BU Ranked 13th in Both National Preseason Polls, Third in HE Poll

Junior defenseman Garrett Noonan was named to the Preseason All-CHN First Team.

Junior defenseman Garrett Noonan was named to the Preseason All-CHN First Team.

Oct. 1, 2012

BOSTON - Preseason prognostications are nearly complete, as the Boston University men's ice hockey team was picked 13th in both national preseason polls and came in third in the annual Hockey East preseason coaches' poll.

The first USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll of the year had the Terriers in 13th, right above Ferris State and right below Minnesota-Duluth. In the USCHO.com poll, the Terriers were also one spot below Duluth, but Notre Dame came in 14th.

In the Hockey East poll, BU gathered 73 points, just one short of second-place UMass Lowell. The Terriers and River Hawks tied for second in last year's regular-season standings. Defending champion Boston College was a unanimous pick for the No. 1 spot.

In addition, junior defenseman Garrett Noonan was named to the Preseason All-CHN First Team. Last year, Noonan tied for first in the nation amongst blueliners in goals with 16.

BU returns 14 letter winners from last year's team, which posted a record of 23-15-1 and reached the NCAA tournament for the 32nd time in program history.


Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll
Team (1st Place Votes) 		Pts.
1. 	Boston College (9) 	90
2. 	UMass Lowell 		74
3. 	Boston University 	73
4. 	New Hampshire (1) 	63
5. 	Maine 			56
6. 	Northeastern 		44
  	Providence 		44
8. 	Merrimack 		38
9. 	Massachusetts 		35
10. 	Vermont 		23

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll Team (1st Place Votes) Pts 1. Boston College (35) 972 2. Minnesota (12) 937 3. Michigan (3) 857 4. North Dakota 826 5. Union 789 6. Cornell 631 7. UMass Lowell 599 8. Denver 566 9. Miami 553 10. Western Michigan 516 11. Ferris State 472 12. Minnesota-Duluth 460 13. Boston University 413 14. Notre Dame 395 15. Maine 234 16. Michigan State 219 17. Harvard 213 18. Wisconsin 202 19. Air Force 116 20. Colorado College 81

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll Team (1st Place Votes) Pts 1. Boston College (20) 476 1. Minnesota (12 476 3. Michigan (2) 408 4. North Dakota 407 5. Union 295 6. Cornell 233 7. UMass Lowell 221 8. Denver 220 9. Miami 203 10. Notre Dame 186 11. Western Michigan 182 12. Minnesota-Duluth 176 13. Boston University 158 14. Ferris State 123 15. Wisconsin 99