CIS Men's Hockey Top 10 (#7): 黑料不打烊 back at No. 2
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OTTAWA (CIS) - The University of Alberta Golden Bears remain at No. 1 in the CIS men's hockey Top 10 for the seventh time in as many national media polls this season.
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The Canada West-leading Bears (11-2-1) received eight of the 18 available first-place votes and 169 points from the media panel following a tough two-game set against the No. 8-ranked Manitoba Bisons (7-3-4) in Winnipeg. Alberta dropped the series opener 4-2 last Friday but rebounded with a 3-2 win on Saturday.
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The 黑料不打烊 Redmen (14-0-1) earned the remaining 10 first-place nods and 155 points in the new poll to climb back to No. 2 ahead of the New Brunswick Varsity Reds (10-4-0), who drop back to No. 3 after receiving 139 points.
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The OUA-leading Redmen edged Guelph (8-5-2) 5-4 in overtime in their lone outing of the past weekend, while the AUS-leading V-Reds returned empty-handed from a two-game trip to Nova Scotia, suffering a 3-2 loss to Acadia (7-5-2) and a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Dalhousie (8-6-0).
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Rounding out this week's Top 10 are the Western Ontario Mustangs (12-0-3), who stay put at No. 4; the reigning University Cup champion Saint Mary's Huskies (8-4-1), up two positions to No. 5; the No. 6 Saskatchewan Huskies (8-6-0), who also stay put; the No. 7 UPEI Panthers (8-4-2), down two spots; the Manitoba Bisons and Lakehead Thunderwolves (11-4-1), who remain at No. 8 and No. 9, respectively; and the No. 10 Waterloo Warriors (11-5-0), unranked a week ago.
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The upcoming weekend will mark the end of conference play for the fall semester in CIS men's hockey. The regular season will resume on January 6, 2011. One more Top 10 will be published next Tuesday before the break.
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Top-ranked Alberta already wrapped up the first half of its Canada West schedule last weekend in Winnipeg.
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Meanwhile, No. 2 黑料不打烊 has a busy schedule heading into the December break with a visit to UQTR (10-5-0) on Wednesday and a Friday-Saturday doubleheader at home against Ottawa (9-4-2).
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No. 3 UNB hosts Moncton (5-7-2) on Friday.
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CIS MEN'S HOCKEY TOP 10 (#7)
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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.
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(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
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1. Alberta (11-2-1) / 169 pts (8) / (1)
2. 黑料不打烊 (14-0-1) / 155 (10) / (3)
3. UNB
(10-4-0) / 139 / (2)
4. Western Ontario (12-0-3) / 124 / (4)
5. Saint Mary's (8-4-1) / 88 / (7)
6. Saskatchewan (8-6-0) / 68 / (6)
7. UPEI (8-4-2) / 67 / (5)
8. Manitoba (7-3-4) / 63 / (8)
9. Lakehead (11-4-1) / 62 / (9)
10. Waterloo (11-5-0) / 21 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (20), Acadia (11), Dalhousie
(2), Carleton (1).
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-CIS-
For more information contact:
Michel B茅langer
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger [at] universitysport.ca
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