With its weekend sweep, Harvard solidifies its hold on first place in the ECAC, as the Crimson now lead second-place Yale by six points. Of course, Harvard has padded this lead by playing two more games than anyone else in the league except for travel partner Brown, and they have not played ECAC heavies Clarkson or St. Lawrence yet. Still, the Crimson at the moment are the class of the ECAC, and they are by and large playing well enough to stay there. RPI also took a big step toward fulfilling preseason expectations with its weekend sweep of St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Speaking of which -- I'm not really surprised to see Cornell tied for seventh in the standings at this point, but I am surprised, as are a number of people, that the team they are tied with is the Golden Knights. I've heard that head coach Mark Morris is trying all sorts of things to jump- start his team -- switching locker rooms with the JV team, skating some of his players with the JV guys, and the like. It'll be interesting to see if these humiliation tactics work. For now, even though the Knights are already ten points out of first place, I wouldn't stick a fork in them just yet. Cornell notes a little later today, but here at least are the scores and standings: Friday, 12/4: Clarkson 5, UNION 2 Cornell 5, BROWN 3 HARVARD 5, Colgate 4 Princeton 2, YALE 1 RPI 3, St. Lawrence 1 Saturday, 12/5: BROWN 6, Colgate 4 HARVARD 6, Cornell 1 RPI 4, Clarkson 3 St. Lawrence 6, UNION 2 Yale 8, PRINCETON 3 VERMONT 7, Middlebury 3 (NC) ECAC standings as of 12/7/92: League Overall Team W L T Pts GF GA W L T Pts GF GA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 7 0 1 15 37 22 7 1 1 15 40 26 Yale 4 1 1 9 34 22 4 4 1 9 41 35 RPI 4 2 0 8 20 15 5 2 2 12 30 23 Vermont 4 2 0 8 20 15 6 4 1 13 36 32 Brown 4 4 0 8 35 31 4 5 0 8 39 37 St. Lawrence 4 2 0 8 23 14 7 2 1 15 48 29 Cornell 2 3 1 5 16 24 2 4 1 5 16 31 Clarkson 2 3 1 5 25 17 5 4 1 11 52 23 Princeton 2 4 0 4 21 29 4 4 0 8 32 31 Union 1 4 0 2 9 22 1 6 0 2 18 33 Dartmouth 1 4 0 2 11 21 1 5 0 2 12 29 Colgate 0 6 0 0 18 37 1 8 1 3 31 49 ECAC schedule for this week: Wednesday, 12/9: Brown at New Hampshire (NC) Friday, 12/11: Clarkson at Princeton St Lawrence at Yale Union at RPI Plattsburgh at Colgate (NC) Saturday, 12/12: Clarkson at Yale St Lawrence at Princeton Boston University at Dartmouth (NC) Sunday, 12/13: Vermont at Harvard -- Bill Fenwick | Send your HOCKEY-L poll responses to: Cornell '86 and probably '94 | [log in to unmask] LET'S GO RED!! "What do you say if you're talking with someone on their car phone and they crash? 'Well, I guess I'll let you go now...'" -- Ron Miller