2018-19 college hockey preseason polls and awards

Minnesota Duluth defenseman Scott Perunovich (Hibbing, Minn.) looks to lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships. Let's Play Hockey photo by Mike Thill

Atlantic Hockey Men’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Air Force (7)	97
2	Canisius (4)	92
3	Robert Morris	66
4	Mercyhurst	65
5	American International	60
6	Army	55
7	RIT	49
8	Holy Cross	40
9	Bentley	31
10	Sacred Heart	29
11	Niagara	21

Big Ten Men’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM
1	Ohio State
2	Michigan
3	Notre Dame
4	Minnesota
5	Penn State
6	Wisconsin
7	Michigan State

Big Ten Players to Watch

Quinn Hughes, Michigan; Josh Norris, Michigan; Jake Slaker, Michigan; Taro Hirose, Michigan State; Patrick Khodorenko, Michigan State; Mitch Lewandowski, Michigan State; Rem Pitlick, Minnesota; Tyler Sheehy, Minnesota; Cale Morris, Notre Dame; Mason Jobst, Ohio State; Dakota Joshua, Ohio State; Tanner Laczynski, Ohio State; Denis Smirnov, Penn State; Nate Sucese, Penn State Wyatt Kalynuk, Wisconsin

ECAC Men’s Coaches’ Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Cornell (8)	117
2	Princeton (4)	106
3	Union	97
4	Clarkson	92
5	Harvard	89
6	Yale	64
7	Quinnipiac	63
8	Dartmouth	54
9	Colgate	36
10	Rensselaer	28
	St. Lawrence	28
12	Brown	18

ECAC Men’s Media Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Cornell (16)	246
2	Princeton (4)	217
3	Clarkson	200
4	Union	193
5	Harvard (1)	180
6	Dartmouth	126
7	Yale	124
8	Quinnipiac	119
9	Colgate	92
10	Rensselaer	56
11	Brown	47
12	St. Lawrence	40

Hockey East Men's Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Boston College (5)	93
2	Providence (4)	92
3	Boston University (1)	84
4	Northeastern (1)	66
5	Maine	61
6	Massachusetts	56
7	UMass Lowell	52
8	UConn	41
9	New Hampshire	26
10	Vermont	19
11	Merrimack	15

Hockey East Men's Media Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Providence (9)	202
2	Boston College (8)	200
3	Boston University (2)	191
4	Northeastern (1)	152
5	Maine	125
6	UMass Lowell	115
7	Massachusetts	114
8	UConn	81
9	Vermont	55
10	New Hampshire	51
11	Merrimack	34

NCHC Men’s Media Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Minnesota Duluth (20)	209
2	St. Cloud State (6)	182
3	North Dakota	150
4	Western Michigan	121
5	Denver (1)	115
6	Colorado College	98
7	Omaha	61
8	Miami	36

NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team

F Nick Halloran, Colorado College; F Wade Allison, Western Michigan; F Robby Jackson, St. Cloud State; D Scott Perunovich, Minnesota Duluth; D Jimmy Schuldt, St. Cloud State; G Hunter Shepard, Minnesota Duluth

WCHA Men’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Minnesota State (7)	88
2	Northern Michigan (2)	80
3	Bowling Green	76
4	Michigan Tech (1)	64
5	Bemidji State	54
6	Ferris State	49
7	Lake Superior State	40
8	Alaska	36
9	Alabama Huntsville	35
10	Alaska Anchorage	18

WCHA Preseason Player of the Year (Coaches)

Adam Rockwood, Northern Michigan (4); Jake Jaremko, Minnesota State (3); Marc Michaelis, Minnesota State (2); Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan (1)

WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year (Coaches)

Cooper Zech, Ferris State (5); Dryden McKay, Minnesota State (2); Griffin Loughran, Northern Michigan (1); Tim Theocharidis, Bowling Green (1); Chris Van Os-Shaw, Minnesota State (1)

WCHA Men’s Media Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Minnesota State (7)	182
2	Bowling Green (1)	159
3	Northern Michigan (5)	150
4	Michigan Tech	133
5	Bemidji State	110
6	Ferris State	102
7	Alabama Huntsville	69
8	Lake Superior State	57
9	Alaska	47
10	Alaska Anchorage	28

WCHA Preseason Player of the Year (Media)

Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan

Jake Jaremko, Minnesota State; Marc Michaelis, Minnesota State; Adam Rockwood, Northern Michigan; Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan

CHA Women’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Mercyhurst (5)	25
2	Robert Morris (1)	19
3	Syracuse	17
4	Penn State	14
5	Lindenwood	10
6	RIT	5

ECAC Women’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Clarkson (11)	119
2	Colgate (2)	109
3	Cornell	101
4	Princeton	83
5	Quinnipiac	75
	St. Lawrence	75
7	Harvard	72
8	Yale	51
9	Rensselaer	36
10	Union	31
11	Dartmouth	27
12	Brown	11

Hockey East Women’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Boston College (9)	91
2	Northeastern (1)	73
3	Maine	59
4	Providence	54
5	Boston University	44
6	Connecticut	43
7	New Hampshire	41
8	Vermont	25
9	Merrimack	21
10	Holy Cross	9

WCHA Women’s Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM (1st place votes)	POINTS
1	Wisconsin (4)	33
	Minnesota (3)	33
3	Ohio State	24
4	Minnesota Duluth	23
5	Bemidji State	16
6	St. Cloud State	12
7	Minnesota State	6

WCHA Preseason Player of the Year

Maddie Rooney, Minnesota Duluth (3); Kelly Pannek, Minnesota (2), Emily Clark, Wisconsin (1), Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin (1)

WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year

Taylor Heise, Minnesota (5), Amy Potomak, Minnesota (1), Sophie Shirley, Wisconsin (1)

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