Fairfield Prep, the 2011 Division I state champions, finished as the top-ranked team in the season-ending New Haven Register and Hartford Courant ice hockey polls.    The Jesuits (21-3) were one of eight SCC teams, including Division II state champion Cheshire (16-6-2), who were ranked or received votes in either poll.   Hamden, who lost to Fairfield Prep in the Division I quarterfinals, was ranked second in the Courant poll and fifth in the Register.     Xavier and Notre Dame were each ranked in the top ten in both polls, while Guilford, West Haven and Daniel Hand also received votes.

Click here for a story about the SCC's success on the ice by Dan Nowak of the New Haven Register (3/23)