The Lakehead Thunderwolves come in at No. 5 in the first CIS Top 10 ranking of the 2005-06 season. Leading the Top 10 pack are Alberta and Saskatchewan with AUS representatives St. FX and Moncton coming in at No. 3 and 4. New Brunswick sits at No. 6 while the Calgary Dinos are at No. 7. UQTR has the eighth spot while Acadia is at No. 9 and Western takes the final spot at No. 10. Lakehead has been ranked in every CIS Top 10 since the beginning of the 2002-03 season.
No. 1 Alberta plays a home-and-away series against provincial rivals, the No. 7 Calgary (2-1-1) on Friday and Saturday. No. 2 Saskatchewan opened conference play with a win and a loss at Lethbridge against the surprising Pronghorns (2-1-1), and dropped a 3-1 decision to the Regina Cougars (2-2-1) on Monday night (not considered in this weeks voting).
No. 3 St. FX, CIS champions in 2003-04, lost all-Canadian goalie Mike Mole to the pro ranks but have compensated with spectacular offence in their first two outings with a 7-6 victory over the Saint Marys Huskies (1-1-0) and a 6-3 win over the Dalhousie Tigers (0-2-0).
No. 4 Moncton, who advanced to the CIS tournament for the first time in six years last spring, tied the No. 6 UNB Varsity Reds (1-0-1) 4-4 and beat the UPEI Panthers (0-2-0) 3-1.
No. 5 Lakehead open the regular season at home against Windsor on Friday night. Lakehead kept a 4-3-2 record in non-conference play this fall.
CIS Mens Ice Hockey Top Ten for Tuesday, October 18, 2005. This is the first ranking for the 2005-06 season.
RANKTEAMCONFERENCE (Overall) RECORDPTS (1st Place)LAST WEEK
1.ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS2-0-0 (7-2-0)77 (5)-
2.SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES1-1-0 (8-2-0)74 (3)-
3.ST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN2-0-0 (5-3-0)56-
4.MONCTON AIGLES BLEUS0-0-1 (3-3-1)48-
5.LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES0-0-0 (4-3-2)40-
6.NEW BRUNSWICK VARSITY REDS1-0-1 (3-3-1)32-
7.CALGARY DINOS2-1-1 (6-3-1)23-
8.TROIS-RIVIERES PATRIOTES0-0-1 (3-2-1)21-
9.ACADIA AXEMEN1-1-0 (2-2-1)14-
10.WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS0-0-0 (2-4-0)12-
Other teams receiving votes:
McGill Redmen (8), Saint Marys Huskies (7), St. Thomas Tommies (7), Lethbridge Pronghorns (6),
Ottawa Gee-Gees (5), Concordia Stingers (4), Brock Badgers (3), York Lions (2), Waterloo Warriors (1)
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 Mens Ice Hockey Top Ten Committee is made up of media members from across Canada.