UND Hockey Ranked 2nd in Latest Poll

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota was ranked No. 2 in both national polls this week, dropping out of the top spot in the USCHO.com rankings while holding its ground in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

UND (19-3-2 overall, 10-2-0 NCHC) garnered eight first-place votes from USCHO voters and three first-place nods in the USA Today poll. Quinnpiac was the nation’s top-ranked team in both.

UND is coming off of a conference split at home last weekend against Omaha, a split which moved Omaha from ninth to seventh in both polls.

The Fighting Hawks will conclude their seven-game homestand against unranked Colorado College on Friday (Jan. 22) and Saturday (Jan. 23) at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         Quinnipiac (41)                                19-1-3            990            2

2.         North Dakota (8)                       19-3-2           941            1

3.         Providence (1)                                 15-3-4            889            3

4.         Boston College                               15-4-3            820            4

5.         St. Cloud State                                18-5-1            785            5

6.         Michigan                                          14-3-4            748            6

7.         Omaha                                              15-6-1            671            9

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    14-4-4            611          11

9.         Harvard                                              9-4-3            603            7

10.       Cornell                                             11-3-3            528            8

11.       Boston University                           11-7-4            496          10

12.       Yale                                                  10-4-3            471          12

13.       Notre Dame                                     12-4-7            448          13

14.       Penn State                                        15-4-3            352          15

15.       Denver                                             10-7-5            335          14

16.       Rensselaer                                       12-7-5            180          20

17.       Michigan Tech                                  13-7-4            141         NR

18.       Bowling Green                                 13-7-5            140          16

19.       Minnesota Duluth                              8-8-5            110          17

20.       Minnesota State                              11-8-5              84          19

Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 58, Minnesota 46, Holy Cross 18, St. Lawrence 17, Dartmouth 4, Union 4, RIT 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         Quinnipiac (30)                                19-1-3            503            1

2.         North Dakota (3)                       19-3-2           468            2

3.         Providence (1)                                 15-3-4            424            3

4.         St. Cloud State                                18-5-1            388            5

5.         Boston College                               15-4-3            375            4

6.         Michigan                                          14-3-4            357            6

7.         Omaha                                              15-6-1            279            9

8.         Harvard                                              9-4-3            251            8

9.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    14-4-4            234          11

10.       Cornell                                             11-3-3            204            7

11.       Boston University                           11-7-4            158          10

12.       Yale                                                  10-4-3            154          12

13.       Notre Dame                                     12-4-7            149          13

14.       Penn State                                        15-4-3              71          15

15.       Denver                                             10-7-5              55          14

Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 4, Michigan Tech 3, Minnesota 2, Rensselaer 1.