Monday, February 24, 2014

Dutchmen remain third in polls

by Ryan Fay

After a 5-0 win over Clarkson on Friday and a 6-2 victory over St. Lawrence on Saturday, Union remained third in the latest USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

Boston College and Minnesota remain first and second, respectively, in both polls.
USCHO.com/NCAA poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll

1 Boston College (49) 25- 4-4 999 1
2 Minnesota (1) 21- 4-5 946 2
3 Union 22- 6-4 901 3

4 Ferris State 23- 7-3 834 6
5 St. Cloud State 18- 7-5 781 4
6 Wisconsin 19- 9-2 732 8
7 Massachusetts-Lowell 20- 8-4 679 7
8 Quinnipiac 21- 8-5 650 5
9 Northeastern 18-10-4 588 9
10 North Dakota 18- 9-3 575 11
11 Cornell 14- 7-5 479 13
12 Providence 17- 9-6 450 12
13 Michigan 15-10-3 372 10
14 Notre Dame 19-12-2 326 15
15 Yale 14- 8-5 300 14
16 Colgate 16-11-5 269 19
17 Vermont 17-11-3 261 16
18 Maine 15-11-4 141 17
19 Minnesota State 19-13-0 86 NR
20 Denver 14-12-6 30 18
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 25, New Hampshire 23, Minnesota-Duluth 15, Clarkson 13, Western Michigan 12, Air Force 7, Mercyhurst 6.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking

1. Boston College, 509 (33) 1
2. Minnesota, 477 (1) 2
3. Union, 435 3

4. Ferris State, 405 5
5. St. Cloud State, 364 4
6. Wisconsin, 325 8
7. Quinnipiac, 287 6
8. UMass Lowell, 280 7
9. Northeastern, 232 9
10. North Dakota, 230 11
11. Cornell, 163 13
12. Providence, 103 12
13. Michigan, 94 10
14. Yale, 51 14
15. Colgate, 46 RV
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame, 42; Vermont, 27; Maine, 4; Minnesota State, 4.
PairWise Ranking update
Union is tied with Ferris State for third in the PairWise Rankings. As things stand now, the Dutchmen would likely be the top seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
To see the complete PairWise Rankings, click here.
The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament.

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