GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota will open the 2016-17 regular season ranked No. 1 in the first USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll of the season.
The Fighting Hawks, the defending NCAA champions, received 28 of 34 first-place votes. Quinnipiac, last year's national runner up, was No. 2 in the poll and Boston University was No. 3, with the latter receiving the other six first-place votes. Fourth-ranked Denver and fifth-ranked Minnesota Duluth rounded out the top five.
Last week, UND was also ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Preseason Poll.
UND defeated Manitoba 5-1 in exhibition action on Saturday night and will open the regular season Oct. 7-8 at home against Canisius.
| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll |
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School (1st-place votes) |
Record |
Pts. |
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North Dakota (28) |
34-6-4 |
504 |
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Quinnipiac |
32-4-7 |
435 |
2 |
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Boston University (6) |
21-13-5 |
424 |
14 |
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Denver |
25-10-6 |
413 |
3 |
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Minnesota Duluth |
19-16-5 |
352 |
12 |
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St. Cloud State |
31-9-1 |
293 |
5 |
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Massachusetts-Lowell |
25-10-5 |
260 |
8 |
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Notre Dame |
19-11-7 |
230 |
13 |
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Boston College |
28-8-5 |
221 |
4 |
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Providence |
27-7-4 |
188 |
7 |
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Minnesota |
20-17-0 |
166 |
NR |
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Michigan |
25-8-5 |
143 |
6 |
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Harvard |
19-11-4 |
136 |
9 |
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Northeastern |
22-14-5 |
107 |
11 |
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Bowling Green |
22-14-6 |
64 |
NR |
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Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 53, Yale 36, Ohio State 30, Clarkson 6,
Omaha 6, Minnesota State 4, Cornell 3, RIT 3, Ferris State 1, Penn State 1, Wisconsin 1. |
