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Date: | Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:37:37 -0700 |
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Here are the standings in the ECAC with one game remaining:
ECAC Ivy
W- L-T PF-PA-PR Pct W-L-T PF-PA-PR Pct
1 Yale 16- 4-1 33- 9- 2 .786 7-2-1 15- 5- 0 .750
2 Clarkson 15- 4-2 32-10- 2 .762
3 RPI 11- 6-4 26-16- 2 .619
4 Brown 11- 9-1 23-19- 2 .548 5-5-0 10-10- 0 .500
5 Colgate 9- 9-3 21-21- 2 .500
6 Cornell 9-11-1 19-23- 2 .452 6-4-0 12- 8- 0 .600
Princeton 7- 9-5 19-23- 2 .452 4-5-1 9-11- 0 .450
Harvard 9-11-1 19-23- 2 .452 3-5-1 7-11- 2 .389
9 Dartmouth 7-11-3 17-25- 2 .405 2-6-1 5-13- 2 .278
Vermont 7-11-3 17-25- 2 .405
11 St. Lawrence 7-12-2 16-26- 2 .381
12 Union 4-15-2 10-32- 2 .238
I think I've worked out all the tiebreakers, which are summarized in
this chart; if team B's abbreviation appears in UPPERCASE in team A's
row, then team A wins the tiebreaker; if it's lowercase, team A loses.
So for instance, Yale loses the tiebreaker to Clarkson.
Yale -- ck Yale
Clrk YA -- Clrk
RPI -- RPI
Brwn -- CG Brwn
Colg bn -- cr PR ha Colg
Corn CG -- PR HA DA VT Corn
Prin cg cr -- HA DA vt Prin
Harv CG cr pr -- DA vt Harv
Dart cr pr ha -- VT SL Dart
UVM cr PR HA da -- SL UVM
SLU da vt -- SLU
Unin -- Unin
These are the two-team tiebreakers. In three cases, the tiebreaker
results are changed if a third team is involved:
Princeton *wins* the tiebreaker with Vermont if Dartmouth and Harvard
also finish tied with them. (Since Dartmouth plays Harvard,
if one of them finishes with 19 points, they both will.)
Dartmouth *wins* the tiebreaker with Harvard if Vermont also finishes
ties with them.
Princeton *wins* the tiebreaker with Colgate if Harvard also finishes
tied with them.
These exceptions can be summarized as
Prin>Dart>UVM>Harv
Dart>UVM>Harv
Prin>Harv>Colg
(Cornell may also be involved in the first two ties, but we know they
winn all of their tiebreakers.)
This means that the magic numbers of points for each team to
beat each other team are:
Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Ha Da Vt SL Un
Yale 33- 9 -- 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yale
Clrk 32-10 3 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clrk
RPI 26-16 xx xx -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RPI
Brwn 23-19 xx xx xx -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brwn
Colg 21-21 xx xx xx xx -- 1 0+ 1 0 0 0 0 Colg
Corn 19-23 xx xx xx xx 4 -- 2 2 0 0 0 0 Corn
Prin 19-23 xx xx xx xx 5- 3 -- 2 0 1- 0 0 Prin
Harv 19-23 xx xx xx xx 4 3 3 -- 0+ 1 0 0 Harv
Dart 17-25 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 5- -- 2 1 0 Dart
UVM 17-25 xx xx xx xx xx xx 4+ 3 3 -- 1 0 UVM
SLU 16-26 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 4 4 -- 0 SLU
Unin 10-32 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx -- Unin
Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Ha Da Vt SL Un
For instance, Yale's magic number with Clarkson is 2, so they need a
win, a Clarkson loss, or a pair of ties to wrap up the regular season
title. The +es and -es are just those cases where involvement of
other teams can change the outcome of a tiebreaker. So Princeton's
magic number with Vermont is 1, unless Dartouth beats Harvard, in
which case it's zero.
The magic numbers and head-to-head results at
http://www.slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?nutshell
have been updated. I may put the tiebreakers up there as well.
John Whelan, Cornell '91
Official Scorer/PA Announcer
U of Utah Ice Hockey Club
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