Cornell Remains No. 1
ALBANY, NY – Idle Cornell maintains the top spot in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls released, Monday, December 13 and Tuesday, December 14 respectively. This marks the fourth time this season that the Big Red sits in the No. 1 position.
Cornell, winners of 13-of-14 games, is riding a nine-game winning streak and has a four point lead in the ECAC Hockey standings boasting a perfect 8-0-0 record. Cornell owns the nation’s best winning percentage (.929). The Big Red has only surrendered two power-play goals on the season. They have killed-off 46-of-48 opportunities on the penalty-kill (95.5%). Cornell has dominated its opponents posting a nation-best 3.50 scoring margin on the season. The Big Red has only given up 12 goals in its first 14 games.
Cornell earned 143 points and eight first-place votes in the latest USCHO.com poll and 182 points and 11 first-place votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.
Cornell is now off for nearly four full weeks, returning to action on Jan. 7 with a contest at Yale in New Haven, Conn.
Quinnipiac and Harvard also received votes in the national polls this week.
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ABOUT THE POLLS:
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 15 voters, including 12 coaches of Division I programs and three women's hockey writers. USCHO.com provides in-depth coverage of college sports, including hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and others.
The 14th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’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 four 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.
