Both the ECAC Hockey coaches and media agree: Yale is their choice to win the league’s regular-season championship.

Results of the league’s preseason polls were released Wednesday. The Bulldogs, who’ve made three straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, earned nine of a possible 12 first-place votes in the coaches poll and 23 of 38 first-place votes in the media poll. Union and Cornell were selected second and third, respectively in both polls.

ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll (total points and first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Yale (117 points, 9 first-place votes)
2. Union (107, 2)
3. Cornell (97)
4. Rensselaer (76)
5. Dartmouth (85)
6. Quinnipiac (70, 1)
7. Harvard (65)
8. Princeton (51)
9. St. Lawrence (43)
10. Colgate (31)
11. Clarkson (28)
12. Brown (22)

The preseason All-ECAC Hockey team as selected by the league’s coaches:

F-Jack Maclellan, Brown
F-Andrew Miller, Yale
F-Brian O’Neill, Yale
D-Nick Bailen, Rensselaer
D-Danny Biega, Harvard
G-James Mello, Dartmouth

ECAC Hockey Preseason Media Poll (total points and first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Yale (432 points, 23 first-place votes)
2. Union (397, 11)
3. Cornell (356, 3)
4. Dartmouth (308, 1)
5. Rensselaer (281)
6. Quinnipiac (239)
7. Princeton (205)
8. St. Lawrence (173)
9. Clarkson (164)
10. Colgate (152)
11. Brown (134)
12. Harvard (129)

The media’s preseason All-ECAC Hockey team:

F-Greg Carey, St. Lawrence
F-Andrew Miller, Yale
F-Brian O’Neill, Yale
D-Nick Bailen, Rensselaer
D-Danny Biega, Harvard
G-James Mello, Dartmouth