March 18, 2013

Bobcats Ranked No. 1 In USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll, No. 2 In USCHO.com Poll

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team was ranked No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I poll for the sixth straight week, earning 23 first-place votes to Minnesota's 11. In the USCHO.com poll, Quinnipiac slipped to No. 2 behind Minnesota despite receiving 27 of the 50 first-place votes, with Minnesota receiving 22 first-place votes. The Bobcats remain in the top spot in the PairWise Rankings, which they have held since Jan. 19, 2013. 

The Bobcats are coming off an ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals Series win against Cornell that saw Quinnipiac bounce back from a loss in the first game, 3-2, to win 10-0 on Saturday, Mar. 16 and 3-2 in double-overtime on Sunday, Mar. 17. The Bobcats are currently 26-6-5 for the year as they prepare for the ECAC Hockey Championship weekend.

The Bobcats return to the ECAC Hockey Championship Semifinals for the first time since 2007 and will face No. 7 seed Brown on Friday, Mar. 22 at 4 p.m. at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.Y. 

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll - Mar. 18, 2013    
 Rank
 Team (First Place) Last Week's Ranking 2012-13 Record Weeks in Top 15
1 Quinnipiac, 494 (23) 1 26-6-5 15
2 Minnesota, 486 (11) 2 26-7-5 24
3 Miami, 439 3 24-10-5 24
4 Boston College, 389 5 22-10-4 24
5 UMass-Lowell, 371 6 24-10-2 15
6 North Dakota, 350 4 21-11-7 24
7 St. Cloud State, 273 8 23-14-1 12
8 Minnesota State, 241 11 24-12-3 11
9 Notre Dame, 229 12 23-12-3 24
10 Yale, 205 13 18-10-3 15
11 New Hampshire, 170 7 19-11-7 21
12 Denver, 96 10 20-13-5 24
13 Western Michigan, 91 9 19-11-8 24
14 Niagara, 78 14 23-8-5 6
15 Wisconsin, 73 15 19-12-7 5
Others Receiving Votes: Providence, 54; Union, 26; Boston University, 11; Nebraska-Omaha, 2; Brown, 1; Michigan, 1.

 

USCHO.com Division I Poll - Mar. 18, 2013      
  Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota -22 26- 7-5 967 2
2 Quinnipiac -27 26- 6-5 958 1
3 Miami   24-10-5 893 3
4 Boston College   22-10-4 820 5
5 Massachusetts-Lowell -1 24-10-2 785 6
6 North Dakota   21-11-7 751 4
7 St. Cloud State   23-14-1 670 8
8 Minnesota State   24-12-3 626 10
9 Notre Dame   23-12-3 578 12
10 New Hampshire   19-11-7 519 7
11 Yale   18-10-3 515 13
12 Western Michigan   19-11-8 408 9
13 Denver   20-13-5 382 11
14 Wisconsin   19-12-7 375 14
15 Niagara   23- 8-5 339 15
16 Providence   17-13-7 269 17
17 Boston University   20-15-2 212 18
18 Union   19-12-5 192 19
19 Rensselaer   18-14-5 91 16
20 Michigan   17-18-3 52 NR
Others receiving votes: Nebraska-Omaha 37, Colorado College 18, Brown 11, Merrimack 10, Alaska 9, Ohio State 9, Robert Morris 2, Connecticut 1, St. Lawrence 1.