Gophers #1; UMD, MSU, St.Cloud all in college hockey’s top six

The University of Minnesota holds the No. 1 ranking for the second straight week with 503 points and 27 first-place votes in the latest USA Hockey poll. The NCHC leads with five teams in the rankings, while Hockey East Association has four, the Big Ten has three, the WCHA has two and the ECAC has one… Team records are listed as W-L-T… For past polls, click here.

Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac University, 47; AIC, 27; University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 26; Lake Superior State University, 10; Bemidji State University, 9; Robert Morris University, 4; Michigan State University, 3; Arizona State University, 2; Boston University, 2; Michigan Tech University, 1; Penn State University, 1.

About the Poll: The 26th 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.