COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- Coming into the opening weekend of the college hockey season, the Quinnipiac Bobcats (who hail from my hometown of Hamden, Connecticut) were ranked 14th in the nation in the USCHO/CSTV poll. The Bobcats were heavily favored to beat Air Force in their two-game set, despite the fact that Air Force won the Atlantic Hockey Association title last year, booking their first trip to the NCAA tournament.Instead, the Falcons trounced Quinnipiac 4-1 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday (I was fortunate enough to make it to the latter game). As a result, Quinnipiac is out of the top 20, and Air Force was the top vote-getter among unranked teams in the USCHO/CSTV poll.
I'm hoping Quinnipiac will bounce back to challenge for the ECAC title (The Hockey News picked them to finish second, behind Clarkson), but don't pay any attention to polls, especially pre-season polls.
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