Monday, November 3, 2014

Union tumbles in polls

by Ryan Fay

After getting swept by RPI over the weekend, Union fell six spots to eighth in the latest USCHO.com top 20 poll.

Union dropped a 6-1 decision at RPI on Friday. In Saturday's rematch at Union, the Dutchmen blew a 1-0 lead late in the third period and lost 2-1 in overtime.

The Dutchmen fell from third to eighth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

USCHO.com poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll 

 1. Minnesota (37) 5- 1-0 984 1
2. North Dakota (11) 5- 1-1 960 3
3. Boston College (1) 4- 2-0 810 5
4. Colgate 6- 2-0 796 4
5. Boston U. 4- 1-0 761 6
6. Lowell 5- 1-1 732 8
7. St. Cloud State 3- 3-0 688 7
8. Union 5- 3-0 644 2
9. Michigan Tech (1) 6- 0-0 512 17
10. Denver 4- 2-0 491 11
11. Miami 5- 3-0 490 10
12. Providence 2- 3-1 469 9
13. Minnesota-Mankato 5- 3-0 370 12
14. Vermont 4- 1-1 340 13
15. Notre Dame 5- 2-1 249 20
16. Ferris State 3- 4-0 182 14
17. Minnesota-Duluth 4- 4-0 177 19
18. Robert Morris 7- 0-1 163 NR
19. Nebraska-Omaha 4- 1-1 151 NR
20. Northern Michigan 5- 0-1 103 NR
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 79, Quinnipiac 55, Alaska 53, Merrimack 51, Michigan 49, Cornell 41, Yale 24, Penn State 15, St. Lawrence 14, Ohio State 13, Alaska-Anchorage 11, Mercyhurst 8, Bemidji State 6, Harvard 6, Maine 3.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking

1. University of Minnesota, 500 (24) 1
2. University of North Dakota, 474 (9) 2
3. Boston College, 382 (1) 5
4. Colgate University, 378 4
5. Boston University, 354 6
6. St. Cloud State University, 309 7
7. UMass Lowell, 307 9
8. Union College, 262 3
9. Michigan Tech University, 230 NR
10. Providence College, 190 8
11. Miami University, 178 10
12. University of Denver, 146 11
13. Minnesota State University, 80 12
14. University of Notre Dame, 73 NR
15. University of Vermont, 70 14
Others receiving votes: Ferris State University, 26; Northern Michigan University, 26; University of Nebraska Omaha, 25; Robert Morris University, 23; University of Alaska, 8; University of Minnesota Duluth, 8; Quinnipiac University, 8; Yale University, 8; Merrimack College, 5; Cornell University, 4; University of Michigan, 4; Bowling Green State University, 1; Penn State University, 1.

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