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Colorado College players celebrate a goal vs. Robert Morris the week before splitting with Alaska-Anchorage.

Loss moves Tigers down in one poll

December 01, 2009 3:49 PM

BY JOE PAISLEY

A weekend home split with Alaska-Anchorage dropped Colorado College (10-3-1, 7-2-1 league) to No. 6 in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association-leading Tigers remain ranked No. 5 in the USA Hockey/USA Today weekly poll.

CC has a home-and-home series with No. 2 Denver (9-4-1, 7-2-1) at 7:37 p.m. Friday at World Arena and at 7:07 p.m. Saturday at Magness Arena in Denver. CC is 7-0-6 in its past 13 meetings versus DU and has won the Gold Pan trophy the past three years.

Denver remains ranked at No. 2 in both polls after a home split with St. Cloud State last weekend.

The 2009 national runner-up Miami Redhawks remain No. 1 in both polls, followed by Denver and North Dakota.

Bemidji State is rated No. 4 in the USA Hockey poll ahead of CC while the USCHO rankings has Quinnipiac at No. 4 and Bemidji at No. 5 ahead of the Tigers. Quinnipiac is No. 6 in the USA Hockey poll. Bemidji moved up to No. 4 after a victory against No. 1 Miami and a loss to unranked Ohio State.

Less than 800 tickets remain for Friday DU game

Fans only have a few days and less than 800 seats to choose from if they want to see the No. 5 Tigers take on No. 2 Denver at 7:37 p.m. Friday at World Arena in the first game of the annual Gold Pan series.

To buy tickets, go to CCTigers.com, go to the World Arena box office during normal business hours or call TicketsWest at 576-2626.