> Doesn't one of the other ranking systems (HEAL???)
> consider home versus away games?
HEAL & RHEAL are cousins to RPI and do not adjust for the average
"advantage" of home teams. I do report the "average home
advantage" on the weekly HEAL report. It does not account for
neutral ice games. The most recent result is ..
Overall home ice advantage=0.645 goals per game
cheers, wayne
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