On Mon, 21 Nov 1994, Eric Hoffman Cornell ECAC wrote:
 
<Points per game standings deleted>
 
>   In NHL (remember them?) lingo: Colorado College has two "games in
> hand" over Minnesota and three "games in hand" over Wisconsin.  What they
> do with those two games is yet to be determined.  If they lose them,
> then this advantage becomes nullified. If they win both then they
> are leading the conference.  Colorado College is control of their own
> (early season ;-)) destiny.
> In the end, since all the teams in league will play the same number
> of games this points per game is really just winning% x 2 (as pointed
> out earlier, sorry I forgot who).  At that point, the points and points
> per game should tell the same story.  So why not just report win% and league
> points?
 
I think that at this early stage of the season, with so many differences
in games played, it is good to have the points per game, just as a side
note.  People might look at the standings and not realize that CC has
only lost once, and think that UM and UW must be doing better than them,
which isn't true (At this point of the season, no flames please).  When
games start to even out, which will be pretty soon, as the tourney and
showcase and non-league season begins, we won't need the points per game.
 
Just my $0.02
Tony Frolik