Former UMaine captain Jim Montgomery and his UDenver Pioneers have climbed to the top of the charts in college hockey this week. The new #1 team in the nation.

Montgomery's Pioneers beat Arizona State twice over the weekend while last week's #1 team Minnesota-Duluth lost and tied a series with Colorado College.

Denver is 14-4-4 overall (6-1-3 NCHC). Harvard climbed up to #2 in the nation.

The top Hockey East team is BU, ranked #5. There are five HE teams in the top 20 this week.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 09, 2017

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Denver	(27)	14- 4-4	952	3
2	Harvard	(11)	11- 2-1	918	4
3	Minnesota-Duluth	( 6)	12- 4-4	888	1
4	Penn State	( 6)	14- 2-1	883	2
5	Boston University		12- 5-2	812	5
6	Massachusetts-Lowell		14- 5-3	754	6
7	North Dakota		12- 6-3	723	7
8	Boston College		14- 7-2	633	8
9	Minnesota		11- 5-2	592	9
10	Ohio State		10- 4-4	517	11
11	Union		14- 5-2	479	10
12	Vermont		14- 6-2	464	13
13	Notre Dame		12- 7-2	388	12
14	Western Michigan		10- 5-3	379	14
15	Quinnipiac		12- 9-2	270	15
16	St. Lawrence		11- 6-5	240	16
17	Bemidji State		15- 8-3	171	17
18	Minnesota State		13- 7-2	148	19
19	Cornell		9- 4-1	86	NR
20	Michigan Tech		14- 9-3	75	NR
Others receiving votes: Air Force 48, Omaha 26, Robert Morris 22, St. Cloud State 12, Wisconsin 11, Providence 9.