Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Coaches agree, vote Mavs 10th

The 42nd annual (and presumably last) Grand Forks Herald WCHA Coaches Poll was released late Wednesday night, and the coaches agreed with last week's media poll and picked Minnesota State to finish 10th in the 12-team league.

Here are the results of the poll:

1. Minnesota 121 points (11 first-place votes)
2. North Dakota 110 (1)
3. Denver 91
4. St. Cloud State 90
5. Wisconsin 70
6. Minnesota Duluth 69
7. Colorado College 56
8. T-Nebraska Omaha 51
8. T-Michigan Tech 51
10. Minnesota State 37
11. Bemidji State 31
12. Alaska Anchorage 15

Preseason player of the year: Nick Bjugstad, F, Minnesota (8); Mark Zengerle, F, Wisconsin (2); Matt White, F, Omaha (1); Ben Hanowski, F, St. Cloud (1)

Preseason rookie of the year: Rocco Grimaldi, F, North Dakota (7); Mike Reilly, D, Minnesota (3); Nic Kerdiles, F, Wisconsin (1); Andrew Welinski, D, Duluth (1)

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