The Northeastern women's hockey team was picked to finish fifth in Hockey East this season by the league's coaches, the conference announced today. Northeastern earned 34 points in the preseason poll, one point behind fourth-place New Hampshire (35).
Boston University, the defending conference champion, topped the list with 55 total points and received six of eight first-place votes. Boston College was second with 49 points and the final two first-place tallies. Providence, regular season champion last year, finished third with 42 points.
Northeastern completed one of its strongest seasons in recent years in 2009-10, as it posted a 17-9-7 mark and finished fourth in Hockey East. The Huskies maintained a top-10 ranking for a majority of the season, and the 17 wins was the most wins in a season since 2001-02.
The Huskies will play an exhibition game on Sunday, Sept. 26 against McGill at Matthews Arena before they open the 2010-11 regular season at Syracuse on Oct. 1. Northeastern will host Vermont for a two-game series on Oct. 29-30 to begin conference play.
The Sept. 26 game against McGill is set for 2 p.m. and can be seen on
GoNU.TV.
| Rk |
Team (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1 |
Boston University (6) |
55 |
| 2 |
Boston College (2) |
49 |
| 3 |
Providence |
42 |
| 4 |
New Hampshire |
35 |
| 5 |
Northeastern |
34 |
| 6 |
Connecticut |
31 |
| 7 |
Vermont |
20 |
| 8 |
Maine |
14 |
