CIS Men's Hockey Top 10 (#11): Redmen keep rolling
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OTTAWA (CIS) - The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds and º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen are once again ranked No. 1 and No. 2 this week in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's hockey.
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The V-Reds (17-0-4) top the rankings for the third straight week after receiving 16 of 18 first-place votes and 178 points from the national media panel, while the Redmen (21-0-2) remain second for a second consecutive poll after earning the remaining two first-place nods and 156 points in the voting.
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The Western Ontario Mustangs (17-1-4) move up to a season-high No. 3 in the new Top 10, while the Alberta Golden Bears (13-5-2) fall to a season-low No. 4.
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Rounding out the 11th weekly poll of the campaign are the reigning University Cup champion Saint Mary's Huskies (13-7-1), who stay put at No. 5; the UPEI Panthers (12-6-3), up one spot to No. 6; the Saskatchewan Huskies (11-7-0), down one position to No. 7; the Manitoba Bisons (10-4-4), who remain in eighth position; the Calgary Dinos (11-6-2), unranked a week ago; and the Lakehead Thunderwolves (14-7-1), who remain at No. 10.
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It was business as usual over the past seven days for No. 1 UNB and No. 2 º«¹úÂãÎè.
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The AUS-leading Varsity Reds extended their conference winning streak to seven games with a pair of 4-1 home victories over Saint Mary's and StFX (11-9-1), which was ranked ninth a week ago. UNB visits cross-town rival St. Thomas (3-15-3) on Friday night before travelling to Charlottetown on Saturday to face No. 6 UPEI.
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The OUA-leading Redmen remained the lone undefeated team in the country in regulation (in conference play) with a 4-2 victory over Carleton (13-7-2) and a 4-0 shutout of archrival UQTR (15-7-1). º«¹úÂãÎè visits Concordia (12-10-1) Wednesday evening and Carleton on Saturday afternoon.
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Western, which leads the OUA West division, went 1-1 last week including a 4-3 overtime win over Laurier (12-6-5) and a 5-4 shootout loss at Windsor (11-9-3). But despite dropping one of two contests, the Mustangs moved up in the national rankings thanks to a rare Alberta slip.
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The Canada West-leading Golden Bears were swept by the No. 9 Dinos over the weekend, losing 3-2 in Edmonton and 1-0 in Calgary. It marked the first time Alberta lost both ends of a two-game series in conference play since January of 2008, also against Calgary. The Bears had since gone 41 straight conference doubleheaders without being swept.
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CIS MEN'S HOCKEY TOP 10 (#11)
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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 (17-4-0) / 178 pts (16) / (1)
2. º«¹úÂãÎè (21-0-2) / 156 (2) / (2)
3. Western Ontario (17-1-4) / 130 / (4)
4. Alberta (13-5-2) / 126 / (3)
5. Saint Mary's (13-7-1) / 104 / (5)
6. UPEI (12-6-3) / 82 / (7)
7. Saskatchewan (11-7-0) / 60 / (6) *
8. Manitoba (10-4-4) / 60 / (8) *
9. Calgary (11-6-2) / 34 / (NR)
10. Lakehead (14-7-1) / 21 / (10)
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* Saskatchewan was awarded the higher ranking over Manitoba based on number of higher-placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (13), StFX (12), UQTR (10),
Nipissing (3), Carleton (1).
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