There must be something wrong with first place in the ECAC and the bid to
the NC$$ tournament that goes along with it, because neither Brown nor
Clarkson seem terribly interested in hanging on to it.  After taking over
the top spot Friday night with a tie against Union while Clarkson lost to
Vermont, Brown gave it right back by losing to RPI while Clarkson finally
won a home game, against Dartmouth.  Whichever of these two does eventually
take first will finish with 31 points or less, the lowest point total for an
ECAC regular-season champion since at least the formation of Hockey East in
1984.
 
Creeping parity in the ECAC has ensured that no team is out of the playoffs
yet.  Even Dartmouth stays alive, though for the Big Green to have a chance,
Colgate must finish in the top four.
 
Results from the ECAC's penultimate weekend:
 
Friday, February 24:
     Brown 2, UNION 2 (OT)
     Colgate 6, YALE 3
     Harvard 5, RPI 3
     PRINCETON 4, Cornell 3 (OT)
     ST. LAWRENCE 5, Dartmouth 4
     Vermont 3, CLARKSON 2
 
Saturday, February 25:
     CLARKSON 6, Dartmouth 1
     Cornell 4, YALE 2
     PRINCETON 7, Colgate 3
     ST. LAWRENCE 5, Vermont 4
     RPI 6, Brown 1  Big Red Freakout
     UNION 5, Harvard 3
 
ECAC standings as of 2/27/95:
 
                   League                       Overall
Team                W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA     W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Clarkson         12   5   3   27  101   64    18   8   4   40  152  103
# Brown            12   6   2   26   68   64    13   9   3   29   88   84
$ Harvard          11   8   1   23   67   60    13  12   1   27   92   86
$ RPI              10   8   2   22   73   73    16  12   2   34  120  112
$ Princeton         9   8   3   21   79   79    14   9   4   32  104   97
$ Colgate          10   9   1   21   88   73    16  13   1   33  134  111
$ St. Lawrence     10  10   0   20   78   94    15  14   1   31  108  128
$ Vermont           9   9   2   20   81   59    16  12   2   34  125   96
Cornell             7  10   3   17   62   72     9  13   3   21   85   96
Union               6  10   4   16   63   72     9  13   4   22   91   96
Yale                6  11   3   15   59   74     8  15   3   19   85  105
Dartmouth           5  13   2   12   70  105     7  16   2   16   85  130
 
$ - Clinched playoff berth
@ - Clinched preliminary round bye
# - Clinched home ice
 
Ivy League standings as of 2/27/95:
 
Team               W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA
-------------------------------------------
* Brown            7   2   1   15   37   26
Harvard            6   4   0   12   33   27
Princeton          5   3   1   11   32   29
Yale               3   4   2    8   24   26
Cornell            2   6   2    6   32   39
Dartmouth          1   5   2    4   25   36
 
* - Clinched Ivy League title
 
The schedule for the ECAC's final regular-season weekend:
 
Friday, March 3:
     Clarkson at Brown
     Princeton at Vermont
     RPI at Cornell
     St. Lawrence at Harvard
     Union at Colgate
     Yale at Dartmouth
 
Saturday, March 4:
     Clarkson at Harvard
     Princeton at Dartmouth
     RPI at Colgate
     St. Lawrence at Brown
     Union at Cornell
     Yale at Vermont
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