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It is the off-season, so I might as well stir things up a bit. Feeling
hockey deprived, I was rummaging through the archives comparing conferences
based on teams that had won the regular season or post-season tournaments.
Going back to the often debated, "competitiveness" of the leagues, I present
the following data (since 1990):
League Teams winning
(members) at least one RS at least one Tourney Either RS
or Tourney
WCHA (10) 6 6 8
CCHA (12) 4 3 4
ECAC (12) 6 7 9
HE (9) 4 4 5
Each league has at least one team that has not competed every year since
1990, but the data still seems clear. Two conferences seem more competitive
internally, giving each team a better chance of winning a title, while the
other two seem to have definite haves/have nots. The question of how we rank
leagues may come down to whether you value having the NCAA champs, or value
having a chance for any league member to have a "season to remember."
Just some off-season fodder.
William Sangrey
Cornell '87 & '94
Let's Go RED!!!!
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