Michigan State University Athletics
Hockey Ranked Fifth Or Seventh In National Polls
12/9/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Dec. 9, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State's hockey team is ranked fifth in this week's U.S. College Hockey Online Poll and seventh in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine coaches poll.
The Spartans, who split against Notre Dame last weekend, are 12-5-0 overall (11-3-0 CCHA). They are in first place in the CCHA, three points ahead of second-place Northern Michigan.
Previous No. 1 Maine was swept by Northeastern last weekend and dropped in both polls, with North Dakota taking over the top spot.
Michigan State hosts Alabama-Huntsville this Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at Munn Ice Arena. The game is the Spartans' final contest before a two-week holiday break preceding the Great Lakes Invitational. MSU meets Michigan Tech in the opener of this year's GLI at Joe Louis Arena Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The third-place and championship games are set for 4 and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 30.
U.S. College Hockey Online (12/6) 1. North Dakota (32) 388 2. Wisconsin (5) 346 3. New Hampshire (3) 320 4. Maine 272 5. MICHIGAN STATE 202 6. Rensselaer 191 7. Boston University 157 8. Michigan 131 9. Northern Michigan 114 10. Colgate 34 OTHERS: St. Lawrence 18, Niagara 12, Boston College 9, Colorado College 4, Northeastern 1, Yale 1.USA Today/Amer. Hockey (12/6) 1. North Dakota (9) 218 2. New Hampshire (5) 212 3. Wisconsin (1) 193 4. Maine 171 5. Northern Michigan 149 6. Rensselaer 142 7. MICHIGAN STATE 133 8. Boston University 126 9. Michigan 122 10. St. Lawrence 82 11. Colgate 73 12. Miami (Ohio) 42 13. Colorado College 35 14. Boston College 27 15. Ferris State 23 OTHERS: Niagara 19, Northeastern 19, Harvard 4, Lake Superior 4, Yale 4, MSU-Mankato 2.
POLLS: WEEK-BY-WEEK USCHO USA Today 10/5 3 - 10/18 5 6 10/25 4 3 11/1 4 4 11/8 4 4 11/15 3 3 11/22 4 4 11/29 5 5 12/6 5 7
