Unofficial, of course ... (each team entry lists (1) team, (2) HEA 
points through last weekend, (3) games to play, (4) tiebreaker info and 
other comments) ...

UNH - 38 pts - to play home & home w/BC - clinched regular season 1st place.

    * Best finish - 1
    * Worst finish - 1

BU - 34 pts - to play 1 game only w/NU - clinched home ice - gives up 
tiebreaker to BC.

    * Best finish - 2
    * Worst finish - 3

BC - 33 pts - to play home & home w/UNH - clinched home ice - wins 
tiebreakers w/BU & ME; gives up tiebreaker to Mass; VT cannot catch BC.

    * Best finish - 2
    * Worst finish - 4

ME - 29 pts - to play 2 games at Mass - wins tiebreaker w/VT; gives up 
tiebreaker with BC; Mass tiebreaker not yet determined (ME leads 
head-to-head w/Mass w/2 pts to none).

    * Best finish - 4
    * Worst finish - 6

Mass - 29 pts - to play 2 games vs ME - wins tiebreaker w/BC; gives up 
tiebreaker w/VT; ME tiebreaker not yet determined (Mass trails 
head-to-head w/ME w/no pts to 2).

VT - 28 pts - to play 2 games w/UML - wins tiebreaker w/Mass; gives up 
tiebreaker w/ME.

    * Best finish - 4
    * Worst finish - 6

ME/Mass/VT comments:

    * ME holds home ice fate in own hands, with a 4th place finish
      guaranteed with a 3-pt weekend.
    * If the ME/MASS series ties 1-1-0 or 0-0-2, total points will be
      tied at 31, but ME wins the tiebreaker with its extra H2H win. 
    * However, things get interesting with one of these results *and* VT
      picks up exactly 3 pts w/UML.  Then we'd have a 3-way tie for 4th
      place at 31 points.  As we've seen above, ME wins the tiebreaker
      w/Mass, ME wins the tiebreaker w/VT, and Mass wins the tiebreaker
      with VT.  ME wins home ice, followed by Mass and then VT.

NU - 21 pts - to play 1 game w/BU - gives up tiebreaker to PC (via games 
won). A win or tie clinches 7th place. Anything less than 2 PC wins also 
clinches NU 7th place. NU has clinched entry to the tournament.

    * Best finish - 7
    * Worst finish - 8

PC - 17 pts - to play home & home w/MC - wins NU tiebreaker (via games 
won), wins UML tiebreaker.

    * Best finish - 7 - Exactly 2 PC wins and an NU loss.
    * Worst finish - 9 - Needs 2 points to clinch 8th place and entry to
      the tournament. Coasts into tournament unless UML earns 3 pts more
      than PC.

UML - 15 pts - to play 2 games at VT - gives up PC tiebreaker.

    * Best finish - 8 - Needs 3 pts more than PC to earn entry to the
      tournament.
    * Worst finish - 9

MC - 8 pts - to play home & home w/PC - cannot make HEA playoffs

    * Best finish - 10
    * Worst finish - 10

cheers, wayne