Maine Hockey Remains 4th in USCHO Poll, Moves to 3rd in PairWise

The Maine Hockey Team remained 4th in the March 17th US College Hockey Online Poll, but moved to 3rd in the PairWise Rankings.

The PairWise Rankings are meant to simulate the NCAA Hockey Tournament Seedings.

Boston College dropped from 1st to 2nd after losing to Northeastern in the Poll, in the Hockey East Quarterfinals.

March 17th USCHO Poll

1. Michigan State 25-8-4, 981 points, 2nd last week, 33 1st Place Votes
2. Boston College 26-7-2, 942 points, 1st last week, 12 1st Place Votes
3. Western Michigan 28-7-1, 911 points, 3rd last week, 5 1st Place Votes
4. Maine 22-7-6, 839 points, 4th last week
5. Minnesota 25-10-4, 788 points, 5th last week
6. Denver 28-10-1, 729 points, 6th last week
7. Connecticut 21-10-4, 679 points, 8th last week
8. Boston University 21-12-2, 637 points, 9th last week
9. Ohio State 24-12-2, 596 points, 10th last week
10. Providence 21-10-5, 585 points, 7th last week
11. Arizona State 21-13-2, 448 points, 12th last week
12. Quinnipiac 24-10-2, 425 points, 13th last week
13. Penn State 20-13-4, 4-6 points, 11th last week
14. Massachusetts 20-13-5, 341 points, 14th last week
15. Minnesota State 26-8-3, 316 points, 15th last week
16. Michigan 18-15-3, 256 points, 16th last week
17. North Dakota 21-14-2, 233 points, 17th last week
18. Clarkson 23-11-3, 162 points, 18th last week
19. Holy Cross 2413-2, 76 points, Not Ranked last week
20. UMass Lowell 16-16-4, 52 points, 19th last week

Maine's return to the Hockey East Semifinals marks the 1st time that the Black Bears have made it back-to-back since they did it in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Maine's home record of 15-2-3 is the best since they went 16-4-1 in 2005-06.

Thursday's night's semifinal will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket. Join Jon Shields for the pregame starting at 7 p.m.

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