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
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# 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
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* 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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