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Thunderwolves Stay at No. 7

Tue Dec 10, 2002
Written by Mike Aylward
Photo by James Mirabelli

The Lakehead Thunderwolves were ranked No. 7 again in this week's CIS Top 10 Hockey Poll.  The Thunderwolves have been ranked in all eight of the CIS Top 10 Polls so far this season.  The Calgary Dinos dropped from No. 8 to No. 10 while McGill moved from No. 10 to No. 8.  Saint Mary's moved up from No. 9 to No. 8.  All other teams remained at the same ranking positions as last week.

This is the final Top Ten prior to Christmas. The CIS Mens Ice Hockey Top Ten will resume on Tuesday, January 7, 2003.

Previous Lakehead rankings were:
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 December 10, 2002)

RANK TEAM CONFERENCE (Overall) RECORD PTS (1st Place) LAST WEEK

 1. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 13-2-1 (17-3-3) 110 (11) 1st

 2. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 12-4-0 (14-5-2) 94 2nd

 3. TROIS-RIVIERES PATRIOTES 10-1-2 (10-5-3) 86 3rd

 4. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN 8-4-2 (9-5-2) 71 4th

 5. NEW BRUNSWICK VARSITY REDS 9-4-0 (11-5-0) 64 5th

 6. WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS 11-0-0 (11-6-1) 51 6th

 7. LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 9-3-0 (11-5-1) 49 7th

 8. McGILL REDMEN 8-3-2 (10-5-2) 28 9th
 
 9. SAINT MARYS HUSKIES 8-6-0 (8-9-0) 23 10th

 10. CALGARY DINOS 7-7-2 (12-9-4) 20 8th

Other teams receiving votes:
Ottawa (3), Toronto (3), Manitoba (2), Prince Edward Island (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.