Quinnipiac picked 8th in media, 7th in coaches poll

The ECAC released its preseason polls today and coming off a 9th place finish in the 2017-2018 season, the love was not there for Quinnipiac in either the media or coaches poll. The Bobcats were picked to finish 8th in the media poll and 7th in the coaches poll coming off the programs first losing season since 1995-1996. This was the first year I had a ballot for the media poll and I ended up picking Quinnipiac 5th. The offense should be much better with an influx of talented freshman up front that will help support returning leading scorer Odeen Tufto (41 points) and leading goal scorer Alex Whelan (16 goals). The defense returns four upperclassmen and goaltenders Andrew Shortridge and Keith Petruzzelli should be better this season. Quinnipiac opens the season with an exhibition game against Prince Edward Island on October 6th before kicking off the regular season on October 13th at Vermont. Here is the media and coaches polls in full.

ECAC Media Poll

1. Cornell (16) 246

2. Princeton (4) 217

3. Clarkson 200

4. Union 193

5. Harvard 180

6. Dartmouth 126

7. Yale 124

8. Quinnipiac 119

9. Colgate 92

10. RPI 56

11. Brown 47

12. St. Lawrence 40

ECAC Coaches Poll

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

T-10. RPI 28

T-10. St. Lawrence 28

12. Brown 18


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