{"id":6925,"date":"2016-01-18T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2016-01-18T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:00:46","slug":"wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2016\/01\/18\/wtbu-mens-college-hockey-top-16-poll-6\/","title":{"rendered":"WTBU Men’s College Hockey Top 16 Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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  1. North Dakota (20)<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 19-3-2 (10-2-0)<\/li>\n
  2. Quinnipiac (10)<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 19-1-3 (10-0-2)<\/li>\n
  3. Providence<\/strong> (5)<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 15-3-4 (6-1-3)<\/li>\n
  4. Boston College (1) <\/strong>\u2013 Hockey East \u2013 15-4-3 (8-1-3)<\/li>\n
  5. St. Cloud State<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 18-5-1 (10-3-1-1)<\/li>\n
  6. Michigan<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 (13-3-4 (4-1-2-1)<\/li>\n
  7. Harvard<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 9-4-3 (5-3-3)<\/li>\n
  8. UMass-Lowell<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 14-4-4 (9-2-3)<\/li>\n
  9. Nebraska-Omaha<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 15-6-1 (5-6-1)<\/li>\n
  10. Cornell<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 11-3-3 (6-2-2)<\/li>\n
  11. Yale<\/strong> \u2013 ECAC \u2013 10-4-3 (5-3-2)<\/li>\n
  12. Boston University<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 11-7-4 (5-4-3)<\/li>\n
  13. Notre Dame<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 15-3-4 (6-1-3)<\/li>\n
  14. Penn State<\/strong> \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 15-4-3 (5-1-0)<\/li>\n
  15. Denver<\/strong> \u2013 NCHC \u2013 10-7-5 (6-4-2)<\/li>\n
  16. Robert Morris<\/strong> \u2013 Atlantic Hockey \u2013 14-7-3 (11-4-3)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

    TOP 3 ROUNDUP<\/p>\n

    North Dakota tops the poll unanimously this week after going 1-1-0 over the week against Nebraska-Omaha. The Fighting Hawks dropped the first game of the series in overtime before routing the Mavericks in the finale. Cam Johnson is the nation\u2019s leading goaltender with a 1.284 GAA and a .949 SV%. Forward Nick Schmaltz is second in the NCAA with 24 assists. North Dakota continues to look strong and should bid for another National Championship this year.<\/p>\n

    Quinnipiac remains at number two after an idle weekend. The Bobcats will travel to Maine on Tuesday before hosting Rensselaer on Thursday. Led by goaltender Michael Garteig, who posts a 1.406 GAA and a .940 SV%, continues to lead the nation with 1.5 goals against per game. The Bobcats also boast one of the nation\u2019s top five penalty kills at 88.1%. Unbeaten in ECAC play this season, the Bobcats look to be well on their way to a deep NCAA tournament run.<\/p>\n

    Providence comes in third this week following a series sweep on the road in Vermont. Providence continues to dominate in Hockey East play following a mishap against BC a week ago. Defenseman Jake Walman is third in the country with seven power play goals, and his lethal shot has given Providence success all year.<\/p>\n

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

    With 13 goals this weekend, Michigan has now netted 102 goals in 21 games this year, averaging an NCAA-leading 4.86 goals per game. The all-time single-season goal scoring record at Michigan is 260, done in 1976-77.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By: WTBU Hockey Staff North Dakota (20) \u2013 NCHC \u2013 19-3-2 (10-2-0) Quinnipiac (10) \u2013 ECAC \u2013 19-1-3 (10-0-2) Providence (5) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 15-3-4 (6-1-3) Boston College (1) \u2013 Hockey East \u2013 15-4-3 (8-1-3) St. Cloud State \u2013 NCHC \u2013 18-5-1 (10-3-1-1) Michigan \u2013 Big Ten \u2013 (13-3-4 (4-1-2-1) Harvard \u2013 ECAC \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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6925"}],"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=6925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}