As the University of Vermont men’s hockey team prepares to kick off a 2021-22 campaign, its performance in the first coaches polls is less than encouraging. The Catamounts were picked repeat a last place finish in the 11-team Hockey East conference this season. Placement in the poll is determined through ranked-choice voting completed by coaches at each school.Vermont garnered 24 votes in the process, with the next-closest team receiving 32 votes. It follows a season during which the Catamounts posted just one win, a 5-4 home victory over Maine. Defending NCAA Division I champion the University of Massachusetts Amherst was picked to finish atop the conference by a large margin, earning eight of coaches’ first-place votes. The Minutemen were followed by three other schools from the commonwealth — Boston University, Boston College and Northeastern University. Men’s hockey will return to “The Gut” beginning Oct. 2, when the team is scheduled to play an exhibition match against Mercyhurst. Following four out-of-conference games, the men’s Catamount squad will have a tall task awaiting them — two straight home games against defending conference champion Boston College.Additional scheduling information for both Vermont hockey teams can be found on the school’s website.
As the University of Vermont men’s hockey team prepares to kick off a 2021-22 campaign, its performance in the first coaches polls is less than encouraging.
The Catamounts were picked repeat a last place finish in the 11-team Hockey East conference this season. Placement in the poll is determined through ranked-choice voting completed by coaches at each school.
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Vermont garnered 24 votes in the process, with the next-closest team receiving 32 votes. It follows a season during which the Catamounts posted just one win, a 5-4 home victory over Maine.
Defending NCAA Division I champion the University of Massachusetts Amherst was picked to finish atop the conference by a large margin, earning eight of coaches’ first-place votes. The Minutemen were followed by three other schools from the commonwealth — Boston University, Boston College and Northeastern University.
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Men’s hockey will return to “The Gut” beginning Oct. 2, when the team is scheduled to play an exhibition match against Mercyhurst.
Following four out-of-conference games, the men’s Catamount squad will have a tall task awaiting them — two straight home games against defending conference champion Boston College.
Additional scheduling information for both Vermont hockey teams can be found on the school’s website.
