Vermont, the pre-season pick for the top spot in the ECAC, justified the
prognosticators' faith in them with a weekend sweep, taking over first
place in the league with an 8-0-1 record.  This sets up a big weekend for
the Catamounts, who will be making their annual pilgrimage to the North
Country to take over former #1 team St. Lawrence (currently two points back
in second place), and Clarkson (another two points back, tied for fourth).
 
Travel partner Dartmouth had a solid weekend as well, as defeats of Yale
and Princeton extended the Big Green's winning streak to three games and
vaulted them from last into a tie for ninth.  Meanwhile, Princeton's death
spiral continues, as the Tigers are now 0-8-2 in their last ten ECAC games
and have taken up residence in the league cellar.
 
Results from the weekend's games:
 
Friday, January 12:
     Brown 4, RPI 1
     DARTMOUTH 4, Yale 3
     Harvard 2, UNION 0
     VERMONT 5, Princeton 3
     ARMY 4, Cornell 1 (NC)
     CLARKSON 3, Maine 2 (NC)
     ST. LAWRENCE 5, Providence 3 (NC)
 
Saturday, January 13:
     Brown 2, UNION 2 (OT)
     DARTMOUTH 3, Princeton 2
     Harvard 6, RPI 4
     VERMONT 4, Yale 3
     CLARKSON 5, Providence 4 (NC)
     Colgate 4, ARMY 3 (NC)
     Maine 5, ST. LAWRENCE 0 (NC)
 
 
ECAC standings as of 1/15/96:
 
                    League                       Overall
Team                W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA     W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vermont             8   0   1   17   37   18    14   3   2   30   78   48
St. Lawrence        7   1   1   15   45   30    11   7   1   23   74   75
Colgate             6   2   2   14   45   30     9   7   2   20   75   65
Clarkson            6   2   1   13   42   26    12   5   2   26   78   57
Cornell             5   2   3   13   44   34     7   6   3   17   56   65
Harvard             7   5   1   13   49   40     8   9   1   17   61   59
Brown               3   5   4   10   36   41     4   7   5   13   53   60
RPI                 3   6   1    7   31   38     5  13   2   12   73   77
Dartmouth           3   6   0    6   19   33     4  11   1    9   41   70
Union               2   6   2    6   27   36     4  10   3   11   45   53
Yale                3   9   0    6   28   53     5  11   0   10   40   61
Princeton           1  10   2    4   32   56     3  14   3    9   52   84
 
Ivy League standings as of 1/15/96:
 
Team               W   L   T  Pts   GF   GA
-------------------------------------------
Harvard            5   2   0   10   31   19
Cornell            4   0   1    9   24   14
Dartmouth          3   2   0    6   14   14
Yale               2   4   0    4   17   25
Brown              2   4   0    4   18   23
Princeton          1   5   1    3   19   28
 
 
A bit of an abbreviated schedule this week, as Harvard and Princeton go on
break until the end of the month:
 
Wednesday, January 17:
     Cornell at Colgate
     Yale at Merrimack (NC)
 
Friday, January 19:
     Dartmouth at Clarkson
     Vermont at St. Lawrence
     Brown at Air Force (NC)
 
Saturday, January 20:
     Colgate at Cornell
     Dartmouth at St. Lawrence
     Union at RPI
     Vermont at Clarkson
     Brown at Air Force (NC)
 
Sunday, January 21:
     Army at Yale (NC)
 
 
Bill Fenwick
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