Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Ranked 4th In USCHO.com Poll, 5th In USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
- USCHO.com Division I Poll (Jan. 14, 2013)
- USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll (Jan. 14, 2013)
- PairWise Rankings (Updated Jan. 14, 2013)
- ECAC Hockey Standings
- Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Homepage
HAMDEN, Conn. –The Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team climbed to the No. 4 spot in the USCHO.com Division I poll while also receiving two first-place votes. The Bobcats remained in the No. 5 spot in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll for the second straight week, with three first-place votes. Quinnipiac is also tied with Boston College and New Hampshire for first place in the PairWise Rankings. The Bobcats were previously ranked 4th in the USCHO.com poll, its highest ranking all-time, on Nov. 30, 2009.
After extending its NCAA leading unbeaten streak to 16 games (14-0-2) with a 1-1 tie of Renssealer on Friday, Jan. 11 and a 3-2 win against No. 16 Union on Saturday, Jan. 12, Quinnipiac pushed its overall record to 17-3-3. The Bobcats' .804 winning percentage is also the best in Division I hockey. In addition, the first-place Bobcats are 11-0-1 (23 pts.) in ECAC Hockey and are 8-0-0 against ranked opponents this season.
Jeremy Langlois (Tempe, Ariz.) scored the Bobcats' lone goal in their tie against RPI. On Saturday night, trailing 2-0 to start the third, Quinnipiac staged a late comeback, scoring three goals in the final period against No. 16 Union to shock the Dutchmen and keep the Bobcats' undefeated league record intact. Mike Dalhuisen (Nymegen, Holland) scored the Bobcats' first goal of the game before setting up Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Windsor, Conn.) with the game-tying goal. Kellen Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) put the exclamation point on the come-from-behind win with the game-winner late in the third.
Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) remained undefeated in ECAC Hockey play after the senior goalie stopped 24 of RPI's 25 shots on goal before posting a 15-save performance against Union. For the year, Hartzell is 17-2-3 with a 1.48 GAA and a .933 save percentage. In ECAC Hockey play, he is 11-0-1 with a 1.32 GAA and a .930 save percentage. Last week, he was announced as a nominee for the Hobey Baker Award.
| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I Poll - Jan. 14, 2013 | |||||
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota | 507 | -31 | 1 | 16-3-3 |
| 2 | Boston College | 457 | 2 | 13-4-2 | |
| 3 | University of New Hampshire | 430 | 4 | 14-4-2 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 398 | 3 | 15-6-0 | |
| 5 | QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY | 397 | -3 | 5 | 17-3-3 |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 310 | 7 | 13-6-3 | |
| 7 | University of Denver | 285 | 9 | 13-6-4 | |
| 8 | Miami University | 263 | 6 | 12-5-5 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 258 | 8 | 12-7-2 | |
| 10 | Western Michigan University | 225 | 10 | 13-5-4 | |
| 11 | Dartmouth College | 148 | 12 | 9-5-2 | |
| 12 | Yale University | 145 | 14 | 9-4-3 | |
| 13 | University of Nebraska-Omaha | 71 | 13 | 13-9-2 | |
| 14 | Minnesota State University | 47 | 11 | 14-8-2 | |
| 15 | UMass-Lowell | 38 | NR | 11-7-1 | |
| Others receiving votes: Niagara University 32, Union College 27, Cornell University 25, Colgate University 12, St. Cloud State University 3, Ferris State University 1, Lake Superior State University 1. | |||||
| USCHO.com Division I Poll - Jan. 14, 2013 | |||||
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota | 992 | -47 | 1 | 16- 3-3 |
| 2 | Boston College | 924 | 3 | 13- 4-2 | |
| 3 | University of New Hampshire | 875 | -1 | 4 | 14- 4-2 |
| 4 | QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY | 847 | -2 | 5 | 17- 3-3 |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 829 | 2 | 15- 6-0 | |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 714 | 7 | 13- 6-3 | |
| 7 | University of Denver | 667 | 9 | 13- 6-4 | |
| 8 | Miami University | 623 | 6 | 12-5-5 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 617 | 8 | 12-7-2 | |
| 10 | Western Michigan University | 598 | 10 | 13- 5-4 | |
| 11 | Dartmouth College | 477 | 12 | 9-5-2 | |
| 12 | Yale University | 432 | 14 | 9-4-3 | |
| 13 | University of Nebraska-Omaha | 359 | 13 | 13- 9-2 | |
| 14 | Minnesota State University | 348 | 11 | 14- 8-2 | |
| 15 | Niagara University | 242 | 17 | 13- 3-4 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 220 | 15 | 7-6-2 | |
| 17 | Union College | 219 | 16 | 10-7-4 | |
| 18 | University of Massachuetts-Lowell | 175 | 20 | 11-7-1 | |
| 19 | St. Cloud State University | 135 | 18 | 12-10-0 | |
| 20 | Colgate University | 118 | 19 | 11-7-2 | |
| Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 19, Providence 15, Robert Morris 15, Ferris State 12, Lake Superior 12, Holy Cross 5, Northern Michigan 5, Princeton 4, Colorado College 1, Michigan Tech 1. | |||||