{"id":6809,"date":"2015-12-14T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtbusportstrial.wordpress.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2015-12-14T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:00:44","slug":"wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2015\/12\/14\/wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WTBU Men\u2019s College Hockey Top 16 Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: WTBU Hockey Staff<\/p>\n

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  1. Providence (20)<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 12-0-3 (4-0-2)<\/li>\n
  2. North Dakota (10)<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 16-2-2 (9-1-0)<\/li>\n
  3. Quinnipiac (3)<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 15-1-2 (6-0-2)<\/li>\n
  4. Boston College (3)<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 13-2-1 (6-1-1)<\/li>\n
  5. Nebraska-Omaha<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 12-3-1 (4-3-1)<\/li>\n
  6. St. Cloud State<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 14-4-0 (8-2-0)<\/li>\n
  7. UMass-Lowell<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 10-3-4 (6-2-3)<\/li>\n
  8. Harvard<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 6-1-3 (4-1-3)<\/li>\n
  9. Boston University<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 9-6-3 (4-3-2)<\/li>\n
  10. Michigan<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 9-3-3 (2-1-1)<\/li>\n
  11. Bowling Green<\/strong> \u2013 WCHA \u2013 11-3-5 (8-2-4)<\/li>\n
  12. Yale<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 6-4-2 (3-3-2)<\/li>\n
  13. Cornell<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 8-1-2 (6-1-1)<\/li>\n
  14. Penn State<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 11-2-3 (2-0-0)<\/li>\n
  15. St. Lawrence<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 10-5-2 (4-2-1)<\/li>\n
  16. Notre Dame<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 9-4-4 (6-1-2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On the WTBUbble: Rensselaer, Minnesota State, Robert Morris, Michigan Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n

    TOP 3 ROUNDUP:<\/p>\n

    The Providence College Friars earned all 20 first-place points from our staff voting this week, the first team to do so in this season\u2019s poll. The Friars defeated the Brown Bears, 4-1, on Thursday. Providence is led by Jake Walman, who has scored 11 goals this season, six on the power play and four game-winners.<\/p>\n

    North Dakota comes in second this week, following a pair of 3-0 shutout wins over Minnesota-Duluth. The Fighting Hawks are fourth in the country for scoring defense, allowing 1.684 goals per game. Offensively, North Dakota is led by Brock Boeser and Drake Caggiula with 13 goals each. Nick Schmaltz is tied for first in the nation with 23 assists. Goaltender Cam Johnson is second nationally with a .955 SV% and a 1.195 GAA.<\/p>\n

    Quinnipiac drops to third after a lengthy stay atop the poll. The Bobcats were handed their first loss of the season as Boston University beat Quinnipiac, 4-1. Despite the defensive setback, the Bobcats maintained the nation\u2019s top scoring defense, conceding 1.374 goals per game. Goaltender Michael Garteig sits third in the nation with both his .948 SV% and 1.237 GAA.<\/p>\n

    STATS OF THE WEEK:<\/p>\n

    American International College recorded a series sweep of Army with a pair of overtime wins this past weekend. AIC scored equalizers to force OT in the final four minutes of each game. It was the first home series sweep for the Yellow Jackets in six seasons, dating back to a 2010 sweep of Bentley. With the victories, AIC matches its overall win total from last season with four.<\/p>\n

    Boston University snapped Quinnipiac\u2019s shutout streak of 209:33 with a first period goal on Saturday. The Bobcats nation-long, 17-game unbeaten streak also came to end.<\/p>\n

    ANNOUNCEMENT: This will be the last poll until after the holiday break. The next one will be Dec. 28.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By: WTBU Hockey Staff Providence (20) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 12-0-3 (4-0-2) North Dakota (10) \u2013 NCHC \u2013 16-2-2 (9-1-0) Quinnipiac (3) \u2013 ECAC \u2013 15-1-2 (6-0-2) Boston College (3) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 13-2-1 (6-1-1) Nebraska-Omaha \u2013 NCHC \u2013 12-3-1 (4-3-1) St. Cloud State \u2013 NCHC \u2013 14-4-0 (8-2-0) UMass-Lowell \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1028],"tags":[1248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}