Check out the national poll or check out the national pairwise rankings and you'll find the Quinnipiac hockey team ranked #1. Do the Black Bears have a surprise for them tonight?

Quinnipiac comes to Alfond with a 19-1-3 overall record and a 10-0-2 record in ECAC conference games.

How dominant have the Bobcats been? They began the season 17-0-2. They have outscored their opponents 87-33. They are 6-0 against teams currently in the top-10. They have a Hobey Baker candidate in goalie Michael Garteig (19-1-3, 1.41 GAA).

Meanwhile, the Maine Black Bears are scuffling.at 5-13-5. The Bears lost and tied UConn over the weekend.

The Bears and Bobcats met at Quinnipiac back in October. The Bobcats beat Maine 4-0 while outshooting the Bears 40-20.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 18, 2016

Team(First Place Votes)RecordPointsLast Poll
1Quinnipiac(41)19- 1-39902
2North Dakota( 8)19- 3-29411
3Providence( 1)15- 3-48893
4Boston College15- 4-38204
5St. Cloud State18- 5-17855
6Michigan14- 3-47486
7Nebraska-Omaha15- 6-16719
8Massachusetts-Lowell14- 4-461111
9Harvard9- 4-36037
10Cornell11- 3-35288
11Boston University11- 7-449610
12Yale10- 4-347112
13Notre Dame12- 4-744813
14Penn State15- 4-335215
15Denver10- 7-533514
16Rensselaer12- 7-518020
17Michigan Tech13- 7-4141NR
18Bowling Green13- 7-514016
19Minnesota-Duluth8- 8-511017
20Minnesota State11- 8-58419
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 58, Minnesota 46, Holy Cross 18, St. Lawrence 17, Dartmouth 4, Union 4, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.
Courtesy: Monty Rand Photography
Courtesy: Monty Rand Photography  /  UMaine coach Red Gendron
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