Top Three Seeds Nationally Ranked
ALBANY, NY -- The top three seeds in the upcoming 2010 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship presented by Bank of America and Hilton Garden Inn, Albany Medical Center have been recognized by the national voters for placement in the latest USCHO.com Poll and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll released Monday, March 1. Regular-season champion Yale is ranked in the No. 6/6 spot, second-seeded Cornell remains in the top-10 in the No. 9/9 position, and third-seeded Union finds itself ranked No. 18.
Two-time defending ECAC Hockey regular-season champion, Yale is ranked No. 6 in both the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll (323 points) and USCHO.com Poll (723 points). The Bulldogs have earned a weekend off with the No. 1 seed in the League's postseason tournament. Yale's firepower on offense has been evident the entire season. The Bulldogs have five student-athletes that have averaged at least one point per game in conference action this season, led by junior forward Broc Little (1.41 P/GM).
Featured in the national spotlight for the past 21 weeks, Cornell remains ranked in the top-10 in the No. 9 spot in both national polls. The Big Red has earned 231 points in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Poll and 601 points in the USCHO.com Poll. Cornell finished the regular-season with a 14-5-3 record, earning the No. 2 seed in the League's postseason tournament, and a bye.
Finishing the regular-season with an overall mark of 18-10-6 and a conference record of 12-6-4, Union is ranked No. 18 in the latest USCHO.com Poll (183 points). The Dutchmen finished in third place in ECAC Hockey and have earned a bye in the first-round of postseason play. Union scored the second-most goals in conference play, netting 81 and surrendered the third-fewest goals (60).
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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.
