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Lakehead Ranked No. 4

Tue Jan 20, 2004
Written by Mike Aylward
Photo by James Mirabelli

The Lakehead Thunderwolves were ranked at No. 4 in this week's CIS Top 10 Poll; dropping from No. 2 last week. Lakehead traded positions with Western who are now No. 2. Ottawa was ranked at No. 3, and UNB at No. 4; also exchanging positions from last week. The newcomer to the Top 10 are the Saint Mary's Huskies, coming in at No. 10. Lakehead has been ranked in the Top 10 in every poll since the beginning of the 2002-2003 season.

CIS MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TOP TEN

LAST WEEK'S
RANKTEAMCONFERENCE (Overall) RECORDPTS (1st Place)RANKING

1.UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS17-0-1 (26-0-1)70 (7)1

2.UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS-x13-2-0 (17-8-0)534

3.UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA GEE-GEES-x14-2-1 (15-5-1)535

4.LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY THUNDERWOLVES10-2-2 (17-4-3)512

5.UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK VARSITY REDS12-6-1 (17-7-1)493

6.UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES11-5-4 (16-9-4)387

7.ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY X-MEN12-6-1 (15-7-1)258

8.UNIVERSITE du QUEBEC A TROIS-RIVIERES PATRIOTES9-4-3 (11-6-4)206

9.UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS12-7-1 (16-16-1)159

10.SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY HUSKIES11-6-2 (14-6-2)8NR

x - Please note that Western Ontario was awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher placed votes.

Other team(s) receiving votes:
York University Lions (3)

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.