Yale, Quinnipiac rate high in ECAC preseason polls

Media Day in Lake Placid, N.Y. means college hockey season is around the corner. Here are the results of the annual preseason polls. Lots of diversity here. The 12 coaches in the league voted six different teams as No. 1. Yale may be the defending national champ, but came in well behind RPI in the media poll.

2013-14 ECAC Hockey Coaches Preseason Poll

2013-14 ECAC Hockey Media Preseason Poll

1. Yale (4)

1. Rensselaer (18)

2. Rensselaer (2)

2. Yale (5)

T3. Quinnipiac (2)

3. Quinnipiac (6)

Union (2)

4. Union (3)

5. Cornell (1)

5. Cornell (1)

6. Harvard

Dartmouth

7. Dartmouth (1)

7. St. Lawrence

8. Brown

8. Brown

9. Colgate

9. Colgate

10.St. Lawrence

10. Harvard

11. Princeton

11. Princeton

12. Clarkson

12. Clarkson