Quinnipiac jumped two spots to No. 2 in the latest poll, the highest the Bobcats have ever been ranked. Yale continues to climb the poll and is now ranked eighth. That's two schools, practically on the same street, ranked in the Top 10.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
January 21, 2013
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (48) 17- 3-4 998 1
2 Quinnipiac ( 2) 17- 3-3 920 4
3 Boston College 14- 5-2 913 2
4 New Hampshire 14- 5-2 857 3
5 North Dakota 13- 7-4 746 6
6 Miami 13- 6-5 700 8
7 Notre Dame 15- 9-0 640 5
8 Yale 11- 4-3 619 12
9 Western Michigan 14- 6-4 577 10
10 Denver 13- 8-4 545 7
11 Boston University 12- 9-0 479 9
12 Dartmouth 10- 6-2 456 11
13 Nebraska-Omaha 13- 9-2 358 13
14 Minnesota State 15- 8-3 356 14
15 Massachusetts-Lowell 13- 7-1 346 18
16 St. Cloud State 14-10-0 336 19
17 Niagara 14- 4-4 183 15
18 Cornell 8- 7-2 154 16
19 Union 11- 8-4 120 17
20 Wisconsin 9- 8-5 66 NR
Others receiving votes: Ferris State 39, Alaska 27, Providence 24, Northern Michigan 22, Holy Cross 10, Colgate 6, Robert Morris 3.



Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/#ixzz2IdnR8WHd

NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Poll

MINNEAPOLIS - The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 13 and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs
1. Minnesota (47) 16-3-3 992 1
2. Boston College 13-4-2 924 3
3. New Hampshire (1) 14-4-2 875 4
4. Quinnipiac (2) 17-3-3 847 5
5. Notre Dame 15-6-0 829 2
6. North Dakota 13-6-3 714 7
7. Denver 13-6-4 667 9
8. Miami 12-5-5 623 6
9. Boston University 12-7-0 617 8
10. Western Michigan 13-5-4 598 10
11. Dartmouth 9-5-2 477 12
12. Yale 9-4-3 432 14
13. Nebraska-Omaha 13-9-2 359 13
14. Minnesota State 14-8-2 348 11
15. Niagara 13-3-4 242 17
16. Cornell 7-6-2 220 15
17. Union 10-7-4 219 16
18. UMass-Lowell 11-7-1 175 20
19. St. Cloud State 12-10-0 135 18
20. Colgate 11-7-2 118 19
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.

Well, I’m back from vacation and it’s time to empty out the mailbag.

Here’s a bunch of items, many of them from Quinnipiac.

Pecknold signs an extension

Pecknold

Quinnipiac University Director of Athletics Jack McDonald has announced that Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold has signed a contract extension through the 2016-17 season. Terms of the contract have not been disclosed.
In 2011-12, Rand Pecknold, in his 18th season as Quinnipiac's head coach, guided the Bobcats to its 16th consecutive non-losing season with a 20-14-6 overall mark, including a 9-8-5 record in ECAC Hockey, giving Pecknold 20-win seasons in 14 out of his 18 years behind the bench for Quinnipiac, as well as his 11th in 14 years at the Division I level. In addition, Quinnipiac’s 13-4-3 home record matches the 2009-10 team’s mark

Yale names Goodwin softball coach

Goodwin

 

Jen Goodwin, who spent the last two years as the Assistant Executive Director for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, has been named the head softball coach at Yale.
Goodwin also has extensive Ivy League coaching experience. She spent two years as an assistant at Harvard, recruiting two-time Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Rachel Brown and helping guide the Crimson to the 2007 Ivy League title, and was Dartmouth’s interim head coach in 2004

 

Quinnipiac women’s basketball team starts tour of Italy

After a long, eight-hour flight, the Quinnipiac's Women's Basketball team landed in Rome to begin their 10-day tour of beautiful Italy.
To kick-off the start of their adventure, the Bobcats hopped on their tour bus for what would be many breathtaking views of the ancient city. In their sights, the Bobcats saw the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, Arch of Constantine, Saint Peter's Basilica and many landmarks that make up Rome.

Quinnipiac hopes to host Women’s Frozen Four

Quinnpiac is hoping to host the 2014 women's Frozen Four, which will be held in Minnesota for the second consecutive year in 2013. It will be in Minnesota this coming season and was in Duluth in 2012.

By Bill Cloutier
Assistant Sports Editor
bcloutier@nhregister.com
Jim Armstrong, a former Quinnipiac hockey coach and member of the New Haven Blades, died unexpectedly on Saturday.
Armstrong, 68, coached at Quinnipiac from 1980 to 1994 compiling a record of 140-183-8. He played junior hockey in Canada before joining several minor league hockey teams.
East Haven High coach Lou Pane, who was a captain for Armstrong’s team in 1985 remembered him as true leader.
“He was truly a mentor to all of us, Pane said. “He not only taught us about the game of hockey but how to become men.
“His loyalty to his team will live on forever. Without him I would have never gone to college.”
Armstrong played goalie for the wildly popular Blades in the New Haven Arena in 1963-1965 and again in 1971-72, the Blades’ last season.
He was originally from Peterborough, Ontario and lived in Hamden for over four decades.
Armstrong, born on March 1, 1943, played . He also played minor league hockey for the Saginaw (Mich.) Gears and the Seattle Totem Poles.
The family had no service plans to release.