Weekly college hockey polls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – With one loss in its last 10 games, the University of North Dakota was ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com poll and No. 3 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, both of which were released on Monday.

UND received 12 first-place votes in the USCHO rankings and seven first-place nods in the USA Today poll after receiving three first-place votes in both polls last week. UND is coming off of a National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) series split with No. 7 Miami and is 8-1-1 since losing its season-opener to Bemidji State.

Michigan Tech jumped from No. 5 to No. 1 in both of this week’s polls after improving to 10-0-0 with a sweep of BSU. Previous No. 1 Minnesota fell to fourth in both polls.

UND (8-2-1, 3-1-0 NCHC) will travel to St. Cloud State next weekend to face the Huskies, who were ranked 16^th by USCHO and 15^th by USA Today.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

Rk.      School (First place votes)       Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Michigan Tech (24)                          10-0-0            940            5

2.         North Dakota (12)                       8-2-1           916            2

3.         Boston University (14)                     6-1-1            913            3

4.         Minnesota                                          7-3-0            830            1

5.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      7-2-2            731            4

6.         Colgate                                              8-3-1            726            6

7.         Miami                                                 8-4-0            686            7

8.         Minnesota Duluth                              8-4-0            663          13

9.         Minnesota State                                7-3-0            574            9

10.       Denver                                               6-3-0            509          11

11.       Vermont                                             7-2-1            477          10

12.       Boston College                                 5-5-0            439            8

13.       Omaha                                                6-1-1            394          14

14.       Quinnipiac                                          7-2-1            283          20

15.       Union                                                 6-5-1            249          12

16.       St. Cloud State                                  4-5-1            248          15

17.       Northern Michigan                            6-1-1            205          18

18.       Bowling Green                                   8-3-1            177          19

19.       Providence                                         4-5-1            163          16

20.       Robert Morris                                    7-1-2            108          17

Others receiving votes: Merrimack 61, St. Lawrence 54, Ferris State 53, Harvard 44, Notre Dame 22, Penn State 19, Yale 15, Michigan 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

Rk.      School (1^st place)                      Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Michigan Tech (17)                          10-0-0            480            5

2.         Boston University (10)                     6-1-1            462            3

3.         North Dakota (7)                         8-2-1           458            2

4.         Minnesota                                          7-3-0            408            1

5.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      7-2-2            329            4

6.         Colgate                                              8-3-1            318            6

7.         Miami                                                 8-4-0            297            7

8.         Minnesota Duluth                              8-4-0            277          15

9.         Minnesota State                                7-3-0            222            9

10.       Vermont                                             7-2-1            174          10

11.       Denver                                               6-3-0            164          11

12.       Boston College                                 5-5-0            146            8

13.       Omaha                                                6-1-1            105          13

14.       Quinnipiac                                          7-2-1              68         NR

15.       St. Cloud State                                  4-5-1              43          14

Others receiving votes: Union 35, Bowling Green 23, Harvard 20, Providence 17, Northern Michigan 11, Yale 9, Merrimack 5, Robert Morris 5, Ferris State 3, St. Lawrence 2.

NCAA scoring leader Caggiula named NCHC Player of the Week

Junior forward had five points in NCHC split with Miami

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota junior forward Drake Caggiula, who led all National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) players in scoring last weekend, has been named the NCHC Offensive Player of the Week.

Caggiula collected three goals and five points – tops among NCHC skaters in both categories – in North Dakota’s conference split with seventh-ranked Miami last weekend in Grand Forks. The Whitby, Ontario, native had two goals and an assist in Saturday’s 4-1 win over the RedHawks, including the game-winning goal. In Friday’s 3-2 loss, Caggiula figured in on both UND goals with a short-handed goal and an assist. He was also a plus-3 on the weekend.

Caggiula’s 5-point series moved him into a tie for the national scoring lead with 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) and extended his point streak to a career-best five games. He has reached the scoresheet in all five of UND’s five November games, accounting for five goals and four assists during the month.

Denver senior Joey LaLeggia (Defenseman of the Week), St. Cloud State forward Patrick Russell (Rookie of the Week) and Minnesota Duluth freshman Kasimir Kaskisuo (Goaltender of the Week) were also honored by the NCHC.