{"id":23047,"date":"2000-10-19T16:18:44","date_gmt":"2000-10-19T21:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2000\/10\/19\/norwich-tops-east-preseason-poll\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:53:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:53:59","slug":"norwich-tops-east-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2000\/10\/19\/norwich-tops-east-preseason-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich Tops East Preseason Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
The East Ice Hockey League coaches have selected 2000 NCAA Division III ice hockey champion Norwich as the league favorite in the 2000-01 preseason coaches’ poll.<\/p>\n
Norwich, which swept the conference regular-season and tournament titles on its way to claiming the NCAA crown a year ago, amassed 55 points, including six first-place votes. The Cadets posted a 16-0-1 conference mark in 1999-00. Norwich defeated St. Thomas (Minnesota), 2-1, March 18 to win its first national title.<\/p>\n
Salem State, which finished runner-up to Norwich in both the regular-season standings and the conference tournament, earned the second slot in the poll with 51 points. The Vikings received two first-place votes.<\/p>\n
New England College (41 points), Mass.-Boston (34) and Southern Maine (29) rounded out the top five. Mass.-Boston begins the campaign under the guidance of new head coach Joe Mallen.<\/p>\n
The poll was based on an eight-point system (i.e., eight for first, seven for second, etc.). Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own team.<\/p>\n
1. Norwich (6) 55
2. Salem State (2) 51
3. New England College 41
4. UMass-Boston 34
5. Southern Maine 29
6. Babson 28
St. Anselm 28
8. Mass. College 11
Skidmore 11<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The East Ice Hockey League coaches have selected 2000 NCAA Division III ice hockey champion Norwich as the league favorite in the 2000-01 preseason coaches’ poll. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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