Colgate earned seven first-place votes to sit No. 1 in the ECAC Hockey preseason coaches’ poll released on Tuesday.
The Raiders, who last saw themselves at the top of the poll to start the 2006-07 season, also earned 18 first-place votes in the media poll conducted by Ken Schott of the Schenectady Daily Gazette.
Defending national champion Union sits second and took home four first-place votes, while Cornell garnered the other top-spot nod and finished third in the coaches’ poll.
ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches’ Poll
| Team (First-place votes) | Total Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Colgate (7) | 117 |
| 2. Union (4) | 103 |
| 3. Cornell (1) | 90 |
| 4. Yale | 87 |
| 5. Quinnipiac | 82 |
| 6. Dartmouth | 67 |
| 7. Brown | 61 |
| 8. Clarkson | 58 |
| 9. Harvard | 52 |
| 10. Rensselaer | 40 |
| 11. St. Lawrence | 24 |
| 12. Princeton | 11 |
ECAC Hockey Preseason Media Poll
| Team (First-place votes) | Total Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Colgate (18) | 336 |
| 2. Union (11) | 322 |
| 3. Quinnipiac (1) | 289 |
| 4. Cornell | 263 |
| 5. Yale | 211 |
| 6. Dartmouth | 190 |
| 7. Brown | 162 |
| 8. Clarkson | 161 |
| 9. Rensselaer | 141 |
| 10. Harvard | 129 |
| 11. St. Lawrence | 101 |
| 12. Princeton | 32 |
Additionally, the league’s coaches chose a preseason ECAC Hockey All-League Team.
| Player | Position | Class | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ciampini | F | Sr. | Union |
| Matthew Peca | F | Sr. | Quinnipiac |
| Jimmy Vesey | F | Jr. | Harvard |
| Gavin Bayreuther | D | So. | St. Lawrence |
| Joakim Ryan | D | Sr. | Cornell |
| Colin Stevens | G | Sr. | Union |
