Rink and Run blog: UMD men and women No. 3 in USCHO polls
By: Kevin Pates, Duluth News Tribune
Monday’s U.S. College Hockey Online polls for men and women are further down, with the Minnesota Duluth men and women at No. 3. It’s the highest poll position for the UMD men since Nov. 1, 2004, when ranked No. 2 by USCHO. The UMD men are also No. 3 in the USA Today-USA Hockey Magazine poll. And St. Scholastica checks in at No. 11 in the U.S. College Hockey Online Division III preseason men's poll.
From Sunday, Minnesota broke a three-game losing streak by defeating St. Cloud State 2-1 at Mariucci Arena. Jacob Cepis and red-hot Jay Barriball (6) had goals for the Gophers, and Brett Barta scored for the Huskies. Goalie Kent Patterson (2-0) got the win. Minnesota freshman center Nick Bjugstad, the 2010 Minnesota Mr. Hockey, is expected to miss at least five games with mononucleosis. The St. Cloud Times has a story here and the Minneapolis Star Tribune has a game story here.
Also, UMD recruit Caleb Herbert of Bloomington, Minn., has been named to the USA Junior Select team for the World Junior A Challenge on Nov. 8-14 in Penticton, British Columbia. The center is the leading scorer this season with Sioux City (Iowa) in the U.S. Hockey League with six goals and four assists for 10 points in seven games (he ranks No. 2 in the league). The complete USA roster is here.
Also, UMD recruit Tony Cameranesi continues to lead the Upper Midwest High School Elite League heading toward the league playoffs which run Friday through Sunday in New Hope, Minn. He has 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points in 21 games.
USCHO Division I Men
1 Miami (28) 4-1-1 975 3
2 Boston College (19) 3-1-0 952 1
3 Minn. Duluth ( 1) 5-0-1 854 6
4 Michigan 3-1-2 769 4
5 Yale 0-0-0 733 5
6 Boston Univ. ( 2) 4-0-1 726 8
7 Maine 3-1-2 710 12
8 North Dakota 3-2-1 679 2
9 Nebraska-Omaha 5-1-0 572 10
10 New Hampshire 1-1-2 513 7
11 Michigan State 2-0-2 427 16
12 Denver 2-2-2 400 11
13 Notre Dame 4-1-0 391 17
14 Cornell 0-0-0 366 13
15 Alaska 3-2-1 340 9
16 Union 5-1-0 339 18
17 St. Cloud State 2-3-1 224 14
18 Wisconsin 3-2-1 166 15
19 Colorado College 3-2-1 69 19
20 Minnesota 3-3-0 57 20
20 Rensselaer 3-1-2 57 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Robert Morris 51, Michigan Tech 47,
Western Michigan 26, Ferris State 19, Bemidji State 10,
Quinnipiac 10, Merrimack 6, Vermont 5, Canisius 3,
Northeastern 3, Massachusetts-Lowell 1.
USA Today-USA Hockey Magazine Division I Men
1 Miami
2 Boston College
3 Minn. Duluth
4 Michigan
5 Boston Univ.
6 Maine
7 Yale
8 North Dakota
9 Nebraska-Omaha
10 New Hampshire
11 Notre Dame
12 Denver
13 Union
14 Michigan St.
15 Cornell
Others Receiving Votes: Alaska Fairbanks, 47; St. Cloud State, 29; Wisconsin, 13; Rensselaer Polytechnic, 6; Robert Morris, 6; Minnesota, 5; Michigan Tech, 4; Ferris State, 1.
USCHO Division I Women
1 Wisconsin ( 8) 6-0-0 143 1
2 Cornell ( 7) 2-0-0 139 2
3 Minn. Duluth 5-1-0 115 4
4 Mercyhurst 5-1-0 109 3
5 Boston Univ. 6-1-0 91 5
6 Boston College 5-0-1 63 7
6 Minnesota 5-2-0 63 8
8 North Dakota 5-3-0 41 6
9 Harvard 0-0-0 28 9
10 Ohio State 4-2-0 14 10
Others Receiving Votes: Providence 8, Quinnipiac 7,
New Hampshire 3, Syracuse 1.
USCHO Division III Preseason Men
1 Norwich (14) 26-1-4 266 1
2 Oswego ( 3) 26-3-0 246 2
3 St. Norbert 24-4-3 237 3
4 Plattsburgh ( 1) 19-6-4 211 5
5 Middlebury 19-5-4 183 4
6 Manhattanville 20-6-1 147 8
7 Bowdoin 19-7-1 131 6
8 Gustavus Adolphus 20-7-2 122 7
9 Wisconsin-River Falls 18-9-2 118 12
10 Adrian 24-4-0 113 10
11 St. Scholastica 17-5-6 101 11
12 Elmira 19-9-1 84 9
13 Williams 15-6-3 50 13
14 Amherst 16-5-4 38 14
15 Hamline 16-6-4 35 15
Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas 21, Babson 12,
Curry 9, Hobart 8, Geneseo 7, Marian 5, Neumann 5,
Augsburg 3, Wentworth 3, New England College 2,
Hamilton 1, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1, Wisconsin-Stout 1.
Tags: daily updates, sports, umd, hockey, blogs, rink, and, run
More from around the web
RSS Feeds