Simsbury Ranked in Final Boys Hockey Poll

SIMSBURY, CT — Sports media members from around the state and a half-dozen coaches have cast their ballots for the final time this season to determine the top boys ice hockey teams in Connecticut.

Division I champion Ridgefield was a unanimous selection as top team by members of the voting panel.

Simsbury High School wound up 13th in the final balloting.

Here are the top finishers in the season-ending poll:

1. Ridgefield (24-2)
2. Northwest Catholic (21-4-1)
3. New Canaan (19-5-1)
4. Fairfield Prep (12-10)
5. West Haven (16-7)
6. Hamden (14-9)
7. Xavier (14-7-1)
8. Notre Dame-West Haven (12-9-1)
9. Guilford (21-5)
10. Woodstock Academy (22-2-1)
11. Glastonbury (9-12-2)
12. Watertown/Pomperaug (18-6-1)
13. Simsbury (12-10)
14. Hall/Southington (12-10-3)
15. Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks (14-8)
16. Greenwich (9-11-1)

Voters:

Media: Mike Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; 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: Matt Sather, Fairfield Prep; Nick Boorman, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks; Ken Barse, Glastonbury; Tim Belcher, Notre Dame-West Haven; Shaun Gallagher, Ridgefield; Larry Vieira, New Fairfield/Immaculate.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen