POSTED: Monday March 7th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
University of North Dakota Retains No. 1 Ranking in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of North Dakota retains its No. 1 ranking in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll following a weekend sweep of Michigan Tech University. North Dakota, which improved to 26-8-3, collected 503 points and 29 first-place votes to earn the top spot for the third week in a row.
Boston College claims the No. 2 spot with 480 points and five first-place votes after twice defeating the University of New Hampshire last weekend, while the idle Yale University sits at No. 3 with 438 points. Union College (394) and the University of Michigan (374) remain in the No. 4 and No. 5 spots.
Western Michigan University returns to the poll at No. 15 after a three-week hiatus.
Highlighting this weekend's games is one top-15 match-up between No. 9 Merrimack College and No. 14 University of Maine in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
This weekend marks the quarterfinals for each of the five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, including Hockey East, ECAC Hockey, Atlantic Hockey, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
This Week's Top-15 Match-ups
Friday, March 11
No. 14 University of Maine
at
No. 9 Merrimack College
Saturday, March 12
No. 14 University of Maine
at
No. 9 Merrimack College
ABOUT THE POLL: The 16th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.
Link to poll: http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=PL_03_01_01&id=300538
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