#43 Northeastern Huskies

Northeastern Huskies – Hockey East

143-173-47 (.459)
Conference Titles: 0
Conference Tournament Titles: 0
NCAA appearances: 1
NCAA Wins: 0

Frozen Four: 0

NCAA Championships: 0

Points: 161.182

Northeastern earned 19 wins last season, a feat accomplished only seven times since joining the conference in 1984. The Hounds of Huntington Avenue are most pleased about the new Hockey East playoff format with all teams qualifying because they have failed to make it four times this decade. They are among the nine of 10 Hockey East teams with a winning non-conference record.

#52 Connecticut Huskies

#52 Connecticut Huskies
Connecticut Huskies – AHA

135-203-31 (.408)
Conference Titles: 0

Conference Tournament Titles: 0

NCAA appearances: 0

NCAA Wins: 0

Frozen Four: 0

NCAA Championships: 0

Points: 88.814

UConn is switching to the Hockey East conference starting this year. On the one hand, they have a chance to upgrade their schedule and move up these rankings. Realistically, they have a better chance of becoming Michigan Tech or Alaska-Anchorage and get overwhelmed by the opposition. Outside the AHA the Huskies struggled with only 11 nonconference wins in a decade. With the new playoff format in Hockey East a reasonable goal for the Huskies is to host a first round series within the next few years. Cracking the Big Four in the conference is going to take a long time. Just ask Merrimack.

#57 Michigan Tech Huskies

Michigan Tech – WCHA 105-230-47 (.336)

Conference Titles: 0

Conference Tournament Titles: 0

NCAA appearances: 0

NCAA Wins: 0

Frozen Four: 0

NCAA Championships: 0

Points: 80.236

Michigan Tech has routinely played one of the most difficult schedules in the world of college hockey and they have the record to show it. They come in second only to AIC’s 236 losses and have the third-worst winning percentage. The last three years of the Jamie Russell era saw the Huskies go 15-85-12 (.188) but are a more respectable 43-58-15 (.435) in the three most recent campaigns under Mel Pearson. The next step is to get above .500 – something the team has accomplished only twice since 1983.