Maybe it should be officially called The Parity League. The ECAC seems
bound and determined to produce no dominant team other than Harvard, and
even the highly-ranked Crimson struggled this weekend, having to go to
overtime to get by league doormat Dartmouth. And as far as the rest of the
top teams in the league: Brown tied Vermont and lost to Dartmouth (and thus
probably lost any real shot at overtaking the Crimson for the regular-season
title), RPI had to settle for a tie against Yale, and Clarkson lost to
Cornell, who promptly lost to St. Lawrence the following night in a mild
upset. Probably the biggest news is that Union, dead last in their first
two seasons in the league, now sits in seventh place and will clinch a
playoff spot by picking up one more point. This is going to be a nerve-
wracking stretch run.
Results from the weekend:
Monday, February 14:
Beanpot Tournament:
Championship:
Boston College 2, Harvard 1 (OT)
Friday, February 18:
Brown 2, VERMONT 2 (OT)
COLGATE 7, St. Lawrence 2
CORNELL 4, Clarkson 3 (OT)
Harvard 5, DARTMOUTH 4 (OT)
Rpi 2, YALE 2 (OT)
Union 3, PRINCETON 2 (OT)
Saturday, February 19:
Clarkson 5, COLGATE 1
DARTMOUTH 5, Brown 4
Harvard 5, VERMONT 3
Rpi 4, PRINCETON 3
St. Lawrence 8, CORNELL 4
Union 3, YALE 1
ECAC standings as of 2/20/94:
League Overall
Team W L T Pts GF GA W L T Pts GF GA
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# Harvard 14 2 2 30 90 46 17 4 2 36 111 63
@ Brown 11 4 3 25 81 59 12 7 4 28 92 80
@ RPI 10 4 4 24 79 58 16 6 4 36 130 84
$ Clarkson 10 5 3 23 78 59 14 8 4 32 113 90
$ Colgate 9 7 2 20 81 70 12 12 2 26 116 102
$ Vermont 7 5 6 20 69 65 11 9 6 28 98 92
Union 7 9 2 16 65 74 11 9 3 25 91 89
Cornell 5 8 5 15 57 71 5 13 5 15 69 94
St. Lawrence 7 11 0 14 60 77 9 17 0 18 81 112
Princeton 5 10 3 13 51 67 8 12 3 19 71 83
Yale 4 13 1 9 42 80 4 18 1 9 57 111
Dartmouth 3 14 1 7 65 92 4 18 1 9 79 118
$ - Clinched playoff berth
@ - Clinched preliminary round bye
# - Clinched home ice
The schedule for the ECAC's second-to-last weekend of regular-season play:
Friday, February 25:
Clarkson at Vermont
Princeton at Cornell
RPI at Harvard
St. Lawrence at Dartmouth
Union at Brown
Yale at Colgate
Saturday, February 26:
Clarkson at Dartmouth
Princeton at Colgate
RPI at Brown
St. Lawrence at Vermont
Union at Harvard
Yale at Cornell
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