The Lakehead Thunderwolves moved up one position in this week's CIS Top 10 Poll, moving into the No. 4 position. Also moving up were Saskatchewan and New Brunswick to No. 2 and No. 3 respectively while St. FX dropped from No. 2 to No. 5. Western and Manitoba each moved up one position while UQTR dropped to No. 8 from No. 6 last week. Newcomers this week are Saint Mary's at No. 9 and, this week's opponents for the Thunderwolves, the Laurier Golden Hawks who just edged out Calgary for No. 10.
CIS Men's Ice Hockey Top Ten
RANKTEAMCONFERENCE (Overall) RECORDPTS (1st Place)LAST WEEK
1.ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS7-1-0 (12-3-1)69 (6)1
2.SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES5-0-1 (11-3-2)61 (1)3
3.NEW BRUNSWICK VARSITY REDS4-1-0 (7-3-0)594
4.LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES3-1-0 (9-4-1)455
5.ST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN4-3-0 (4-9-0)412
6.WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS2-0-0 (6-4-0)357
7.MANITOBA BISONS4-1-1 (6-5-1)318
8. UQTR PATRIOTES1-1-1 (5-5-1)106
9. ST. MARY'S HUSKIES3-2-1 (5-3-1)9NR
10.LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKS-x4-0-0 (4-4-0)8NR
x-Wilfrid Laurier was awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes:
Calgary Dinos (8), McGill Redmen (6), Toronto Varsity Blues (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.