The Lakehead Thunderwolves moved up to No. 3 in this week's first CIS Top 10 poll of the new year. Alberta and UNB remained at No. 1 and No. 2 while Western dropped to No. 4. St. FX is back at No. 8 and the Laurier Golden Hawks came in at No. 10. Lakehead went 4-1-1 over the holiday break in Bell Cup and non-conference play. Lakehead has been ranked in every Top 10 since the beginning of the 2002-2003 season.
RANK TEAM CONFERENCE (Overall) RECORD PTS (1st Place) LAST WEEK
1. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 15-0-1 (24-0-1) 70 (7) 1
2. UNB VARSITY REDS 10-3-1 (15-4-1) 61 2
3. LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 9-2-1 (16-4-2) 53 4
4. WESTERN ONT. MUSTANGS 10-2-0 (14-8-0) 51 3
5. OTTAWA GEE-GEES 11-2-1 (12-5-1) 42 6
6. UQTR PATRIOTES 8-2-3 (10-4-3) 36 5
7. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 8-5-3 (13-9-3) 26 7
8. StFX X-MEN 8-5-1 (11-6-1) 16 9
9. SAINT MARY'S HUSKIES 8-5-1 (11-5-1) 11 10
10. LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKS 7-3-1 (11-7-1) 6 NR
Other teams receiving votes:
Brock Badgers (5), Calgary Dinos (5), York Lions (2) and Manitoba Bisons (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 Men's Ice Hockey Top Ten Committee is made up of media
members from across Canada.