The ECAC Playoff Picture as of last night's games.
All errors are mine. I tried to use as many tiebreakers as I could.
Please point out my errors to me, then shoot me.
I promise, this is the final correction, and it once again deals with
Harvard.
Scores from Saturday February 25:
RPI 6 Brown 1
Union 5 Harvard 3
Clarkson 6 Dartmouth 1
SLU 5 Vermont 4
Cornell 4 Yale 2
Princeton 7 Colgate 3
Playoff
Standings Pts Poss Pts Poss Pos Clinch Pts Left
1 Clarkson 27 31 1-3 Clinched @B.@H
2 Brown 26 30 1-4 Clinched CL,SLU
3 Harvard 23 27 2-8* Clinched SLU,CL
4 RPI 22 26 2-8 Clinched @COR,@COL
5 Colgate 21 25 3-8 Clinched U,R
Princeton 21 25 3-8 Clinched @V,@D
7 Vermont 20 24 3-9 Clinched P,Y
SLU 20 24 3-10 Clinched @H,@B
9 Cornell 17 21 7-11 3 R,U
10 Union 16 20 8-12 5 @COL,@COR
11 Yale 15 19 9-12 - @D,@V
12 Dartmouth 12 16 10-12 - Y,P
* Pointed out to me that Harvard can not finish higher than second
because Clarkson plays Brown, someone will have at least 28 points.
Borrowing from others:
Magic number table:
Combination of points needed over the team in that position at the moment.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Clarkson 4 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Brown - 2 1 - - - - - - - - -
Harvard - - 4 3a 2a 2 2 - - - - -
RPI - - - 4 4 3 3 - - - - -
Colgate - - - - 5b 4 4 - - - - -
Princeton - - - - 4b 4 4 - - - - -
Vermont - - - - - - 5c 2 - - - -
SLU - - - - - - 4c 2 1 - - -
Cornell - - - - - - - - 4 2 - -
Union - - - - - - - - - 4 1 -
Yale - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
(Here's the error)
a = Harvard Beats Colgate in Season Series, ties with Princeton
b = Princeton Beats Colgate on Season Series
c = SLU Beats Vermont on Season Series
ECAC Tiebreakers:
1) Head to Head
2) Record against Top 4
3) Record against Top 8
4) Goal Differential Head to Head
5) Goal Differential against Top 4
6) Goal Differential against Top 8
Head to Head Results:
Clarkson > Brown 1-0-0 Clarkson 7 Brown 4
Clarkson < Harvard 0-1-0 Harvard 4 Clarkson 3 OT
Brown < Clarkson 0-1-0 Clarkson 7 Brown 4
Brown = Harvard 1-1-0 Brown 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 4 Brown 1
Brown < RPI 0-2-0 RPI 3 Brown 0 RPI 6 Brown 1
Harvard = RPI 1-1-0 RPI 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 5 RPI 3
Harvard > Colgate 1-0-1 Harvard 3 Colgate 3 Harvard 3 Colgate 2
Harvard = Vermont 1-1-0 Harvard 5 Vermont 2 Vermont 5 Harvard 0
Harvard = Princeton 1-1-0 Harvard 6 Princeton 4 Princeton 5 Harvard 3
Harvard < SLU 0-1-0 SLU 4 Harvard 3
RPI = Harvard 1-1-0 RPI 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 5 RPI 3
RPI < Colgate 0-1-0 Colgate 6 RPI 3
RPI < Vermont 0-2-0 Vermont 6 RPI 1 Vermont 2 RPI 1
RPI < Princeton 0-1-1 Princeton 9 RPI 1 Princeton 2 RPI 2
RPI = SLU 1-1-0 RPI 7 SLU 5 SLU 3 RPI 1
Colgate < Vermont 0-2-0 Vermont 4 Colgate 1 Vermont 7 Colgate 0
Colgate < Princeton 0-2-0 Princeton 6 Colgate 5 Princeton 7 Colgate 3
Colgate = SLU 1-1-0 Colgate 7 SLU 5 SLU 5 Colgate 4 OT
Colgate > Cornell 2-0-0 Colgate 7 Cornell 3 Colgate 6 Cornell 0
Vermont > Princeton 1-0-0 Vermont 5 Princeton 3
Vermont < SLU 0-2-0 SLU 8 Vermont 5 SLU 5 Vermont 4
Vermont < Cornell 0-2-0 Cornell 3 Vermont 2 Cornell 3 Vermont 2
Vermont > Union 1-0-1 Vermont 1 Union 1 Vermont 8 Union 1
Princeton = SLU 1-1-0 SLU 6 Princeton 4 Princeton 5 SLU 2
Princeton > Cornell 2-0-0 Princeton 6 Cornell 3 Princeton 3 Cornell 2OT
SLU = Cornell 1-1-0 Cornell 8 SLU 1 SLU 5 Cornell 2
SLU < Union 0-2-0 Union 6 SLU 2 Union 6 SLU 0
Yale < Cornell 0-1-1 Yale 2 Cornell 2 Cornell 4 Yale 2
Yale > Union 2-0-0 Yale 5 Union 2 Yale 5 Union 2
Yale > Dartmouth 1-0-0 Yale 6 Dartmouth 5
Cornell > Union 1-0-0 Cornell 4 Union 1
Cornell > Dartmouth 1-0-1 Cornell 5 Dartmouth 5 Cornell 6 Dartmouth 5
Union = Dartmouth 1-1-0 Union 6 Dartmouth 5 Dartmouth 6 Union 5
In addition:
To avoid the play-down round on Tuesday March 7
Clarkson has avoided the Play-down Round
Brown has avoided the Play-down Round
Harvard needs 2 points to avoid the Play-down Round
RPI needs 3 points to avoid the Play-down Round
Colgate and Princeton need 4 points to avoid the Play-down Round
Dartmouth needs to win all of its games, and Union must lose all of its games.
And then the right combination of teams in he Top 4 will help Dartmouth.
Clarkson and Brown are assured of home-ice in the quarterfinals
Next week:
Mar 3 Clarkson @ Brown
If Clarkson wins, they clinch the regular season title
Princeton @ Vermont
One can pass the other, a Princeton win puts them in
great tiebreaker situations with teams around them
Yale @ Dartmouth
Dartmouth and Yale fighting for positions, must-win
RPI @ Cornell
RPI win puts them in drivers seat for home-ice
Union @ Colgate
Colgate trying to move up into home-ice, Union trying
to get in, but if they do, it's on the road on Tues
SLU @ Harvard
SLU looking to move out of play-down, hottest team
in ECAC. A win by Harvard, home the next weekend
Mar 4 RPI @ Colgate
Fight to the finish for home-ice
Clarkson @ Harvard
Clarkson will need win, if they lose night before
Harvard looking to solidify third or better
SLU @ Brown
Brown in control if they beat Clarkson the night before
Union @ Cornell
What could be last ditch effort for postseason
Princeton @ Dartmouth
Could be moot for Dartmouth, could mean home-ice
for Princeton
Yale @ Vermont
Yale all out to make playoffs, Vermont looking for
the Cathouse confines
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