MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - An unbeaten 3-0-1 record to begin the season has catapulted the Alaska Anchorage hockey team to No. 20 this week in the latest USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's College Hockey Poll.
The Seawolves - one of three teams to go unbeaten in their first four games (Miami, 4-0-0 and Minnesota Duluth, 3-0-1) - extended their unbeaten streak in non-conference games to 10 (7-0-3) last weekend after sweeping rival Alaska Fairbanks 4-3 and 5-3 in the opening two games of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup series.
The national ranking is the first for UAA since appearning at No. 15 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I poll Nov. 14, 2006. The appearance in the USCHO.com.CSTV poll is the first for the Seawolves since a No. 15 rating Nov. 8, 2004.
UAA received 16 votes in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, but did not appear in its Top-15 rankings.
One of eight Western Collegiate Hockey Association teams in this week's poll, UAA begins its conference slate this weekend with a two-game home series against Minnesota State.
The Mavericks were also the Seawolves' opponent following both of their last appearances in the national rankings.
USCHO.COM/CSTV Division I College Hockey Poll (Oct. 22)
Rk. Team Record
1. North Dakota 2-0-1
2. Miami 4-0-0
3. Michigan 3-1-0
4. Colorado College 2-0-0
5. Boston College 1-1-2
6. Denver 3-1-0
7. New Hampshire 1-0-0
8. Michigan State 2-1-0
9. Clarkson 3-1-0
10. Minnesota 2-2-0
11. Wisconsin 3-1-0
12. Notre Dame 2-2-0
13. Maine 2-2-0
14. Michigan Tech 3-1-0
15. St. Lawrence 2-2-0
16. Massachusetts 2-1-1
17. Minnesota Duluth 3-0-1
18. Cornell 0-0-0
19. Ohio State 2-2-0
20. Alaska Anchorage 3-0-1
Others receiving votes: Air Force 86, Nebraska-Omaha 59, Boston University 47, St. Cloud State 44, Quinnipiac 33, Vermont 33, Union 24, Western Michigan 24, Dartmouth 21, Rensselaer 13, Merrimack 9, Harvard 7, Niagara 6, Colgate 4, Northeastern 3, Holy Cross 2
