Dutchmen fall out of USCHO.com poll

by Ryan Fay

For the fifth consecutive week, Union dropped in the USCHO.com top-20 poll.

In fact, the Dutchmen have now dropped out of the poll altogether. They had been ranked in 29 consecutive polls dating back to Nov. 11, 2013.

Union began the season 5-0, and spent three weeks at No. 2 in the poll. But the slide down and out of the poll was triggered by a 2-6-1 stretch, including an 8-2 drubbing at the hands of unranked Western Michigan in Saturday's Shillelagh Tournament championship game.

Union remains unranked in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine top-15 poll. The Dutchmen didn't receive a single vote in this week's poll, a first this season.

The Dutchmen will look to right the ship this weekend when they travel to Brown (Dec. 5) and Yale (Dec. 6) for a pair of ECAC Hockey contests.

USCHO.com poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 North Dakota (29) 10- 3-2 957 2
2 Minnesota State ( 5) 11- 3-0 830 7
3 Boston University ( 4) 9- 3-1 826 1
4 Miami 10- 4-0 789 5
5 Michigan Tech 12- 2-0 781 6
6 Minnesota ( 2) 8- 4-0 758 3
7 Massachusetts-Lowell ( 1) 8- 3-3 667 4
8 Minnesota-Duluth ( 3) 9- 5-0 652 8
9 Harvard ( 6) 7- 1-2 587 18
10 Denver 8- 3-0 564 10
11 Vermont 11- 3-1 562 13
12 Nebraska-Omaha 7- 3-2 456 11
13 Colgate 9- 5-1 397 9
14 Bowling Green 10- 3-1 366 15
15 Quinnipiac 9- 4-1 286 14
16 Providence 7- 5-1 221 20
17 Boston College 7- 7-0 159 12
18 Merrimack 10- 4-1 128 NR
19 Northern Michigan 8- 3-1 109 19
20 Robert Morris 8- 1-3 107 NR
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State 104, Union 67, Yale 61, St. Lawrence 39, Michigan 9, Ferris State 7, Dartmouth 5, Penn State 4, Alaska 2.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking
1. University of North Dakota, 495 (28) 2
2. Boston University, 428 (2) 1
3. University of Minnesota, 308 3
4. Minnesota State University, 387 7
5. Miami University, 354 6
6. Michigan Tech University, 348 5
7. UMass Lowell, 297 4
8. Harvard University, 258 (4) NR
9. University of Minnesota Duluth, 245 8
10. University of Vermont, 235 12
11. University of Denver, 201 10
12. Colgate University, 122 9
13. University of Nebraska Omaha, 112 13
14. Bowling Green State University, 67 15
15. Quinnipiac University, 52 14
Others receiving votes: Providence College, 25; Boston College, 19; Yale University, 15; Merrimack College, 13; Robert Morris University, 7; St. Cloud State University, 1; St. Lawrence University, 1.

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