In the "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" Department.....
The ECAC Playoff Picture is wide open, with only 2 teams clinching
a playoff spot, and no one yet to clinch homeice for the quarterfinal
rounds in 3 weeks.
let's take a look
All the below according to the standings as of 2/19/95
Tiebreakers not taken into account.
Standings Pts Poss Pts Poss Pos Clinch Pts Left
1 Brown 25 33 1-10 Clinched @U,@R,CL,SLU
Clarkson 25 33 1-10 Clinched Vt,D,@B,@H
3 Harvard 21 29 1-11 1 @R,@U,SLU,CL
4 RPI 20 28 1-12 2 H,B,@COR,@COL
5 Colgate 19 27 1-12 3 @Y,@P,U,R
6 Vermont 18 26 1-12 4 @CL,@SLU,P,Y
7 Princeton 17 25 2-12 5 COR,COL,@V,@D
8 SLU 16 24 3-12 6 D,V,@H,@B
9 Cornell 15 23 3-12 7 @P,@Y,R,U
Yale 15 23 3-12 7 COL,COR,@D,@V
11 Union 13 21 3-12 - B,H,@COL,@COR
12 Dartmouth 12 20 4-12 - @SLU,@CL,Y,P
Sets up an interesting scenario for the remaining 2 weeks.
In addition:
To avoid the play-down round on Tuesday March 7
Brown and Clarkson need 1 point
Harvard needs 5 points
RPI needs 7 points
Colgate needs 7 points
Vermont needs 8 points
Tiebreakers are not coming into effect for any of the above, except for
RPI, with their point disadvantage to princeton for the play-down position.
Some games of note for the next 2 weeks:
Feb 24 Harvard @ RPI for third at that time
Cornell @ Princeton for position to get out of play-down
Vermont @ Clarkson
Feb 25 Cornell @ Yale
Colgate @ Princeton
Brown @ RPI
Mar 3 Clarkson @ Brown perhaps for number 1
Princeton @ Vermont
Yale @ Dartmouth
Mar 4 RPI @ Colgate perhaps for the last home-ice
Clarkson @ Harvard
SLU @ Brown
Of course all the games are noteworthy, but these stand out.
For the first time in a long time, I can not remember where every single
game in the ECAC going into the last 2 weeks could decide fates of all
teams involved. Good to see, and nervewracking at the same time.
Here's to a great 2 weeks of action!
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