College Hockey News has released a preseason poll. No surprise that B.C. is number one and UND is number two. I don't think that Yale is the number 5 ranked team in the country. I know we are going to hear; but, but, Goon Yale beat UND in last season’s playoff game, I think that fact is irrelevant because Yale is going to have to score a ton of goals to make up for their very bad goaltending and they got lucky in one game. What's also interesting is traditional powers Wisconsin, DU and or Minnesota are no where to be found in the preseason top ten. I am not surprised that more WCHA teams aren't in the top ten. As the season gets closer the NCAA round up will look at the preseason top ten.
1. Boston College
2. North Dakota --- “I feel like I let my teammates down a little bit last year, not having the opportunity to be out there with them,” senior Chay Genoway said when he announced his return to the team May 6. “I have a lot of high expectations for myself and for the team, and I'm pretty excited about this team, and there's a lot of motivation for this team.”
This is virtually the same team that won the WCHA postseason in 2010, minus seniors Chris VandeVelde and Darcy Zajac — and the lone early departure, 4-goal scorer David Toews. Those losses should be offset by the re-addition of Genoway (whom North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol called one of the top-5 players in college hockey last season — and that was before the exodus of talent across the NCAA this summer), who recieved a medical waiver after dealing with a concussion last season, as well as the continued development of Danny Kristo and Jason Gregoire, the second- and third-leading scorers from 2009-10. Junior Brad Eidsness will continue to be a force in net, and the D-corps — last year’s third-best squad (2.12 goals/game) in the country — should continue to be strong.
3. Miami
4. Michigan
5. Yale
6. St. Cloud State
7. Maine
8. Alaska
9. Minnesota-Duluth
10. New Hampshire
