the Division I state tournament with a road game.

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SIMSBURY, CT — The final regular season boys ice hockey poll of coaches and media members yielded some votes for Simsbury High School.

The Trojans (9-10-1) will be the No. 10 seed in the upcoming Division I state tournament; brackets will be announced Friday.

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

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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).

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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.

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