UMaine hockey got two ties at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Portland and that was good enough to get a few votes in the USCHO national poll.

North Dakota, one of the teams the Black Bears tied, is now the #1 team in this week's poll.

Michigan State, the other team Maine tied, is ranked #21.

The Black Bears garnered 5 votes, good for #36 in the country.

Maine heads to Union College for a weekend series beginning Friday night.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(18)	1- 0-1	922	4
2	Providence	(13)	1- 0-1	870	7
3	Nebraska-Omaha	( 8)	2- 0-0	842	10
4	Boston College	( 7)	1- 1-0	832	1
5	Denver		1- 1-0	652	5
6	Boston University		0- 1-0	647	3
7	Minnesota-Duluth		0- 1-0	645	2
8	Harvard	( 2)	0- 0-0	629	8
9	Massachusetts-Lowell	( 2)	1- 0-0	555	14
10	Bowling Green		2- 0-0	521	16
11	Michigan		0- 0-0	415	13
12	St. Cloud State		2- 0-0	412	17
13	Yale		0- 0-0	377	12
14	Minnesota State		0- 2-0	316	6
15	Minnesota		0- 1-0	304	9
16	Michigan Tech		0- 0-0	288	15
17	Quinnipiac		2- 0-0	284	18
18	Miami		0- 1-1	234	11
19	St. Lawrence		2- 0-0	211	19
20	Vermont		1- 0-0	128	NR
Others receiving votes: Michigan State 61, Bemidji State 60, Union 54, Northeastern 40, Notre Dame 40, Clarkson 24, Penn State 24, Princeton 19, New Hampshire 18, Robert Morris 17, Rensselaer 15, Colgate 10, Mercyhurst 7, Northern Michigan 6, Cornell 5, Maine 5, Massachusetts 5, Ferris State 3, Wisconsin 2, Brown 1.