The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Quinnipiac men’s hockey earns another national ranking
The Quinnipiac men’s hockey team is ranked 14th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I poll.
The Bobcats rank third among ECAC programs behind No. 6 Cornell and No. 8 Clarkson.
UConn was among other teams receiving votes.
Quinnipiac is in the top 15 in both preseason polls after earning the No. 13 slot in the USCHO poll. The Bobcats finished 21-11-2 last season and return leading scorer Odeen Tufto, top goal-scorer Wyatt Bongiovanni, and top goalie Keith Petruzzelli.
North Dakota received 22 of 35 first-place votes to earn the No. 1 spot. Boston College, led by sophomore goalie Spencer Knight of Darien, is second followed by Minnesota Duluth.
HARTFORD’S CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS OUT
The America East conference released its basketball schedules on Monday. A new wrinkle in the 2020-21 season is that teams will
back to back games at a site to cut down on travel and other COVID-related issues.
Hartford men’s team will open at home with games against Maine on Dec. 19 and 20. The Hawks’ first conference road trip will be at New Hampshire on Dec. 27-28. Defending conference regular-season champion Vermont will come to the Chase Arena in West Hartford for games on Jan. 23 and 24.
The women’s basketball
program will kick off conference play with games at Maine on Dec. 19 and 20 before playing host to New Hampshire on Dec. 27 and 28.
Hartford women’s team will return four of the top five scorers including Jada Lucas, the only double-digit scorer in Morgan Valley’s first season at the helm. The men’s squad returns starters Hunter Marks, Moses Flowers and Miroslav Stafl, who combined to start 97 games a season ago.