Top-10 Hockey Showdown This Weekend

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – This weekend’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) series between North Dakota and St. Cloud State will feature a pair of top-10 teams, according to the latest national polls released today.

UND gained one spot in both polls, going from sixth to fifth in the USCHO.com poll and improving from seventh to sixth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. St. Cloud State also jumped in both, ranking eighth in the USA Today rankings and ninth in the USCHO poll.

Minnesota remained the nation’s top-ranked team, receiving all of the first-place votes in both polls.

UND and SCSU will do battle on Friday (7:37 pm Central) and Saturday (7:07) at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         Minnesota (50)                                  5-0-1          1000            1

2.         Notre Dame                                       5-1-0            890            2

3.         Providence                                         4-0-1            844            8

4.         Michigan                                            4-1-1            810            4

5.         North Dakota                                2-1-1           777            6

6.         Miami                                                 3-2-1            743            3

7.         Quinnipiac                                          6-1-0            671            9

8.         Boston College                                 2-2-1            670            5

9.         St. Cloud State                                  3-0-1            643          10

10.       Rensselaer                                         4-1-0            529          12

11.       Yale                                                    1-1-0            457            7

12.       Lake Superior State                          4-0-0            383          15

13.       Wisconsin                                          2-2-0            380          11

14.       Cornell                                               2-0-0            285          19

15.       Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-3-0            262          18

16.       Minnesota State                                2-2-0            195          16

17.       Clarkson                                            6-1-1            184         NR

18.       Boston University                             3-3-0            168          13

19.       Northeastern                                     5-1-0            154          20

20.       Minnesota Duluth                              3-2-1            108         NR

 

Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 106, Brown 54, Denver 47, Alaska Anchorage 36, St. Lawrence 32, Air Force 16, Ferris State 15, Harvard 13, Alaska 12, Maine 4, Bowling Green 2.

 

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

 

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

1.         Minnesota (34)                                  5-0-1            510            1

2.         Notre Dame                                       5-1-0            438            2

3.         Providence                                         4-0-1            391            8

4.         Michigan                                            4-1-1            388            4

5.         Miami                                                 3-2-1            355            3

6.         North Dakota                                2-1-1           335            7

7.         Boston College                                 2-2-1            312            5

8.         St. Cloud State                                  3-0-1            283          10

9.         Quinnipiac                                          6-1-0            275            9

10.       Rensselaer                                         4-1-0            166          12

11.       Yale                                                    1-1-0            160            6

12.       Wisconsin                                          2-2-0            137          11

13.       Lake Superior State                          4-0-0              81          15

14.       Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-3-0              65         NR

15.       Cornell                                               2-0-0              54         NR               

 

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 24, Boston University 23, Clarkson 19, New Hampshire 18, Minnesota State 12, Brown 8, Denver 7, Alaska 4, Minnesota Duluth 4, Union 2.