Hockey East Coaches Pick BC #1, UMaine #10
Hockey East coaches have been polled and Boston College is considered the team to beat in league play. The UMaine Black Bears are projected as the 10th place team.
Coach Jerry York and his Eagles got 7 of the 12 first place votes. BU and Providence were the other first place vote getters.
HE COACHES POLL:
1. Boston College (7) 115
2. Boston U. (3) 107
3. Providence (2) 95
4. UMass Lowell 92
5. Northeastern 76
6. UNH 74
7. Notre Dame 72
8. Vermont 57
9. UConn 34
10. UMaine 29
11. Merrimack 27
12. UMass 14
2015 Hockey East Preseason Media Poll:
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points | 2014-15 Record |
| 1 | Boston College (20) | 397 | 21-14-3 (12-7-3 HE) |
| 2 | Boston University (7) | 374 | 28-8-5 (14-5-3 HE) |
| 3 | UMass Lowell (5) | 344 | 21-12-6 (11-7-4 HE) |
| 4 | Providence (2) | 328 | 26-13-2 (13-8-1 HE) |
| 5 | Notre Dame (1) | 250 | 18-19-5 (10-7-5 HE) |
| 6 | Vermont | 237 | 22-15-4 (10-9-3 HE) |
| 7 | Northeastern | 217 | 16-16-4 (11-9-2 HE) |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 187 | 19-19-2 (10-11-1 HE) |
| 9 | Connecticut | 142 | 10-19-7 (7-11-4 HE) |
| 10 | Merrimack | 119 | 16-18-4 (5-14-3 HE) |
| 11 | Maine | 87 | 14-22-3 (8-12-2 HE) |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 48 | 11-23-2 (5-16-1 HE) |
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