On Nov 15,  2:06pm, Chuck Sackett wrote:
> Subject: Re: WCHA standings ranked by points. Jus
>On Tues., Nov. 15th, Art Stine wrote:
>
>>not to slight Colorado or any other team with a good GF/GA stat, but I don't
>>think these #'s are very meaningful, particularly this early in the season.
>>With only a few games played, one or two 'blow-outs' skews this stat. It
>>might be more interesting to look at these #'s later in the season...
>
>
>As I'm sure Charlie will point out, his rankings of teams by points per game
>shows how many points per game a team is averaging as far as wins and
>losses. . . . .not goals for or goals against.  For instance, a team that has
>played four games and is 2-1-1 will have 5 points in the league standings.
>Averaging that out over 4 games gives the team a per game average of 1.25
>points per game.  I think that it's a very effective way of comparing teams
>that have not played an equal amount of games.  Minnesota is at the top of
>the WCHA with 13 points and Colorado College is in third with 10 points.
>But, CC has played two fewer games.  This way, we can compare their progress
>more easily.
>
>Then again, since Charlie is from Colorado, maybe he just wanted to devise a
>way to get Colorado College on top of the standings.   :)
>
>Chuck
 
Think of it this way:  Divide Charlie's points per game rating by two and
you get winning percentage.
 
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