NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's hockey team was ranked No. 15 in this week's USCHO Division III Men's Poll and the DIIIHockeyNews.com Men's Poll, as announced on Monday.

St. Olaf (6-2-2, 2-1-1 MIAC), which has not played since Nov. 30, was ranked in the DIIIHockeyNews.com balloting for the fourth consecutive poll and broke into the top 15 of the USCHO poll for the first time since Feb. 23, 2009. The Oles received votes in the USCHO balloting in four other polls this season and have collected votes in each DIIIHockeyNews.com poll of the season.

St. Olaf's next game will be a non-conference game against Bethel University at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3 at the National Sports Center in Blaine.