Charlie Shub writes:
>Will this keep CC out of the playoffs? They've been in the top 10 all
>year long and won the WCHA regular season.
I think it could. Looking at the RPICH rating, CC rates 14th overall
and 8th in the West. They were 2-0 vs Minnesota, but 1-3 vs Wisconsin
and 1-3 vs NMU. It's likely that Minnesota's bid won't be in danger
(they're rated 5th), but CC would certainly appear to lose out to NMU
& Wisconsin even though CC finished ahead of them in the WCHA - not to
mention the 4 CCHA teams who all rate ahead of CC right now.
>The talk on the radio was that by winning the regular season and the
>McNaughton trophy, CC was guaranteed a playoff spot.
Absolutely not...Harvard won the ECAC regular season title in 1992 but
was not rated highly; they failed to win the ECAC tourney and did not
get a bid. CC might be all done even if there are no upsets the rest of
the way.
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