{"id":6906,"date":"2016-01-11T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:00:38","slug":"wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2016\/01\/11\/wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-5\/","title":{"rendered":"WTBU Men&#8217;s College Hockey Top 16 Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><strong>North Dakota (18)<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 18-2-2 (9-1-0)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quinnipiac (14)<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 19-1-3 (10-0-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boston College (3)<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 14-4-2 (7-1-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Providence (1)<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 13-3-4 (4-1-3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michigan<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 13-3-3 (4-1-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>St. Cloud State<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 17-5-0 (9-3-0)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nebraska-Omaha<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 14-5-1 (4-5-1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cornell<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 11-2-2 (6-1-1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harvard<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 8-3-3 (4-2-3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boston University<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 11-6-3 (5-3-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowell<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 12-4-4 (7-2-3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yale<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 8-4-3 (3-3-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notre Dame<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 10-4-7 (6-1-3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penn State<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 13-4-3 (3-1-0)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bowling Green<\/strong> \u2013 WCHA \u2013 13-6-5 (9-3-4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denver<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 9-7-4 (5-4-1)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On the WTBUbble: <strong>Robert Morris, Minnesota State, St. Lawrence, Rensselaer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TOP 3 ROUNDUP<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota tops the poll again for a second straight week. The Fighting Hawks played an exhibition against the U.S. Under-18 Team, and won 4-1. North Dakota is led by goaltender Cam Johnson, who posts a 1.071 GAA and a .957 SV% this season.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac comes in second on the poll this week, following a pair of victories over Union and Harvard. The Bobcats lead the nation with 1.501 goals against per game. Goaltender Michael Garteig continues to stand strong with a .940 SV% and a 1.406 GAA.<\/p>\n<p>Boston College makes it back into the top three following a win and a comeback tie vs. Providence over the weekend. BC is fourth in the nation averaging 4.116 goals per game. Plagued by recent injuries, the Eagles debuted 6\u20197\u201d freshman Ian Milosz in net vs. Providence, and the lofty net-minder kept the high powered Friars in check.<\/p>\n<p>UPSET OF THE WEEK:<\/p>\n<p>Colorado College (5-17-0), ranked 53<sup>rd<\/sup> in pairwise, defeated St. Cloud State (17-5-0), ranked 3<sup>rd<\/sup> in pairwise, on the road Saturday by a score of 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>STAT OF THE WEEK:<\/p>\n<p>Tylor and Tyson Spink combined for seven points in Colgate\u2019s 5-1 victory over Maine on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota (18) \u2013 NCHC \u2013 18-2-2 (9-1-0) Quinnipiac (14) \u2013 ECAC \u2013 19-1-3 (10-0-2) Boston College (3) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 14-4-2 (7-1-2) Providence (1) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 13-3-4 (4-1-3) Michigan \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 13-3-3 (4-1-2) St. Cloud State \u2013 NCHC \u2013 17-5-0 (9-3-0) Nebraska-Omaha \u2013 NCHC \u2013 14-5-1 (4-5-1) Cornell \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/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\/6906"}],"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=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}