ECAC RELEASES 2000-01 
PRESEASON COACHES AND MEDIA POLLS
Colgate picked 6th by coaches, 3rd by media

September 18, 2000

CENTERVILLE, Mass. - Defending regular season and ECAC tournament champion, St. Lawrence was selected by the Division I men's ice hockey as the league favorite in the 2000-01 preseason coaches poll.

St. Lawrence received 117 points, including nine of 12 first-place votes.  The Saints finished 16-3-1 last season en route to capturing the regular season crown and defeated Rensselaer 2-0 in the ECAC tournament Championship.  St. Lawrence lost to Boston College in the semifinal round of the NCAA Frozen Four, 4-2.

Cornell, which finished fourth (10-9-1) last season, was selected second in the preaseason poll and received three first-place votes for a total of 102 points.  Harvard was chosen third in the poll after a sixth-place regular season finish (9-10-2).

Colgate was tabbed for sixth in the coaches poll after registering its sixth 20-plus win season in 1999-2000 with a 24-9-2 finish and made its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament advancing to the NCAA East Regional in Albany, N.Y. 

The media respected Colgate's returning corps of players by picking the Red Raiders third in the media poll including three first-place votes.

The Red Raiders fell valiantly in overtime against Michigan 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the East Regionals. Colgate finished second in the ECAC regular season behind St. Lawrence which advanced to the Frozen Four of the NCAA Tournament last year. Red Raiders’ head coach Don Vaughan enters his ninth season at Colgate and nears the 150-win plateau with a 139-114-23 overall record.


ECAC 2000-01 MEN' S ICE HOCKEY COACHES POLL

ECAC 2000-01 MEN' S ICE HOCKEY MEDIA POLL