Charlie Shub writes: >Will this keep CC out of the playoffs? They've been in the top 10 all >year long and won the WCHA regular season. I think it could. Looking at the RPICH rating, CC rates 14th overall and 8th in the West. They were 2-0 vs Minnesota, but 1-3 vs Wisconsin and 1-3 vs NMU. It's likely that Minnesota's bid won't be in danger (they're rated 5th), but CC would certainly appear to lose out to NMU & Wisconsin even though CC finished ahead of them in the WCHA - not to mention the 4 CCHA teams who all rate ahead of CC right now. >The talk on the radio was that by winning the regular season and the >McNaughton trophy, CC was guaranteed a playoff spot. Absolutely not...Harvard won the ECAC regular season title in 1992 but was not rated highly; they failed to win the ECAC tourney and did not get a bid. CC might be all done even if there are no upsets the rest of the way. --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93