Quinnipiac picked #2 in ECAC Media & Coaches Poll

The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's hockey team was picked second in both the ECAC media and coaches polls as was announced at the league media day in Albany, NY. The team received one first place and 106 points in the coaches poll while they received three first places votes and 324 points in the media poll. Quinnipiac is coming off a 23-15-2 season in which they finished in 5th place in the ECAC before falling to Harvard in the ECAC semifinals. The USCHO.com preseason poll also came out today and Quinnipiac came in a #14.

Coaches poll

1. Harvard (9) - 119 points
2. Quinnipiac (1) - 106 points
3. Cornell (1) - 95 points
4. Clarkson (1) - 91 points
5. Princeton - 80 points
6. Union - 72 points
7. St. Lawrence - 69 points
8. Yale - 54 points
9. Dartmouth - 33 points
10. Rensselaer - 32 points
11. Colgate - 23 points
12. Brown - 18 points

Media poll

1. Harvard (25) - 342 points
2. Quinnipiac (3) - 324 points
3. Cornell (1) - 272 points
4. Princeton - 246 points
5. Clarkson - 231 points
6. Union (1) - 195 points
tie Yale - 195 points
8. St. Lawrence - 188 points
9. Dartmouth - 110 points
10. Rensselaer - 82 points
11. Brown - 76 points
12. Colgate 68 points

Quinnipiac's junior captain Chase Priskie was also selected to the All ECAC Preseason 1st Team. The other players selected were Harvard's Ryan Donato, Yale's Joe Snively and Princeton's Max Veronneau as the forwards. Harvard's Adam Fox and Quinnipiac's Chase Priske are the defensemen. and the goalie is Harvard's Merrick Madsen.

Jonathan Singer is a 2004 Quinnipiac alum. You can follow him on Twitter @QHockeyBlog.