12/16/90               Hockey East                    Overall        Non-league
                       GP  W-L-T   Pts  GF-GA  || GP   W-L-T    GF-GA     W-L-T
                       ========================================================
 1  Boston College      8  6-2-0   12   43-34  || 14  10-4-0    66-50  |  4-2-0
 2  Boston University   7  5-1-1   11   39-19  || 14  10-3-1    92-47  |  5-2-0
 3  New Hampshire       7  4-3-0    8   28-22  || 16  12-4-0    76-49  |  8-1-0
 4  Merrimack           7  4-3-0    8   32-39  || 13   7-5-1    69-68  |  3-2-1
 5  Providence          7  3-3-1    7   35-31  || 13   9-3-1    72-49  |  6-0-0
 6  Maine               6  3-3-0    6   27-22  || 16  11-4-1    77-45  |  8-1-1
 7  Lowell              9  2-6-1    5   31-49  || 14   4-9-1    55-76  |  2-3-0
 8  Northeastern        9  1-7-1    3   37-56  || 15   2-12-1   57-94  |  1-5-0
 
    There was only one game this weekend - BC beat Maine last night, 6-5.  The
    game was on NESN but I didn't get to see it.  The win moves BC into first
    at the break past BU, although BU has a game in hand.  There are still a
    lot of games left to be played.
 
    One other game played in the East this weekend - Harvard pasted Dartmouth,
    8-2.
 
    For those fans interested in comparing last year's finish to this season
    so far, here is last season's final Hockey East standings.  Overall record
    includes all playoff results.  (New Hampshire was awarded 5th over
    Northeastern due to winning the season series between the teams.)
 
                       Hockey East                    Overall        Non-league
                       GP  W-L-T   Pts  GF-GA  || GP   W-L-T    GF-GA  |  W-L-T
                       ========================================================
 1  Boston College     21 15-6-0   30  101-69  || 42  28-13-1  197-135 | 13-7-1
 2  Maine              21 14-6-1   29   88-57  || 46  33-11-2  238-136 | 19-5-1
 3  Boston University  21 13-6-2   26   88-63  || 44  25-17-2  180-144 |12-11-0
 4  Providence         21 11-7-3   25   90-69  || 35  22-10-3  154-106 | 11-3-0
 5  New Hampshire      21  8-9-4   20   86-86  || 39  17-17-5  166-156 |  9-8-1
 6  Northeastern       21  9-10-2  20   96-100 || 37  16-19-2  172-181 |  7-9-0
 7  Lowell             21  5-14-2  12   65-106 || 35  13-20-2  121-187 |  8-6-0
 8  Merrimack          21  3-18-0   6   64-128 || 32  10-24-1  123-186 |  7-6-1
 
 
    - mike
 
    p.s. due to finals I won't be in much this week, so please bear with me
        if I don't reply to your mail right away.