Trio Garnering Votes in National Polls
ALBANY, NY -- Two ECAC Hockey programs, Yale and Cornell, are featured in the top-ten in the national polls this week, along with conference leaders Union, who is once again earning the respect on the national scale. In this week's USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Polls released Monday, January 25, Yale is ranked No. 6/7; Cornell comes in at the No. 8/8 position, while Union sits in the No. 18 spot.
Yale remains in the top ten in both polls after another split in league play. The Bulldogs held its No. 6 position in the USCHO.com Poll (637 points) and dipped from the No. 5 spot to the No. 7 ranking in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Poll (272 points). The Bulldogs went 1-1 in their trip to the North Country last weekend. On Friday Yale edged a gamely Clarkson team, 3-2 at Cheel Arena and were better by a hot St. Lawrence team Saturday, 4-2. The Bulldogs continue to sport the nation's top offense, netting 70 goals in 19 games (4.16G/GM).
After earning a weekend split against top-ten non-league foe North Dakota ay Lynah Rink, Cornell moved up one spot to the No. 8 position in the USCHO.com Poll earning 631 points and fell one position in the in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Poll from the No. 7 spot to the No. 8 position earning 269 points. The Big Red scored a 1-0 shutout Friday behind the 28 save performance of goaltender Ben Scrivens. The Fighting Sioux would even the score the following evening, downing Cornell, 3-1. Cornell boasts the second best scoring defense in the nation having only allowed 37 goals in 18 contests (2.06G/GM).
Union dropped two league games over the weekend and saw its rankings drop from the No. 13 spot to the No. 18 position in the USCHO.com Poll (210) and it fell out of the top-15 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Poll. Despite the two defeats the Dutchmen still remain in the number one position in the league standings with a record of 7-2-3. Union will take to the road this weekend, clashing with Yale Friday and Brown Saturday.
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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.
