Balanced League Showcased in National Polls
ALBANY, NY - Four ECAC Hockey teams continue to warrant national recognition in the early part of the 2009-10 season earning placement in the UCSHO.com poll and three merit spots in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll released Monday, November 16, 2009. Cornell is seated in the No. 5 spot, Yale jumped to the No. 9 position, Quinnipiac vaulted to the No. 13 slot, while Princeton holds down the No. 19 position.
After a weekend split in league action, Cornell dropped one spot in the poll to the No. 5 position in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll (342 points) and two spots in the USCHO.com poll earning 781 points to come in also at the No. 5 slot. The Big Red dropped a hard fought contest to defending league and tournament champion Yale, 4-2 Friday, but bounced back Saturday to handle Brown by a count of 6-0.
With the impressive home win over the Big Red, Yale moved from the No. 12 position into the top ten at the No. 9 spot garnering 506 points in the USCHO.com poll and from the No. 11 spot to the No. 9 position in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll with 218 points. The Bulldogs earned three out of a possible four points in the league standings, as they tied Colgate 3-3 Saturday. Yale will welcome No. 11 Massachusetts in a non-conference game Thursday at Ingalls Rink.
Winners of four straight league games, Quinnipiac took one of
the larger leaps in the poll moving from the No. 20 position to the
No. 13 spot in the USCHO.com poll (366 points) and enter the
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll for the first time this season
in the No. 13 position as well with 102 points. The
Bobcats put their streak on the line this weekend facing
No. 5/5 Cornell Friday.
Earning three points in league action with a 2-1 overtime win over
Dartmouth and tying Harvard 3-3, Princeton held its position - No.
19 in the USCHO.com poll with 181 points.
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About the Polls:
The USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll consists of 50 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 22 beat writers and sports professionals from across the country. The poll, published weekly by the Associated Press, is a joint production of USCHO.com, which provides in-depth coverage of college sports, including hockey, lacrosse, soccer and others, and CBS College Sports Networks, Inc., the only digital media company dedicated solely to college sports. CBS College Sports operates a 24-hour college sports cable network, also available via DISH and DirecTV satellite.
The 15th 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 six 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.
