Dutchmen up to second in polls

by Ryan Fay

Union moved up in the college hockey polls on Monday following season-opening wins over American International and New Hampshire.

Union rose three spots to No. 2 in the USCHO.com top 20 poll, and five spots to No. 2 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine top 15 poll. Union (2-0) received three first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll.

After beating American International 7-3 on Friday, Union kept the good times rolling with a 3-1 win over New Hampshire on Saturday.

Minnesota (2-0) is the top-ranked team in both polls.

USCHO.com poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (47) 2-0-0 997 1
2 Union (3) 2-0-0 895 5
3 North Dakota 1- 1-0 784 2
4 Ferris State 1-0-0 749 9
5 Providence 1- 1-0 745 3
6 Colgate 1- 1-0 709 6
7 Boston College 0- 1-0 663 4
8 St. Cloud State 1- 1-0 652 7
9 Massachusetts-Lowell 1-0-0 585 17
10 Michigan 0- 1-0 431 8
11 Miami 1- 1-0 391 11
12 Minnesota State 1- 1-0 384 13
13 Quinnipiac 1-0-0 354 15
14 Boston University 1-0-0 328 20
15 Cornell 0-0-0 273 14
16 Denver 0-0-0 185 18
17 Ohio State 1- 1-0 173 NR
18 Wisconsin 0- 2-0 154 10
19 Alaska 2-0-0 113 NR
20 Minnesota-Duluth 1- 1-0 108 NR
Others receiving votes: Vermont 107, Notre Dame 77, Michigan Tech 61, Robert Morris 53, Alaska-Anchorage 47, Northeastern 45, Clarkson 41, New Hampshire 40, Yale 26, Bowling Green 21, Nebraska-Omaha 17, Mercyhurst 16, Bemidji State 14, Colorado College 13, RPI 12, Merrimack 9, Alabama-Huntsville 8, Dartmouth 8, Michigan State 6, Penn State 6, Harvard 4, Western Michigan 4, Air Force 1, Brown 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking
1. University of Minnesota, 510 (34) 1
2. Union College, 421 7
3. University of North Dakota, 377 2
4. Colgate University, 367 5
5. Providence College, 340 4
6. Ferris State University, 328 8
7. St. Cloud State University, 317 6
8. Boston College, 313 3
9. UMass Lowell, 241 NR
10. University of Michigan, 174 9
11. Miami University, 142 10
T-12. Minnesota State University, 121 11
T-12. Boston University, 121 15
13. Quinnipiac University, 61 NR
14. Cornell University, 53 14
15. Ohio State University, 44 NR
Others receiving votes: University of Denver, 24; Michigan Tech University, 20; University of Wisconsin, 15; University of Minnesota Duluth, 15; University of Vermont, 12; Yale University, 12; University of Alaska, 11; Bemidji State University, 11; University of Notre Dame, 9; Robert Morris University, 9; University of Alaska Anchorage, 5; Northeastern University, 3; Clarkson University, 1.

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