Well, although we forgot to get the CHODR predictions for last week out in time for turkey day, the system got off to a succesful start. Of the 32 Division I games decided in regulation last week, CHODR correctly picked the winner in 23 of them (71.9%). For those who missed the CHODR introduction, here's how we predict scores directly from the CHODR ratings published earlier this week. Favored teams are in caps. > Team A's predicted goals = A's Offensive Rating > + B's Defensive Rating > - Average Offensive/Defensive Rating > +/- Home Ice Advantage > > Team B's predicted goals = B's Offensive Rating > + A's Defensive Rating > - Average Offensive/Defensive Rating > +/- Home Ice Advantage We begin in the ECAC, with Saturday's games highlighted by the RPI- Harvard matchup and round one of the Route 11 rivalry (SLU-Clarkson) Friday, December 3: COLGATE 5.75 at Princeton 3.88 Brown 3.83 at RPI 4.63 HARVARD 5.22 at Union 4.75 Cornell 2.33 at YALE 2.76 Saturday, December 4: ST LAWRENCE 3.83 at Clarkson 2.67 CORNELL 3.71 at Princeton 2.75 Harvard 3.99 at RPI 4.46 BROWN 5.05 at Union 4.91 COLGATE 4.37 at Yale 3.90 A full eight game slate in Hockey East... Friday, December 3: Merrimack 1.82 at BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4.96 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.68 at Mass-Lowell 3.64 BOSTON COLLEGE 4.75 at Providence 2.61 MAINE 5.00 at Northeastern 4.39 Saturday, December 4: BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4.40 at Merrimack 2.38 Mass-Lowell 3.08 at NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.24 Providence 2.05 at BOSTON COLLEGE 5.31 MAINE 5.00 at Northeastern 4.39 Eight games as well in the CCHA: Friday, December 3: Ferris State 2.06 at BOWLING GREEN 5.92 NOTRE DAME 4.31 at Illinois-Chicago 3.84 Western Michigan 2.37 at MICHIGAN 5.88 Kent 2.53 at MICHIGAN STATE 4.41 Saturday, December 4: Ferris State 2.06 at BOWLING GREEN 5.92 Illinois-Chicago 3.28 at NOTRE DAME 4.87 MICHIGAN 5.32 at Western Michigan 2.93 Kent 2.53 at MICHIGAN STATE 4.41 And eight more in the WCHA: Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4: St Cloud 2.65 at COLORADO COLLEGE 5.00 DENVER 3.70 at Minnesota-Duluth 3.17 North Dakota 2.95 at MICHIGAN TECH 4.49 Northern Michigan 3.53 at WISCONSIN 4.65 And a visit to Alaska for the Falcons: Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4: Air Force 2.39 at ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 7.89 Timothy J. Danehy [log in to unmask] Robin Lock [log in to unmask]