I just happend to look up at my bulletin board and I discovered
that I had written down Drop The Puck's preseason predictions
for each conference.  Each team is listed below with their actual
finish, their predicted finish and the differnce between the two (D for
Down, U for Up).
 
                    Actual   Predicted     Difference
ECAC
        Harvard         1       2               u1
        Clarkson        2       3               u1
        RPI             3       1               d2
        Brown           4       6               u2
        Vermont         5       10              u5
        Union           6       12              u6
        Colgate         7       7               --
        Cornell         8       9               u1
        Princeton       9       11              u2
        St. Lawrence    10      4               d6
        Dartmouth       11      5               d6
        Yale            12      8               d4
 
        Biggest discrepancy: Union, St. Lawrence and Dartmouth
        # Correctly Predicted (within 1 place): 4
 
CCHA
        Michigan        1       3               u2
        Lake Superior   2       2               --
        Michigan State  3       1               d2
        Western Mich.   4       8               u4
        Miami           5       4               d1
        Bowling Green   6       5               d1
        Ferris St.      7       7               --
        Notre Dame      8       11              u3
        Illinois-Chic.  9       9               --
        Ohio State      10      12              u2
        Kent            11      6               d5
        (Alaska-Fair.   12      9               d3)*
        * UAF did not play a full conference schedule as an
          affiliate.  Since DTP included them, I did too.
 
        Biggest Discrepancies:  Kent, Western Michigan
        # Correctly Predicted (within 1 place): 5
 
WCHA
        Colorado Coll.  1       10              u9
        Minnesota       2       4               u2
        Wisconsin       3       1               d2
        St. Cloud       4       7               u3
        N. Michigan     5       5               --
        Alaska-Anchor.  6       9               u3
        Minnesota-Dul.  7       8               u1
        North Dakota    8       6               d2
        Denver          9       3               d6
        Michigan Tech   10      2               d8
 
        Biggest Discrepancies: Colorado College, Michigan Tech, Denver
        # Correctly Predicted (within 1 place): 2
 
HE
        Boston U.       1       1               --
        UM-Lowell       2       4               u2
        New Hampshire   3       2               d1
        Northeastern    4       7               u3
        Providence      5       6               u1
        Boston College  6       5               d1
        Merrimack       7       8               u1
        Maine           8       3               d5 **
 
        Biggest Discrepancy: Maine, Northeastern
        And I think we all know what the ** signifies ;-).
        # Correctly Predicted (within 1 place): 5
 
Not bad,  DTP correctly predicted 16 of the 32 conference teams.
Considering, the randomness of injuries and the Maine debacle, I think
they did a pretty good job.
 
Eric Hoffman
Cornell '88
SUNY-Albany??
Lets GO RED!!!......Princeton's in New Jersey :*).
Go SLU! (I don't want the Red to play Harvard).
Go Union (my newly adopted second favorite team).
McCutcheon must go.