If you're looking at the point totals, then yes. But look at the 
3rd through 6th place teams, then the 7th through 9th. All of 
those teams were tight at the end.

Plus there are 6 teams that are a TUC (Union, Yale, RPI, 
Dartmouth, Princeton, and Cornell). Yes, Cornell is pretty much 
at the bottom, but you know they're around every year.

Year after year, there's always a serious competition for each 
level of the playoffs - 1st place, first round bye, and home ice. 
This year was no exception.

-Andy



On 3/7/2011 11:55 AM, Eric J. Burton wrote:
> I would be willing to be minus TECH that the ECAC teams would
> have trouble with those teams. ECAC is top heavy You have Yale
> and Union this year and then a very serious drop off after that.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Woodbury"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 10:38 AM
> Subject: Re: ECAC does it again
>
>
>> Except Michigan Tech. And maybe Bemidji and Mankato. And
>> perhaps St. Cloud and Anchorage. Other than that...
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Eric J. Burton wrote:
>>
>>>> Say what you may about the ECAC, one thing that is always
>>>> true, year after,
>>>> is that the ECAC is the most competitive (intra-league) from
>>>> top to bottom.
>>> As a WCHA fan, that statement is false... No league is as
>>> competative top to bottom as the WCHA, where any team can win
>>> on any night, most of the top ten Stenght of Schedule is made
>>> up of WCHA teams...
>>
>