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Date: | Fri, 17 Feb 1995 11:10:21 -0500 |
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As we approach the big last weekend of ECAC Women's League play, the ECAC
has decided that because St. Lawrence and Bowdoin were unable to arrange
a date to play their league match at Canton, NY, St. Lawrence will be
awarded a league win and Bowdoin a league loss. The forfeited game means
that the Colby - St. Lawrence game (at Waterville, ME) on Sunday could
decide the final playoff spot! There was always a chance of this, but
now Colby, Dartmouth, St. Lawrence and UNH have a little more to think
about this weekend.
I'll have to say, I thought something like that might happen when I heard
early this season about the problems of the schedule between the Saints and
the Polar Bears. I think everyone would have preferred if the ECAC had
either taken a strong lead in making the two teams work it out, or if the
ECAC had made its decision sooner. Two days before the games that count
is rather late. I would think that Colby and Dartmouth are particularly
upset as it most impacts their drive for the playoffs.
Here is the updated league table. From past experience the forfeit
appears to be a 0-0 home win for St. Lawrence (should be 1-0).
ECAC Women: standings => Feb 17 1995
ECAC League Overall
TEAM W L T PTS GF GA W L T PTS
Brown 10 1 1 21 79 29 15 2 3 33
UNH 9 2 1 19 88 22 17 8 2 36
Providence 9 3 0 18 70 23 14 8 4 32
Northeastern 8 2 2 18 52 25 13 9 5 31
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Princeton 9 3 0 18 58 17 14 5 1 29
Dartmouth 7 3 2 16 47 23 15 6 4 34
Harvard 7 3 2 16 42 23 11 8 2 24
Colby 7 4 1 15 53 40 12 5 1 25
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St. Lawrence $7 5 0 14 48 35 7 7 0 14
RIT 4 8 0 8 21 49 4 10 0 8
Cornell 4 8 0 8 33 59 7 14 0 14
Boston College 3 9 1 7 37 62 11 10 1 23
Middlebury 2 11 0 4 18 65 8 11 0 16
Yale 1 11 0 2 14 70 3 17 0 6
Bowdoin 0 $14 0 0 13 131 2 16 0 4
$=Bowdoin forfeits win to St. Lawrence
* = ECAC League match - Home team listed first
Sat 02/18 *Brown __ - Northeastern __ 2:00 pm
*Colby __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm
*Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm
*UNH (@Dart) __ - St. Lawrence __ 12:00 pm
*Providence __ - Harvard __ 1:30 pm
*RIT __ - Princeton __ 12:15 pm
*Middlebury __ - Boston C. __ TBA
Sun 02/19 *Brown __ - Harvard __ 2:00 pm SC (NE)
*Colby __ - St. Lawrence __ 1:00 pm
*Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm
*UNH (@Dart) __ - Dartmouth __ 4:00 pm
*Providence __ - Northeastern __ 12:30 pm
*RIT __ - Yale __ 12:15 pm
I feel the real problem here may be MONEY. If this was an ECAC Men's
game, if would have happened. Still, the Women's League is young, and as
I understand it, there will be more changes to the league next year,
including a new league. I think the women's game is going to see much
change with teams moving in and out of the Div. I league over the next
couple of years. It is an interesting time of growth and change for the
sport and AD's. From what I have seen and heard, things are and will be
better for women's ice hockey, but considering the flux, problems like
this forfeit are bound to happen. Stronger leadership from the ECAC
would be helpful I believe.
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good shooting
rhun-hungerf
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