CIS Men’s Hockey Top 10 (#10): º«¹úÂãÎè moves up to No.2
OTTAWA (CIS) - The º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen are the number two team in CIS men's hockey for the second straight week.
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The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds (15-4-0) are the number one team after receiving 13 of 16 first-place votes and a total of 171 points from the national media panel to remain ahead of the º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen and the Alberta Golden Bears. The three teams have made up the Top Three in each of the 10 weekly polls so far this season.
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The Redmen (19-0-2) earned the remaining first-place nods and 138 points in the new rankings to move past Alberta at No. 2. The Bears (13-3-2), who had topped the first eight polls of the campaign before dropping to second place last week, fall to a season-low No. 3 after receiving 126 points from the panel.
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Rounding up the new national rankings are the Western Ontario Mustangs (16-1-3), up one position to No. 4; the reigning University Cup champion Saint Mary's Huskies (13-5-1), down one spot to No. 5; the Saskatchewan Huskies (11-7-0), up one to No. 6; the UPEI Panthers (10-6-3), down one to No. 7; the Manitoba Bisons (8-4-4), up one to No. 8; the St. Francis Xavier X-Men (11-7-1), who were unranked last week; and the Lakehead Thunderwolves (13-6-1), down two positions to No. 10.
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Top-ranked UNB extended its conference winning streak to five games and its lead atop the AUS standings to three points last weekend with a 7-4 win at Moncton (6-11-2) and a close-fought 2-1 overtime decision over No. 7 UPEI, in Fredericton.
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The Varsity Reds face one of their toughest challenges of the season this week as they host a pair of Top-10 opponents, Saint Mary's on Friday and StFX on Saturday.
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No. 2 º«¹úÂãÎè remained the only undefeated team in the country - in conference play - last Friday with a 5-4 home win over Carleton (12-6-2). The OUA-leading Redmen host Carleton again on Wednesday and archrival UQTR (14-6-0) on Friday.
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No. 3 Alberta struggled in Lethbridge last weekend against the 7-6-4 Pronghorns. The Golden Bears erased a 5-2 deficit on Friday to prevail 9-8 in overtime, before dropping a 4-2 decision on Saturday. They play a home-and-home series against Calgary (9-6-2) this weekend.
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CIS MEN'S HOCKEY TOP 10 (#10)
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Voting is based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with a 1st place vote worth 10 points. The CIS Men's Ice Hockey Top Ten Committee is made up of media members from across Canada.
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(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
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1. UNB (15-4-0) / 157 pts (13) / (1)
2. º«¹úÂãÎè (19-0-2) / 138 (3) / (3)
3. Alberta (13-3-2) / 126 / (2)
4. Western Ontario (16-1-3) / 110 / (5)
5. Saint Mary's (13-5-1) / 107 / (4)
6. Saskatchewan (11-7-0) / 71 / (7)
7. UPEI (10-6-3) / 42 / (6)
8. Manitoba (8-4-4) / 40 / (9)
9. StFX (11-7-1) / 22 / (NR)
10. Lakehead (13-6-1) / 21 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: UQTR (19), Nipissing (14), Calgary
(6), Acadia (3), Wilfrid Laurier (3), Waterloo (1).
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belanger [at] universitysport.ca
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