NCAA Standings as of 1/11

After a few weeks off due to the Christmas Break and various Holiday Tournaments throughout the country and the WJC where numerous players helped win the Gold in Saskatchewan recently. College Hockey Returned to Conference Play this week as we still have 2 months to go in the regular season as the races for the Conference Seeding and building up resumes for a shot at the NCAA Frozen Four which will be in Detroit, Michigan coming up in April.

In the Atlantic Hockey Conference, it's most likely going to be a three horse race as Mercyhurst, RIT and the Air Force Academy have a big gap over the rest of the Conference as they among the furthest into the Conference Play.

The CCHA has defending champions Miami of Ohio and Ferris State tied for 1st with Michigan State Spartans just one point back in 3rd place. Also in 4th is the University of Alaska as they look to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a long time. On the other end of the CCHA is Michigan after a pair of wins over Northern Michigan has them up to 7th place. Can the Wolverines recover from a bad start with the young group of players?

In the ECAC, Quinnipiac may have the best shot in years of the ECAC producing a national champions as they are just 1 point of Union for first place but have played 4 more Conference Games then Union. Elsewhere, Colgate will return to the ice after a long break this weekend will return with road games to Clarkson and St. Law this weekend.

New Hampshire leads Hockey East with a 4 point gap over a gap from 2nd through 5th which Maine, Boston College, U-Mass and UMass-Lowell as we at the halfway point of Conference Play in the Hockey East Conference. Also can Defending National Champion Boston University comeback from a bad start who are currently in 7th place with just 10 points.

Finally in the WCHA, University of Denver is leading with Minnesota-Duluth has been on a roll by winning 4 of their last 5 including against Conference Leading University of Denver. Also for Minnesota, at 7th place and sitting at 6-7-1 in Conference Play with the likes of North Dakota and St. Cloud State coming up in the next couple of weeks.

