this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll<\/a>, but with a tie against unranked Northeastern on Friday night, lost its commanding lead over the rest of the pack. The Wildcats garnered 20 of the 40 first-place votes.<\/p>\nThe remaining first-place votes were split evenly between the next two teams, No. 2 Denver and No. 3 Boston College, each of which were chosen as the top team by 10 voters this week. Denver, which won two games against Alabama-Hunstville this weekend, received more points overall. Boston College finished in third place after defeating visiting Wisconsin on Friday evening, 4-2, and with a 4-3 victory over Mass.-Lowell on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Minnesota, defending national champions, earned a win and a tie against Michigan tech at Houghton, and dropped one spot to No. 4. Rounding out the top five is Michigan, which won a pair of conference games against visiting Alaska-Fairbanks.<\/p>\n
Entering the poll this week is No. 13 Ferris State, which improved to 5-1-0 on the season following a weekend sweep of Notre Dame. With the two wins, Ferris State sits atop the CCHA standings with four conference wins.<\/p>\n
This weekend will see the first official action of the season for the Ivy League schools in the top 15, as No. 8 Cornell visits Ohio State and No. 15 Harvard travels to Brown. Hockey East has a showdown of powerhouses, as No. 1 New Hampshire hosts No. 7 Boston University on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, and consists of 40 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 12 beat writers from across the country. The poll is published weekly by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Hampshire held onto the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but with a tie against unranked Northeastern on Friday night, lost its commanding lead over the rest of the pack. The Wildcats garnered 20 of the 40 first-place votes. The remaining first-place votes were split evenly between the next two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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