UMaine’s Fossier Named HE Rookie of the Week
It's just one weekend into the season but it has also been a while since UMaine hockey got votes in the national poll. The USCHO poll has the Black Bears #27 after sweeping RPI over the weekend.
Maine received 27 votes.
The next opponent, Quinnipiac is ranked #3 this week. The Bobcats come to the Alfond for games Friday and Saturday nights.
North Dakota sits #1 in the nation and there are six Hockey East teams ranked in the top 20.
NOTE: UMaine's Mitchell Fossier has been named Hockey East Rookie of the Week. He scored a hat trick Friday night and then scored the game winning goal Saturday ngiht.
USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
October 10, 2016
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | North Dakota | (45) | 2- 0-0 | 995 | 1 |
| 2 | Boston University | ( 5) | 1- 0-0 | 912 | 4 |
| 3 | Quinnipiac | 1- 0-1 | 893 | 2 | |
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2- 0-2 | 828 | 6 | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 2- 0-0 | 699 | 9 | |
| 6 | Boston College | 1- 1-0 | 657 | 5 | |
| 7 | St. Cloud State | 0- 0-0 | 654 | 7 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0- 0-2 | 652 | 8 | |
| 9 | Minnesota | 2- 0-0 | 571 | 13 | |
| 10 | Denver | 0- 2-0 | 511 | 3 | |
| 11 | Providence | 1- 1-0 | 443 | 10 | |
| 12 | Harvard | 0- 0-0 | 442 | 12 | |
| 13 | Michigan | 1- 1-0 | 412 | 11 | |
| 14 | Minnesota State | 2- 0-0 | 354 | 19 | |
| 15 | St. Lawrence | 1- 1-0 | 255 | 16 | |
| 16 | Northeastern | 0- 1-1 | 248 | 15 | |
| 17 | Yale | 0- 0-0 | 208 | 18 | |
| 18 | Air Force | 1- 0-1 | 160 | NR | |
| 19 | Ohio State | 1- 0-1 | 151 | NR | |
| 20 | Bowling Green | 0- 2-0 | 63 | 14 | |
| Others receiving votes: Miami 59, Nebraska-Omaha 57, Bemidji State 48, Penn State 47, Cornell 38, Clarkson 32, Maine 30, Western Michigan 21, Connecticut 16, Michigan Tech 11, Rochester Institute of Technology 7, Bentley 5, Union 5, Wisconsin 5, Vermont 4, Dartmouth 3, Ferris State 2, Holy Cross 2. | |||||
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