Atlantic Hockey

1. Mercyhurst 18 GP 11-5-2 24 PTS 70-39 24 GP 11-11-2 79-68

2. RIT 14 GP 11-2-1 23 PTS 51-25 20 GP 11-8-1 60-48

3. Air Force 18 GP 9-4-5 23 PTS 48-41 22 GP 9-8-5 56-59

4. Canisius 16 GP 8-7-1 17 PTS 57-48 22 GP 10-10-2 75-72

5. Bentley 14 GP 7-5-2 16 PTS 44-50 20 GP 9-8-3 59-66

6. Army 14 GP 6-6-2 14 PTS 36-37 20 GP 7-10-3 52-61

7. Sacred Heart 13 GP 5-6-2 12 PTS 41-37 19 GP 7-9-3 62-64

8. Holy Cross 15 GP 4-8-3 11 PTS 32-41 21 GP 5-12-4 42-59

9. U-Conn 15 GP 2-10-3 7 PTS 24-50 20 GP 2-15-3 28-77

10. American Int. 15 GP 2-12-1 5 PTS 27-62 19 GP 2-16-1 35-79


CCHA

1. Miami of Ohio 14 GP 10-1-3-1 34 PTS 40-16 22 GP 13-4-5 65-39

2. Ferris State 14 GP 10-2-2-2 34 PTS 49-26 22 GP 16-4-2 77-49

3. Michigan State 16 GP 10-3-3-0 33 PTS 41-29 24 GP 15-6-3 79-52

4. Alaska 16 GP 7-6-3-3 27 PTS 46-44 20 GP 10-6-4 58-48

5. Lake Superior 16 GP 7-7-2-1 24 PTS 46-47 24 GP 12-8-4 71-64

6. Ohio State 16 GP 7-8-1-1 23 PTS 47-54 22 GP 9-12-1 57-68

7. Michigan 14 GP 7-7-0-0 21 PTS 40-35 22 GP 12-10-0 68-52

8. Nebraska-Omaha 16 GP 6-8-2-1 21 PTS 38-45 24 GP 10-9-5 58-65

9. Norte Dame 16 GP 5-7-4-2 21 PTS 31-38 24 GP 9-10-5 53-53

10. Northern Michigan 14 GP 5-6-3-0 18 PTS 39-40 21 GP 9-8-4 58-57

11. Western Michigan 16 GP 2-11-3-1 10 PTS 33-53 22 GP 6-12-4 46-62

12. Bowling Green 16 GP 2-12-2-2 10 PTS 34-57 22 GP 3-17-2 45-81


CHA

1. Bemidji State 8 GP 8-0-0 16 PTS 35-11 20 GP 14-4-2 70-36

2. Robert Morris 7 GP 1-4-2 4 PTS 13-25 20 GP 5-12-3 53-75

3. Niagara 5 GP 1-3-1 3 PTS 15-19 19 GP 5-12-2 53-66

4. Alabama-Huntsville 6 GP 1-4-1 3 PTS 12-20 18 GP 5-11-2 38-51


ECAC

1. Union 9 GP 6-0-3 15 PTS 34-21 21 GP 12-4-5 77-52

2. Quinnipiac 13 GP 7-6-0 14 PTS 42-35 21 GP 13-7-1 73-55

3. Cornell 9 GP 6-2-1 13 PTS 34-18 14 GP 8-4-2 49-32

4. Yale 8 GP 5-1-2 12 PTS 33-25 15 GP 9-3-3 64-40

5. Colgate 9 GP 5-3-1 11 PTS 32-31 19 GP 7-8-4 61-70

6. Rensselaer 9 GP 5-4-0 10 PTS 30-21 23 GP 12-10-1 68-64

7. St. Lawrence 8 GP 4-3-1 9 PTS 24-23 21 GP 10-8-3 64-65

8. Brown 9 GP 3-5-1 7 PTS 25-35 16 GP 5-10-1 47-56

9. Princeton 12 GP 3-8-1 7 PTS 28-46 18 GP 6-10-2 44-65

10. Harvard 9 GP 2-5-2 6 PTS 24-32 14 GP 2-10-2 36-55

11. Dartmouth 9 GP 2-7-0 4 PTS 25-32 15 GP 4-11-0 41-55

12. Clarkson 8 GP 1-5-2 4 PTS 17-29 20 GP 5-12-3 51-72


Hockey East

1. New Hampshire 14 GP 9-2-3 21 PTS 55-39 20 GP 9-7-4 68-68

2. Maine 13 GP 8-4-1 17 PTS 44-33 20 GP 11-7-2 75-60

3. Boston College 13 GP 7-4-2 16 PTS 45-33 18 GP 10-6-2 62-51

4. U-Mass 13 GP 7-6-0 14 PTS 43-43 20 GP 12-8-0 69-63

5. UMass-Lowell 12 GP 6-4-2 14 PTS 42-36 21 GP 12-7-2 70-50

6. Vermont 11 GP 4-5-2 10 PTS 27-38 18 GP 10-6-2 54-55

7. Boston University 13 GP 4-7-2 10 PTS 39-43 18 GP 6-9-3 54-61

8. Northeastern 14 GP 4-9-1 9 PTS 31-46 19 GP 8-10-1 49-56

9. Merrimack 11 GP 4-7-0 8 PTS 37-40 18 GP 7-11-0 59-63

10. Providence 10 GP 2-7-1 5 PTS 19-31 17 GP 7-9-1 41-46


WCHA

1. Denver 16 GP 10-3-3 23 PTS 47-40 22 GP 14-5-3 69-57

2. Minn.-Duluth 16 GP 10-5-1 21 PTS 58-44 22 GP 14-7-1 79-58

3. St. Cloud State 16 GP 9-5-2 20 PTS 47-41 22 GP 12-7-3 65-54

4. Colorado College 16 GP 8-5-3 19 PTS 52-40 22 GP 12-7-3 73-55

5. Wisconsin 14 GP 8-4-2 18 PTS 54-30 20 GP 12-5-3 80-44

6. North Dakota 16 GP 8-6-2 18 PTS 48-32 22 GP 12-6-4 71-46

7. Minnesota 14 GP 6-7-1 13 PTS 37-37 22 GP 11-10-1 58-59

8. Minnesota State 16 GP 5-10-1 11 PTS 41-52 24 GP 11-11-2 67-62

9. Ak.-Anchorange 16 GP 4-11-1 9 PTS 31-58 20 GP 6-13-1 43-72

10. Michigan Tech 16 GP 2-14-0 4 PTS 30-71 21 GP 3-18-0 41-94