UND ranked No. 2 nationally in latest hockey poll

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team enters its week off holding strong at No. 2 in both national polls released on Monday afternoon.

UND earned a National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) sweep at Western Michigan last weekend, enabling the Fighting Hawks to nab the No. 2 spot in both polls for the third straight week. UND received nine of 50 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and six of 34 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

Top-ranked Quinnipiac stayed atop both polls, with No. 3 St. Cloud State, No. 4 Boston College and No. 5 Michigan rounding out both.

UND will return to action Feb. 12-13 at Denver, which was ranked No. 13 this week.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

Rk.      School (1st-place votes)         Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Quinnipiac (35)                                20-1-5            983            1

2.         North Dakota (9)                       22-3-3           944            2

3.         St. Cloud State (5)                           22-5-1            895            3

4.         Boston College (1)                         17-4-4            844            5

5.         Michigan                                          16-3-4            796            6

6.         Providence                                       17-5-4            738            4

7.         Harvard                                            12-4-3            703            7

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    17-5-4            652            8

9.         Boston University                           14-7-4            609            9

10.       Notre Dame                                     14-5-7            522          10

11.       Yale                                                  12-5-4            502          11

12.       Omaha                                              16-9-1            432          12

13.       Denver                                             13-8-5            413          13

14.       Rensselaer                                       14-8-6            291          16

15.       Michigan Tech                                  14-7-5            279          17

16.       Penn State                                        16-7-3            226          15

17.       Cornell                                             11-7-3            215          14

18.       Minnesota State                              14-9-5            176          19

19.       Bowling Green                                 15-8-6            115          18

20.       Dartmouth                                       11-9-1              71         NR

Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 46, St. Lawrence 23, Minnesota 7, Northeastern 6, Union 4, Miami 3, Minnesota Duluth 3, Clarkson 1, Ferris State 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         Quinnipiac (28)                                20-1-5            504            1

2.         North Dakota (6)                       22-3-3           476            2

3.         St. Cloud State                                22-5-1            429            3

4.         Boston College                               17-4-4            402            5

5.         Michigan                                          16-3-4            379            6

6.         Providence                                       17-5-4            331            4

7.         Harvard                                            12-4-3            323            7

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    17-5-4            255            8

9.         Boston University                           14-7-4            241          10

10.       Notre Dame                                     14-5-7            200            9

11.       Yale                                                  12-5-4            159          12

12.       Omaha                                              16-9-1            139          11

13.       Denver                                             13-8-5            106          14

14.       Michigan Tech                                  14-7-5              41         NR

15.       Rensselaer                                       14-8-6              39         NR

Others receiving votes: Penn State 25, Cornell 11, Dartmouth 5, Minnesota State 5, St. Lawrence 5, Minnesota 3, Minnesota Duluth 1, Northeastern 1.