Chris Warner posted an interesting message where he listed the scores
of the Middlebury hockey team in 1960-61.  He stated that the team
went 19-2 although his source gave a record of 20-1.  In any case, they
lost to RPI 5-4 and perhaps one more game.
 
RPI made the NCAA tournament that year.  (This was before it became the
NC$$ tournament :-) .)  I wonder if Middlebury would have been chosen
instead of RPI had they won that game.  They weren't using anything as
scientific as the RPI index to determine the invitees, and I do not
know if there were any scheduling criteria for inviting teams, but
Middlebury did beat a number of teams that are now Div-I including
Clarkson.  (Perhaps the deciding factor was that Middlebury beat AIC
"only" 16-0 while RPI beat them 17-0  :-) .)
 
Well, it's the off season, so hopefully nobody minds too much about
discussions of 35-year old teams.  It does seem more relevant than
some off-season discussions that we have had this year and in previous
years.
 
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74