Mavericks move to No. 2; WCHA honors

Minnesota State moved up to No. 2 in the latest USCHO poll after their season-opening sweep over Arizona State over the weekend. The bump was also aided by Minnesota Duluth's split with UMass-Lowell. The Mavericks are also No. 3 in the USA Today/USA Hockey rankings. Denver is No. 1 in both polls.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./October 14, 2019

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Denver                    (38)    4- 0-0   979     2
 2 Minnesota State           ( 8)    2- 0-0   918     3
 3 Minnesota Duluth          ( 3)    1- 1-0   882     1
 4 Massachusetts                     1- 0-0   784     4
 5 Cornell                           0- 0-0   715     5
 6 Boston College                    2- 0-0   649    10
 7 Notre Dame                        2- 0-0   608     8
 8 Quinnipiac                        2- 0-0   598     9
 9 Penn State                ( 1)    2- 0-0   509    13
10 Clarkson                          1- 0-1   506    11
11 St. Cloud                         0- 0-2   499     7
12 Ohio State                        1- 0-1   477    12
13 Providence                        1- 1-0   453     6
14 Western Michigan                  1- 0-1   401    14
15 Northeastern                      2- 0-0   349    15
16 North Dakota                      2- 0-0   278    18
17 Wisconsin                         1- 1-0   273    16
18 UMass Lowell                      3- 1-0   204    NR
19 Harvard                           0- 0-0   130    19
20 Boston University                 1- 0-0   119    20

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 71, Minnesota 33,
Brown 11, Colorado College 11, Northern Michigan 8, Michigan
7, Omaha 6, Dartmouth 5, AIC 4, RIT 4, Arizona State 2,
Mercyhurst 2, Robert Morris 2, Alaska 1, Bemidji State 1,
Lake Superior 1.

Meanwhile, two MSU players were cited by the WCHA for their play over the weekend. Dryden McKay was named the league's goaltender of the week, and Lucas Sowder was named rookie of the week.