Alliance Hockey

Whenever we start a new Power Poll along the right side of our web site, we will post the final results and/or answers to the previous poll here on this page.

Which team will win the Texas 14U Tier II State Championship and earn the automatic host bid for Nationals?

• 52% - Stars AAA '94 - Wood
• 16% - Stars Selects AA - Macinnis
• 16% - Stars AAA '95 - Hanas
• 9% - DJHA '94AA - Aigen
• 2% - Houston Wild AA - DeCubellis
• 1% - Houston Hitmen AA - Heiser

Total Votes: 340
 

Which hat would you be most likely to purchase if given the opportunity at the 2009 National Championships?

• Hat #2 - "Center" = 36%
• Hat #3 - "Crease" = 22%
• Hat #1 - "Grinder" = 20%
• Hat #4 - "Faceoff" = 14%
• Hat #5 - "Icer" = 5%

Total Votes: 120

Which Dallas Stars rookie will finish the 2008-2009 season with more points?

• Fabian Brunnstrom = 68%
• James Neal = 31%

Total Votes: 164
 
As of January 7, 2009, here are their current stats...

• James Neal = 13 goals, 5 assists for 18 points 
• Fabian Brunnstrom = 10 goals, 4 assists for 14 points 

Since December 2004, there have been over 600,000 visitors to the Alliance web site, from all 50 states and 115 countries, in more than 50 languages.   Which of the following web pages was the most visited during that time frame? 

• Alliance Coaches = 36%
• Weekend Games = 14%
• Dallas Cup 2007 = 14%
• Dallas Cup 2008 = 13%
• RMD 2007 = 13%
• Tryouts 2007 = 10%

Total Votes: 332

*ANSWER:

It appears our current visitors know where they went before (or went back and did some research).   The only surprise in the answer is the number of visitors to the "Tryouts 2007" page, supplanting "Dallas Cup 2007" as No. 3 in the rankings.

• Alliance Coaches = 27,423
• Weekend Games = 23,4218  (created October 2006)
• Tryouts 2007 = 20,578
• Dallas Cup 2008 = 20,366
• RMD 2007 = 20,162
• Dallas Cup 2007 = 12,528

Total Visits: 124,475

*Data provided by Google Analytics

Which of the following former DFW area players drafted into the NHL will play first in an NHL regular season game?

• Teddy Ruth = 50%
• Austin Smith = 22%
• Trevor Ludwig = 12%
• David McKee = 8%
• Matt Donovan = 6%

Total Votes: 342

At which age level did you first play on a travel or select hockey team?

• Squirt = 35%
• Mite = 29%
• 12U PeeWee = 21%
• 14U Bantam = 6%
• 16U or 18U Midget = 4%
• Haven't played Select or Travel = 2%

Total Votes: 470