NU men's & women's hockey remains No. 2 nationally

Nothing changed for Norwich hockey over the weekend, as both the men's & women's teams remain No. 2 in the national polls. The two teams are the No. 1 seeds in the ECAC East tournaments, which continue this weekend with the semifinals and finals. There will be six games this weekend at Kreitzberg Arena, and in-state rival Castleton will play in at least two of them. The Spartan women will face Norwich on Saturday while the Spartan men could face the Cadets in Saturday's final.

-Anna Grearson

Here are the releases about the men's polls from NU hockey contact Derek Dunning:

D3hockey.com Men's Top 15, Feb. 27 2012

Through games as of Sunday, February 26

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Oswego State (20)	22-2-2	300	1
2	Norwich	21-2-2	278	2
3	Amherst	21-3-1	258	3
4	Plattsburgh State	18-4-4	235	4
5	St. Norbert	16-5-5	229	5
6	Neumann	15-7-3	161	11
7	Elmira	15-8-3	155	6
8	Castleton State	18-6-2	150	9
9	St. Thomas	18-5-2	110	7
10	Bowdoin	16-5-3	97	13
11	UW-Stevens Point	14-10-4	93	14
12	Adrian	19-5-1	85	12
13	St. Scholastica	15-8-5	56	8
14	Utica	15-9-2	50	10
14	Hobart	15-10-1	50	NR

 Dropped Out: Manhattanville

 Others receiving votes: Gustavus Adolphus 29, MSOE 22, UW-River Falls 13, Manhattanville 11, Wentworth 3, Middlebury 3, St. Olaf 3

USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll

Minneapolis, Minn./February 27, 2012

The top five spots in the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll

remain unchanged, including Oswego in the No. 1 slot.

Oswego garnered 16 of 20 first-place votes, while No. 2 Norwich

and No. 3 Amherst were each atop two ballots.

Plattsburgh stays fourth, as does St. Norbert in the fifth spot.

Adrian jumps one to sixth, Castleton is up one to seventh, St.

Thomas falls two spots to No. 8, Bowdoin rises three to No. 9 and

the Milwaukee School of Engineering remains tenth.

Gustavus Adolphus is up three to No. 11, previously-unranked

Neumann enters the rankings at No. 12, Elmira falls four to No.

13, Wisconsin-River Falls drops one to No. 14 and

Wisconsin-Stevens Point joins the rankings this week at No. 15.

Team             (First Place)   Record   Pts  Last Week

 1 Oswego                    (16)   22- 2-2   296     1

 2 Norwich                   ( 2)   21- 2-2   279     2

 3 Amherst                   ( 2)   21- 3-1   261     3

 4 Plattsburgh                      18- 4-4   236     4

 5 St. Norbert                      16- 5-5   219     5

 6 Adrian                           19- 5-1   185     7

 7 Castleton                        18- 6-2   174     8

 8 St. Thomas                       18- 5-2   154     6

 9 Bowdoin                          16- 5-3   126    12

10 Milwaukee School of Engineering  20- 6-1   123    10

11 Gustavus Adolphus                15- 6-5    70    14

12 Neumann                          15- 7-3    67    NR

13 Elmira                           15- 8-3    64     9

14 Wisconsin-River Falls            16- 9-2    46    13

15 Wisconsin-Stevens Point          14-10-4    33    NR

Others receiving votes: St. Scholastica 26, Middlebury 13,

Wentworth 12, Utica 7, St. Olaf 6, Hobart 2, Williams 1.

The USCHO.com Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 20 voters,

including 18 coaches of Division III programs and two men's

hockey writers. USCHO.com provides in-depth coverage of college

hockey.