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Brendan Furry had a goal and an assist as Minnesota State skated to a 5-1 win Friday at Bemidji State (photo: Matt Dewkett).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the second week in a row, Minnesota State is the No. 1-ranked team in the DCU\/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll, garnering 37 first-place votes in this week’s rankings.<\/p>\n

Quinnipiac stays No. 2, getting 12 first-place votes, while Michigan stays No. 3 and Western Michigan is again fourth. North Dakota rounds out the top five, up two spots from last week.<\/p>\n

DCU\/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll – Dec. 13, 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Minnesota Duluth is sixth, down from five, and St. Cloud State is seventh, down from No. 6, and also earned a first-place vote. Denver is up three to No. 8, Cornell remains ninth, and Notre Dame falls two to No. 10 in this week’s poll.<\/p>\n

Two teams that were unranked in the Dec. 6 poll enter the rankings this week as Michigan Tech comes in at No. 18 and Boston College is 20th.<\/p>\n

In addition to the top 20 teams, 13 other teams received votes.<\/p>\n

The DCU\/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 50 voters, including coaches and media professionals from across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

DCU (DCU.org), a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by and operated for its members, is the sponsor of this poll. DCU serves more than 900,000 members and their families in all 50 states.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the second week in a row, Minnesota State is the No. 1-ranked team in the DCU\/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll, garnering 37 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Quinnipiac stays No. 2, getting 12 first-place votes, while Michigan stays No. 3 and Western Michigan is again fourth. 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