Michigan State University Athletics
Hockey Remains Ninth In Latest Polls
3/14/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
March 14, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State hockey team enters its CCHA semifinal showdown with Notre Dame on Friday ranked ninth in each of the major polls released Monday evening.
The Spartans, 25-10-4 overall and 18-8-2 CCHA, remain in the ninth spot in both the U.S. College Hockey Online Poll and the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll. It marks the 66th consecutive week that MSU has been in the nation's top 10, dating back to March 3, 1997.
Wisconsin held on to the top spot in both polls after its sweep of Michigan Tech in the first round of the WCHA Tournament. The only team in the top 10 to lose last weekend was North Dakota, which won its best-of-three first round series against Denver two games to one.
Michigan State's game Friday against Notre Dame is set for 8:35 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Tickets are available by calling the Joe Louis box office at 313-396-7575. The game can be seen on FOX Sports Net (DirecTV Ch. 636, webcast at www.foxsports.com) and heard on WVFN-AM 730 () or WJR-AM 760 (www.ccha.com).
SPARTANS IN THE POLLS U.S. College Hockey Online (3/13) 1. Wisconsin (40) 400 2. Boston University 320 3. North Dakota 300 4. New Hampshire 274 5. Maine 233 6. Michigan 218 7. St. Lawrence 156 8. Boston College 137 9. MICHIGAN STATE 82 10. Colgate 62 OTHERS: Rensselaer 10, Niagara 6, Northern Michigan 1, St. Cloud 1.USA Today/Amer. Hockey (3/13) 1. Wisconsin (15) 225 2. Boston University 201 3. North Dakota 189 4. Michigan 181 5. New Hampshire 168 6. Maine 147 7. Boston College 136 8. St. Lawrence 123 9. MICHIGAN STATE 100 10. Colgate 94 11. Niagara 66 12. St. Cloud 58 13. Rensselaer 50 14. MSU-Mankato 26 15. Northern Michigan 18 OTHERS: Minnesota 16, Notre Dame 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 12/13 5 5 12/27 5 - 1/3 5 5 1/10 6 6 1/17 7 7 1/24 7 7 1/31 8 8 2/7 10 9 2/14 8 t7 2/21 8 7 2/28 9 8 3/6 9 9 3/13 9 9
