HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech hockey team is ranked No. 16 in this week’s USCHO.com Top 20 poll. The Huskies jumped into the poll after a non-conference sweep at Wisconsin last week to begin the season.
The Huskies play their home opener this weekend as No. 17 Notre Dame comes to the MacInnes Student Ice Arena on Friday for a 7:07 p.m. start. The Fighting Irish come to Houghton for the first time since January 1982. Tech then hosts the USA Hockey National Team Development Program on Saturday at 6:07 p.m.
Tech received votes in the preseason poll and last week’s poll. The Black and Gold was in the top 20 four times last season with the highest ranking of 18 on February 15 and January 25.
USCHO Division I Men’s Poll – October 11, 2021
Team | Record | Points | Last | |
1. | Minnesota State (17) | 3-1-0 | 949 | 1 |
2. | St. Cloud (14) | 3-1-0 | 945 | 2 |
3. | Michigan (16) | 2-0-0 | 905 | 3 |
4. | Minnesota (1) | 2-0-0 | 801 | 4 |
5. | Minnesota Duluth (1) | 2-0-0 | 789 | 5 |
6. | Boston College | 1-0-1 | 699 | 6 |
7. | North Dakota | 2-0-0 | 679 | 8 |
8. | Quinnipiac | 1-0-1 | 618 | 9 |
9. | Massachusetts | 0-2-0 | 582 | 7 |
10. | Providence | 3-0-0 | 566 | 11 |
11. | Denver (1) | 2-0-0 | 543 | 12 |
12. | Boston University | 1-1-0 | 376 | 10 |
13. | Omaha | 3-1-0 | 337 | 17 |
14. | Harvard | 0-0-0 | 295 | 14 |
15. | Cornell | 0-0-0 | 249 | 16 |
16. | Michigan Tech | 2-0-0 | 239 | NR |
17. | Notre Dame | 1-0-0 | 164 | 19 |
18. | Northeastern | 2-1-0 | 150 | 18 |
19. | Western Michigan | 2-0-0 | 147 | NR |
20. | Bemidji State | 0-2-0 | 146 | 15 |