The Lakehead Thunderwolves were ranked No. 6 in this week's CIS Top 10 Hockey Poll, moving up one position from the last poll before Christmas. The Thunderwolves have been ranked in all nine of the CIS Top 10 Polls so far this season. Western moved up from No. 6 to No. 4, StFX dropped to No. 7 from No. 4 and Calgary moved up to No. 8 from No. 10.
Previous Lakehead rankings were:
Dec. 10: No. 7
Dec. 3: No. 7
Nov. 26: No. 6
Nov. 19: No. 6
Nov. 12: No. 8
Nov. 5 : No. 9
Oct. 29: No. 5
Oct. 22: No. 3
CIS MENS ICE HOCKEY TOP TEN
(As of January 7, 2003)
RANK TEAM CONFERENCE (Overall) RECORD PTS (1st Place) LAST WEEK
1. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 15-2-1 (19-4-4) 109 (10) 1st
2. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 13-5-0 (15-6-2) 93 2nd
3. TROIS-RIVIERES PATRIOTES 10-1-2 (10-5-3) 82 3rd
4. WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS 12-0-0 (14-6-1) 75 (1) 6th
5. NEW BRUNSWICK VARSITY REDS 9-4-0 (11-5-0) 59 5th
6. LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 9-3-0 (14-7-2) 58 7th
7. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN 8-5-2 (10-8-2) 51 4th
8. CALGARY DINOS 8-8-2 (16-11-4) 28 10th
9. McGILL REDMEN 8-3-2 (10-5-2) 24 8th
10. SAINT MARYS HUSKIES 8-6-0 (9-9-0) 16 9th
Other teams receiving votes:
Ottawa (7), Toronto (2), Manitoba (1)
Voting is based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with a 1st place vote receiving 10 points. The CIS Mens Ice Hockey Top Ten Committee is made up of 11 members from across Canada.