Notre Dame Tops HE Teams In First Poll

The first weekend of college hockey play is in the books and Hockey East has 6 of the top 20 teams in the first USCHO national poll. The newest HE member, Notre Dame leads the pack at #4.

The Irish shut out Western Michigan twice to earn that #4 spot in the nation.

UMass-Lowell was the #1 team in the pre-season national poll but fell to #9 after splitting a weekend series with UMass.

The Maine Black Bears got swept in St. Lawrence and will play its home opener Saturday night against Bentley.

Here's the first USCHO poll of the season...

Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Miami	(40)	2- 0-0	985	2
2	Wisconsin	( 5)	2- 0-0	929	3
3	Minnesota	( 2)	2- 0-0	880	5
4	Notre Dame		2- 0-0	796	8
5	Michigan		2- 0-0	701	11
6	North Dakota		1- 0-1	678	7
7	Boston College		1- 1-0	671	4
7	Yale	( 3)	0- 0-0	671	6
9	Massachusetts-Lowell		1- 1-0	625	1
10	Providence		2- 0-0	560	14
11	St. Cloud State		1- 0-1	516	9
12	Denver		2- 0-0	431	17
13	New Hampshire		1- 1-0	402	13
14	Quinnipiac		1- 1-0	316	10
15	Boston University		2- 0-0	308	19
16	Union		1- 0-1	283	16
17	Rensselaer		1- 1-0	203	15
18	Minnesota State		0- 2-0	150	11
19	Cornell		0- 0-0	68	NR
20	Minnesota-Duluth		1- 0-1	64	NR
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 47, Alaska-Anchorage 46, Ferris State 21, Clarkson 20, Western Michigan 17, Colorado College 15, Harvard 15, Northeastern 15, Lake Superior 12, Niagara 12, Colgate 8, Brown 7, Nebraska-Omaha 6, Sacred Heart 5, Michigan Tech 4, Bowling Green 3, Dartmouth 3, Ohio State 3, Air Force 1, Bentley 1, Canisius 1, Michigan State 1.

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