Sounds like someone out there is reading HOCKEY-L! That system was
suggested on this list about a week ago.
From the Providence Journal:
The changes were announced this week by league commissioner Robert M.
DeGregorio "to clearly define the differences between a win, a tie, and a
shootout win." ... "because a tie and a shootout win cannot have more
weight than an actual win. That's why we've gone to the change."
Sounds like the same logic voiced here last week...
-- Ron