The Lakehead Thunderwolves moved up to No. 2 this week although they have not resumed the second half of the OUA regular season. Lakehead (9-2-1 OUA, 16-4-2 overall) benefited from two losses in three games last week by UNB, who drop down to No. 3. The V-Reds (11-5-1 AUS), still lead the Atlantic conference. Lakehead was ranked No. 3 in last week's poll and have been ranked in every Top 10 poll since the beginning of the 2002-2003 season.
New to the Top Ten this week are the Calgary Dinos (10-7-1) and the UPEI Panthers (10-6-2). Alberta remains at No. 1 and Western at NO. 4 while Ottawa and UQTR are ranked No. 5 and No. 6.
RANK TEAM CONFERENCE (Overall) RECORDPTS (1st Place) LAST WEEK
1. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 17-0-1 (24-0-1) 70 (7) 1
2. LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 9-2-1 (16-4-2) 57 3
3. UNB VARSITY REDS 11-5-1 (16-4-2) 54 2
4. WESTERN ONT. MUSTANGS 11-2-0 (15-8-0) 50 4
5. OTTAWA GEE-GEES 12-2-1 (13-5-1) 46 5
6. UQTR PATRIOTES 9-2-3 (11-4-4) 37 6
7. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 9-5-4 (14-9-4) 29 7
8. StFX X-MEN 10-6-1 (13-7-1) 15 8
9. CALGARY DINOS-x 10-7-1 (14-16-1) 8 NR
10. UPEI PANTHERS-x 10-6-2 (10-8-3) 8 NR
x - Calgary was awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes:
York University Lions (5), Saint Mary's University Huskies (3), St. Thomas University Tommies (2), University of 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.