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CIS Men’s Hockey Top 10 (#11): No. 1 UNB, No. 2 McGill keep rolling
Photo credit Brian Smith
OTTAWA (CIS) – The University of New Brunswick Varsity
Reds and McGill Redmen are once again ranked No. 1 and No. 2 this
week in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s hockey.
The V-Reds (17-0-4) top the rankings for the third straight week
after receiving 16 of 18 first-place votes and 178 points from the
national media panel, while the Redmen (21-0-2) remain second for a
second consecutive poll after earning the remaining two first-place
nods and 156 points in the voting.
The Western Ontario Mustangs (17-1-4) move up to a season-high No.
3 in the new Top 10, while the Alberta Golden Bears (13-5-2) fall
to a season-low No. 4.
Rounding out the 11th weekly poll of the campaign are the reigning
University Cup champion Saint Mary’s Huskies (13-7-1), who
stay put at No. 5; the UPEI Panthers (12-6-3), up one spot to No.
6; the Saskatchewan Huskies (11-7-0), down one position to No. 7;
the Manitoba Bisons (10-4-4), who remain in eighth position; the
Calgary Dinos (11-6-2), unranked a week ago; and the Lakehead
Thunderwolves (14-7-1), who remain at No. 10.
It was business as usual over the past seven days for No. 1 UNB and
No. 2 McGill.
The AUS-leading Varsity Reds extended their conference winning
streak to seven games with a pair of 4-1 home victories over Saint
Mary’s and StFX (11-9-1), which was ranked ninth a week ago.
UNB visits cross-town rival St. Thomas (3-15-3) on Friday night
before travelling to Charlottetown on Saturday to face No. 6
UPEI.
The OUA-leading Redmen remained the lone undefeated team in the
country in regulation (in conference play) with a 4-2 victory over
Carleton (13-7-2) and a 4-0 shutout of archrival UQTR (15-7-1).
McGill visits Concordia (12-10-1) Wednesday evening and Carleton on
Saturday afternoon.
Western, which leads the OUA West division, went 1-1 last week
including a 4-3 overtime win over Laurier (12-6-5) and a 5-4
shootout loss at Windsor (11-9-3). But despite dropping one of two
contests, the Mustangs moved up in the national rankings thanks to
a rare Alberta slip.
The Canada West-leading Golden Bears were swept by the No. 9 Dinos
over the weekend, losing 3-2 in Edmonton and 1-0 in Calgary. It
marked the first time Alberta lost both ends of a two-game series
in conference play since January of 2008, also against Calgary. The
Bears had since gone 41 straight conference doubleheaders without
being swept.
CIS MEN’S
HOCKEY TOP 10 (#11)
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. UNB (17-4-0) / 178 pts (16) / (1)
2. McGill (21-0-2) / 156 (2) / (2)
3. Western Ontario (17-1-4) / 130 / (4)
4. Alberta (13-5-2) / 126 / (3)
5. Saint Mary’s (13-7-1) / 104 / (5)
6. UPEI (12-6-3) / 82 / (7)
7. Saskatchewan (11-7-0) / 60 / (6) *
8. Manitoba (10-4-4) / 60 / (8) *
9. Calgary (11-6-2) / 34 / (NR)
10. Lakehead (14-7-1) / 21 / (10)
* Saskatchewan was awarded the higher ranking over Manitoba based
on number of higher-placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (13), StFX (12), UQTR (10),
Nipissing (3), Carleton (1).
-CIS-
