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CIS Men’s Hockey Top 10 (#7): Bears remain at No. 1, McGill back at No. 2
Photo credit Uwe Welz, Alberta - Andrew Dobrowolskyj, McGill
OTTAWA (CIS) – The University of Alberta Golden Bears
remain at No. 1 in the CIS men’s hockey Top 10 for the
seventh time in as many national media polls this season.
The Canada West-leading Bears (11-2-1) received eight of the 18
available first-place votes and 169 points from the media panel
following a tough two-game set against the No. 8-ranked Manitoba
Bisons (7-3-4) in Winnipeg. Alberta dropped the series opener 4-2
last Friday but rebounded with a 3-2 win on Saturday.
The McGill Redmen (14-0-1) earned the remaining 10 first-place nods
and 155 points in the new poll to climb back to No. 2 ahead of the
New Brunswick Varsity Reds (10-4-0), who drop back to No. 3 after
receiving 139 points.
The OUA-leading Redmen edged Guelph (8-5-2) 5-4 in overtime in
their lone outing of the past weekend, while the AUS-leading V-Reds
returned empty-handed from a two-game trip to Nova Scotia,
suffering a 3-2 loss to Acadia (7-5-2) and a 6-3 defeat at the
hands of Dalhousie (8-6-0).
Rounding out this week’s Top 10 are the Western Ontario
Mustangs (12-0-3), who stay put at No. 4; the reigning University
Cup champion Saint Mary’s Huskies (8-4-1), up two positions
to No. 5; the No. 6 Saskatchewan Huskies (8-6-0), who also stay
put; the No. 7 UPEI Panthers (8-4-2), down two spots; the Manitoba
Bisons and Lakehead Thunderwolves (11-4-1), who remain at No. 8 and
No. 9, respectively; and the No. 10 Waterloo Warriors (11-5-0),
unranked a week ago.
The upcoming weekend will mark the end of conference play for the
fall semester in CIS men’s hockey. The regular season will
resume on January 6, 2011. One more Top 10 will be published next
Tuesday before the break.
Top-ranked Alberta already wrapped up the first half of its Canada
West schedule last weekend in Winnipeg.
Meanwhile, No. 2 McGill has a busy schedule heading into the
December break with a visit to UQTR (10-5-0) on Wednesday and a
Friday-Saturday doubleheader at home against Ottawa (9-4-2).
No. 3 UNB hosts Moncton (5-7-2) on
Friday.
CIS MEN’S
HOCKEY TOP 10 (#7)
Voting is based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with a 1st place
vote worth 10 points. The CIS Men’s Ice Hockey Top Ten
Committee is made up of media members from across Canada.
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) /
(previous rankings)
1. Alberta (11-2-1) / 169 pts (8) / (1)
2. McGill (14-0-1) / 155 (10) / (3)
3. UNB (10-4-0) / 139 / (2)
4. Western Ontario (12-0-3) / 124 / (4)
5. Saint Mary’s (8-4-1) / 88 / (7)
6. Saskatchewan (8-6-0) / 68 / (6)
7. UPEI (8-4-2) / 67 / (5)
8. Manitoba (7-3-4) / 63 / (8)
9. Lakehead (11-4-1) / 62 / (9)
10. Waterloo (11-5-0) / 21 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (20), Acadia (11), Dalhousie
(2), Carleton (1).
-CIS-
