The ECAC (and Ivy) Men's League Standings with one week to go:
 
                             ECAC                      Ivy
                   W- L-T  PF-PA-PR   Pct     W-L-T  PF-PA-PR   Pct
 1 Yale           15- 4-1  31- 9- 4  .775     7-2-1  15- 5- 0  .750
 2 Clarkson       14- 4-2  30-10- 4  .750
 3 RPI            10- 6-4  24-16- 4  .600
 4 Brown          10- 9-1  21-19- 4  .525     4-5-0   8-10- 2  .444
   Colgate         9- 8-3  21-19- 4  .525
 6 Cornell         9-10-1  19-21- 4  .475     6-4-0  12- 8- 0  .600
   Princeton       7- 8-5  19-21- 4  .475     4-5-1   9-11- 0  .450
 8 Vermont         7-10-3  17-23- 4  .425
   Harvard         8-11-1  17-23- 4  .425     3-5-1   7-11- 2  .389
   Dartmouth       7-10-3  17-23- 4  .425     2-5-1   5-11- 4  .313
11 St. Lawrence    6-12-2  14-26- 4  .350
12 Union           4-14-2  10-30- 4  .250
 
        Want to have fun working out the tie breakers?  Here are the
head-to-head points for each pair of teams (an asterisk indicates that
the teams are playing this weekend):
 
             Mar6-7  Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un
Yale  31- 9  @Un/RP  --  2 *2  2  4  4  4  2  4  1  4 *2  Yale
Clrk  30-10   Cg/Cr   2 --  2  4 *1 *0  2  4  4  4  4  3  Clrk
RPI   24-16   Pn/Ya  *0  2 --  1  1  4 *1  2  4  4  2  3  RPI
Brwn  21-19  @Ck/SL   2  0  3 --  2  2  2 *0  0 *2  4  4  Brwn
Colg  21-19  @Da/Vt   0 *1  3  2 --  2  2  4  0  3 *2  2  Colg
Corn  19-21  @SL/Ck   0 *2  0  2  2 --  4  3  4  2 *0  0  Corn
Prin  19-21  @Vt/Da   0  2 *1  2  2  0 --  1  3  4  2 *2  Prin
UVM   17-23  @RP/Un   2  0  2 *2  0  1  3 -- *2  1  2  2  UVM
Harv  17-23   Bn/Ha   0  0  0  4  4  0  1 *0 -- *2  2  4  Harv
Dart  17-23   Ha/Bn   3  0  0 *0  1  2  0  3 *0 --  4  4  Dart
SLU   14-26   Cr/Cg   0  0  2  0 *0 *2  2  2  2  0 --  4  SLU
Unin  10-30   Ya/Pn  *0  1  1  0  2  4 *0  2  0  0  0 --  Unin
             Mar6-7  Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un
 
        And here are the magic numbers (out of a possible 8 points)
for each pair of teams.
 
             Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un
Yale  31- 9  -- 3. 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Yale
Clrk  30-10  5. -- 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Clrk
RPI   24-16  xx xx -- 2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  RPI
Brwn  21-19  xx xx 7  -- 4. 2. 2. 0. 1- 0. 0  0  Brwn
Colg  21-19  xx xx 7  4. -- 2. 2. 0+ 1- 0+ 0  0  Colg
Corn  19-21  xx xx xx 6. 6. -- 4+ 2+ 2+ 2. 0  0  Corn
Prin  19-21  xx xx xx 6. 6. 5- -- 3- 2+ 2+ 0  0  Prin
UVM   17-23  xx xx xx 8. 9- 7- 6+ -- 4. 5- 1. 0  UVM
Harv  17-23  xx xx xx 8+ 8+ 7- 7- 4. -- 4. 1. 0  Harv
Dart  17-23  xx xx xx 8. 9- 6. 7- 4+ 4. -- 1+ 0  Dart
SLU   14-26  xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 7. 7. 8- -- 0  SLU
Unin  10-30  xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx -- Unin
             Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un
 
        Here's what it means.  If there's just a number, like 2 or 0,
that's the number of points a team needs to finish above another team.
If there's a '+' or '-', it means the team with the '+' in its row
beats the team with the '-' in the first tie breaker, head-to-head.
However, if there is a third (or more) team in the tie, the tie
breaker might go the other way.  If it is determined that it's not
possible for extra teams to change the outcome of the tie breaker, the
'+' and '-' can be removed.  I've done this for the RPI/Brown,
RPI/Colgate and SLU/Union tiebreakers because they were easy.  I may
not get to the others, with all the other things on my plate.  Anyone?
 
        If there's a '.' after a number, it means that the
head-to-head tie breaker is unresolved.  Again, given an unlimited
amount of time I'd work out those tie breakers, and +/- would mean a
two-way tiebreaker is settled but not three or more, while '.' would
mean the tiebreaker is definitely unresolved.
 
        Major bragging rights for the first person to resolve the
possible six-way tie (which would cover fourth through eighth
places!).
 
        These tables will be updated on the web at
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/nutframe.html
once the machine is back up.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
                                     Official Scorer/PA Announcer
                                        U of Utah Ice Hockey Club
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