This is in reply to the statements made by Mike that the reason the ECAC
is so week in the TCHCR is because they do not play non-league games
against good teams.
 
Mike uses the NE win over BC to show that HE is a strong conference from
top to bottom.  (Well how about Clarkson tieing Dartmouth?  Does that say
the same thing?  Also factor in that Clarkson beat BU, so does that mean
Dartmouth is atleast as good as BU?  BC just went to sleep and got beat by
an inferior team, a team with only 7 wins.)  Now back to the subject, I
looked at the number of games that ECAC teams played against HE teams.
There were 43 games between an ECAC team and a HE team, while there were
only 19 against the other Div. I teams.  So if HE is so strong, how can
it be said that the ECAC's non-league schedule is weak?  I think that what
is hurting the top ECAC teams is that they don't always beat the lower teams
like they are supposed to (as was mentioned.)  And that these lower teams
get beat in their one game stints against the HE teams (Dartmouth played
BC and BU among others, not an easy schedule.)  Another thing that I think
contributes to the HE's strength is that they play 4 league games per
opponent.  When you get the top teams winning their non-league games, this
bolsters the rest of the league because strength of schedule goes up.  Also
with three teams in the top ten, the lower teams are going to have a high
sos that will not hurt the higher teams if they lose a game hear and there
as it does in the ECAC.
 
That's enough from me.
 
Mike Zak
Clarkson '87, '90,.... (Fall '91 !?)
 
Allain Roy is a SCUD, to be dealt with by Clarkson's Patriot offense.