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Polls, especially early-season ones, can be particularly wacky. Take, for instance, this: of the teams that have played a game, eight of the top 20 in this week’s USCHO.com poll have win/loss records at or below .500. If your favorite poll comes from USA Today, it’s a similar story: six of the top 15 have records at or below .500. There’s no doubt that the polls will be shaken up by the time ECAC play gets underway, but right now, top teams are either searching for their footing or taking advantage of other teams’ stumbles out of the gate.

For Northeastern, despite the win on Friday, it did nothing to improve their standing in the polls. Mind you, this doesn’t surprise me. Winning against a team with a low RPI does nothing to help your standing. For Colorado College, whom the Huskies played two weekends ago, a win and tie versus a top-20 Wisconsin team means a lot more, and hence they were bumped up to No. 19 on this week’s USCHO.com poll. Read more…

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>>> WTBU ponders if the apocolypse is nigh for BU hockey. After one game. [WTBU]

>>> Merrimack’s Stephane Da Costa was named player of the week. Why? Mike McMahon explains. [Warrior Rink Rat]

>>> Miami tops this week’s INCH power rankings, Northeastern is absent from the list. Perhaps it’s a good thing to be flying under the radar? [Inside College Hockey]

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USA Today released its weekly college hockey poll yesterday. With Northeastern and Colorado College trading victories, both dropped in the poll – in fact, CC dropped out while Northeastern just received fewer votes. Unofficially, the Huskies are 24th on this list, behind five other Hockey East schools. Here is the list:

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The votes are in, and Northeastern starts the season at 20th in the first USCHO.com poll of the season. NU’s most recent ranking in this poll was at No. 6, back on March 23rd. Here’s the rundown:

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According to this release from UND, Northeastern is effectively ranked 21st in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine pre-season poll. Here’s the rundown:

2009-10 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Preseason Poll

School, Pts, 1st place votes
1. Miami, 457, 4
2. Denver, 455, 13
3. Boston University, 438, 12
4. Michigan, 384
5. Notre Dame, 370, 5
6. Minnesota, 270
7. Cornell, 254
8. North Dakota, 227
9. Princeton, 223
10. UMass-Lowell, 175
11. Yale, 149
12. Boston College, 117
13. St. Cloud State, 106
14. Wisconsin, 80
15. Vermont, 73

Others Receiving Votes: New Hampshire 71, Minnesota Duluth 64, Ohio State 60, Air Force 43, Northern Michigan 31, Colorado College 8, Northeastern 8, Bemidji State 6, Harvard 3, Mercyhurst 3, Niagara 3, St. Lawrence 2.

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>>> Apparently, winning 27-24 over Temple, 38-17 over Lehigh, and 14-3 over Penn isn’t enough for Villanova. Coach Andy Talley says that the Wildcats’ “stars haven’t come out yet.” [The Villanovan]

>>> Mike McMahon passes along word that UMass Minuteman goaltender Dan Meyers was arrested and charged with a variety of offenses on Sunday, citing a report in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. [Warrior Rink Rat]

>>> Jared Sugerman wrote a column about Bill Coen’s 2008-2009 Coach of the Year award from the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. We’re looking forward to  [Huntington News]

>>> Here’s the first new pre-season poll since INCH’s last Power Rankings back in April - According to UML sports information, the Sporting News’ 2009-2010 Hockey Yearbook has a pre-season college hockey poll. Who knew? Anyway, they rank Northeastern at 16th, with UML 4th, BU 6th, BC 14th, UNH 18th, and UMass 20th. [UML Athletics]

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