Nationals Polls Feature Cornell & Harvard

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Cornell and Harvard were featured in the in the latest national USCHO.com poll, released Monday, October 31 and the most recent USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, released Tuesday, November 1. Cornell moves up one spot to the remains in the No. 2/2 slot, while No. 10/10 Harvard enters each poll for the first time this season.

No. 2/2 Cornell earned 170 points in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and 131 points in the USCHO.com poll, along with one first-place vote in each poll. The Big Red have outscored their opponents 33-4 in four contests this season have outshot opponents by a 237-48 margin. As a team, Cornell has the country's best offense (8.25 goals per game) and second best defense (1.00 goals allowed per game), the second-best power-play (36.7 percent) and fifth-best penalty kill (90.0 percent).

Harvard (2-0-0) enters into the national spotlight for the first time in the young season sitting in the No. 10 position in both national polls. The Crimson earned 29 points in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine and 12 points in the USCHO.com poll. Last weekend Harvard completed its second Clarkson/St. Lawrence series sweep in its last three tries, and upped its record to 2-0-0 on the young season. Harvard will take next weekend off from play and return to action on the road against Colgate Nov. 11 in a 7 p.m. game.

Other ECAC Hockey teams receiving votes in the national polls this week were: Dartmouth and Clarkson.

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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 15th 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.