Montgomery’s UDenver Battling For #1
Former UMaine hockey captain Jim Montgomery and his UDenver Pioneers one week stay at the top of the national polls is over, for now. Minnesota-Duluth takes over the #1 spot this week in the USCHO poll.
After gaining the #1 spot last week, Montgomery's team tied two games with Miami(Ohio) over the weekend..
The one week stay at the top was the first #1 ranking for the Pioneers since March of 2010.
Montgomery is UMaine's career scoring leader and helped the Black Bears to a national title in 1993. He is in his fourth season as head coach in Denver.
Check out this week's USCHO poll...
November 21, 2016
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | (48) | 10- 2-2 | 996 | 2 |
| 2 | Denver | ( 2) | 7- 2-3 | 950 | 1 |
| 3 | Quinnipiac | 9- 3-1 | 859 | 4 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 10- 3-1 | 818 | 3 | |
| 5 | North Dakota | 7- 4-2 | 731 | 8 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 8- 4-2 | 692 | 6 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 6- 4-1 | 655 | 5 | |
| 8 | Penn State | 11- 1-1 | 615 | 10 | |
| 9 | Harvard | 5- 1-1 | 610 | 11 | |
| 10 | Bemidji State | 11- 2-1 | 543 | 13 | |
| 11 | Minnesota | 5- 3-2 | 537 | 7 | |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 6- 4-2 | 507 | 9 | |
| 13 | Ohio State | 8- 1-4 | 466 | 14 | |
| 14 | Minnesota State | 8- 5-1 | 336 | 15 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State | 6- 6-0 | 234 | 12 | |
| 16 | Michigan | 5- 4-1 | 218 | 16 | |
| 17 | Union | 8- 3-2 | 207 | 17 | |
| 18 | Western Michigan | 7- 3-2 | 201 | 18 | |
| 19 | St. Lawrence | 8- 4-2 | 176 | 20 | |
| 20 | Vermont | 7- 3-2 | 88 | NR | |
| Others receiving votes: Providence 25, Omaha 15, Air Force 5, Clarkson 5, Wisconsin 4, Connecticut 2, Michigan Tech 2, Robert Morris 2, Lake Superior 1. | |||||
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