I've seen two mentions of the fact that St. Lawrence has
clinched a spot in the ECAC playoffs (i.e., top 10 finish), but in
both cases, it was stated that Vermont hasn't clinched yet.  I think
this is wrong.
 
>ECAC-9596                    | Coach H-L TdplTdrt|  -Highest--POSSIBLE-Lowest-
> Team  W   L   T  Pts   Pct  |PreSsn J31 J31 J31 |  Wins  Pts ----Rank----Pts
>StLw  11   2   1   23  0.821 |     7  12  12  13 |    19   39  1  ____ 9   23
>VT    10   2   2   22  0.786 |     1  11  10  10 |    18   38  1  ____11   22
>Clks   9   4   1   19  0.679 |     4  13  17  12 |    17   35  1  ____12   19
>Crnl   8   3   3   19  0.679 |     9  20 ____ 22 |    16   35  1  ____12   19
>Havd   9   5   1   19  0.633 |     3 ________ 23 |    16   33  1  ____12   19
>Clgt   8   4   2   18  0.643 |     2  17  18  17 |    16   34  1  ____12   18
>Brwn   4   5   5   13  0.464 |     6 ________ 27 |    12   29  1  ____12   13
>RPI    5   8   1   11  0.393 |     5 ________ 39 |    13   27  1  ____12   11
>Dart   3  10   1    7  0.250 |    11 ________ 38 |    11   23  2  ____12    7
>Unin   2   9   3    7  0.250 |    10 ________ 41 |    10   23  1  ____12    7
>Yale   3  11   0    6  0.214 |    11 ________ 43 |    11   22  2  ____12    6
>Prnc   2  11   2    6  0.200 |     8 ________ 42 |     9   20  3  ____12    6
 
        Okay, Vermont will finish the season with at least 22 Points,
and thus ahead of Princeton.  Yale can also finish with 22, but only
by winning all the rest of their games.  This includes one against
Union and one against Dartmouth (see below), which means that each of
those two teams would finish with 21 points, behind Vermont.  So the
Cats have to finish ahead of Princeton and at least one of Yale, Union
and Dartmouth, hence a guaranteed 10th-place finish, not 11th.  (I
don't think they have 9th locked, since UVM, Union and Dartmouth could
all end up with 22, but 9th place doesn't concern me enough to make me
crunch the tiebreakers.)
 
        Did I miss something?
 
                                        John Whelan
                                        Cornell '91
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>ECAC-9596     Head-to-head Scores
>Away\Home Team
>Team| _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H _V__H
>____  Brwn_ Clrk_ Colg_ Corn_ Dart_ Hvd__ Prnc_ RPI__ SLU__ Unin_ VT___ Yale_
>Brwn  #####  4  4  4  4  1  4 Mar-2  4  6 Feb-9  4  1  2  2  2  2 Mar-1 Feb10
>Clrk  Feb24 #####  4  6  3  6  4  3 Feb23  7  2 Feb10  2  3 Feb-9  5  1  3  0
>Colg  Feb16 Mar-2 #####  3  6  3  2 Feb17  3  4  9  4 Mar-1  5  2  0  3  6  1
>Corn  Feb17 Mar-1  3  4 #####  4  3 Feb16  3  2  3  5 Mar-2  5  5  2  2  6  4
>Dart   2  4  2  7 Feb10 Feb-9 #####  2  1 Feb23  1  5  3  7  2  6  0  5 Feb24
>Hvd    7  2  2  4  2  2  3  5 Mar-1 #####  5  1  6  4  3  7  2  0 Mar-2 Feb-9
>Prnc   3  2 Feb16  2  3  5  5  2  3  3  4 ##### Mar-2 Feb17 Mar-1  3  5  1  4
>RPI_   1  4  1  7 Feb23 Feb24 Feb16  3  4  1  1 #####  1  2  3  1 Feb17  6  1
>SLU_  Feb23  4  6  6  5  5  4  7  3 Feb24  6  4 Feb-9 ##### Feb10  3  6  7  2
>Unin   2  2  1  4 Feb24 Feb23 Feb17  0  6  6  1  2  4  3  6 ##### Feb16  0  4
>VT__   5  2  6  3 Feb-9 Feb10  3  3  4  3 Feb24  4  3  2  3  5  2 ##### Feb23
>Yale   1  5 Feb17  1  8  2  6  3  4  2  5  5  4 Mar-1 Feb16 Mar-2  3  4 #####
 
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