undhockeypuckGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team is ranked No. 4 in the first USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll of the season.
 
     UND also was ranked No. 4 in the USCHO.com preseason poll released last week.
 
     Boston College is first in both polls.
 
     UND has 16 returning letterwinners from last year’s team that made it to the NCAA Frozen Four before losing to Boston University in the semifinals.
 
     UND defeated Manitoba 8-3 in an exhibition game over the weekend and opens the regular season this coming weekend at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Portland, Maine.