Maine Men’s Hockey Tied for 32nd in October 5 USCHO Poll

The Maine Men's Hockey Team dropped in the October 5th U.S. College Hockey Online Poll after going 1-1 at Holy Cross in the opening weekend of the season.

The Black Bears who were ranked 31st with 9 points dropped to become tied for 32nd with just 1 point.

Maine will host #6 Quinnipiac in an early test for the Black Bears this weekend. If you can't be at the Alfond to root on the Black Bears you can listen to the games on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame each night starting at 6:30 p.m. with Jon Shields and Larry Mahoney.

The October 5th USCHO Poll is

1. Denver (39 1st place votes)  2-0-0 980 points 1 last week
2. Michigan (6 1st place votes) 2-0-0 936 points 2 last week
3. Michigan State (5 1st place votes) 0-0-0 837 points 3 last week
4. North Dakota 0-0-0 844 points 4 last week
5. Minnesota Duluth 2-0-0 775 points 5 last week
6. Quinnipiac 2-0-0 757 points 7 last week
7. Wisconsin 2-0-0 693 points 6 last week
8. Western Michigan 0-0-0 651 8 last week
9. Providence 0-0-0 579 points 9 last week
10. Dartmouth 0-0-0 466 points 11 last week
11. Boston College 0-0-0 406 points 12 last week
12. Michigan Tech 2-0-0 348 points 19 last week
13. Cornell 0-0-0  338 points 13 last week
14. Boston University 2-0-0 329 points 16 last week
15. Colorado College 2-0-0  328 points Not Ranked last week
16. Connecticut 0-0-0  268 15 last week
17. Penn State 0-0-0 203 17 last week
18. Massachusetts 0-2-0 193 points  10 last week
19. Minnesota State 0-0-0  167 points  18 last week
20. Minnesota 0-2-0 136 points  14 last week

Others receiving votes included

• Augustana 37 points
• Merrimack 37 points
• Ohio State 36 points
• St. Thomas 25 points
• Bentley 23 points
• Bowling Green 16 points
• Miami 11 points
• Northeastern 9 points
• Clarkson 7 points
• Sacred Heart 3 points
• Brown 1 point
• Maine 1 point
• Omaha 1 point
• Union 1 point