This is in reply to the statements made by Mike that the reason the ECAC is so week in the TCHCR is because they do not play non-league games against good teams. Mike uses the NE win over BC to show that HE is a strong conference from top to bottom. (Well how about Clarkson tieing Dartmouth? Does that say the same thing? Also factor in that Clarkson beat BU, so does that mean Dartmouth is atleast as good as BU? BC just went to sleep and got beat by an inferior team, a team with only 7 wins.) Now back to the subject, I looked at the number of games that ECAC teams played against HE teams. There were 43 games between an ECAC team and a HE team, while there were only 19 against the other Div. I teams. So if HE is so strong, how can it be said that the ECAC's non-league schedule is weak? I think that what is hurting the top ECAC teams is that they don't always beat the lower teams like they are supposed to (as was mentioned.) And that these lower teams get beat in their one game stints against the HE teams (Dartmouth played BC and BU among others, not an easy schedule.) Another thing that I think contributes to the HE's strength is that they play 4 league games per opponent. When you get the top teams winning their non-league games, this bolsters the rest of the league because strength of schedule goes up. Also with three teams in the top ten, the lower teams are going to have a high sos that will not hurt the higher teams if they lose a game hear and there as it does in the ECAC. That's enough from me. Mike Zak Clarkson '87, '90,.... (Fall '91 !?) Allain Roy is a SCUD, to be dealt with by Clarkson's Patriot offense.