The ECAC Playoff Picture as of last night's games. All errors are mine. I tried to use as many tiebreakers as I could. Please point out my errors to me, then shoot me. Scores from Saturday February 25: RPI 6 Brown 1 Union 5 Harvard 3 Clarkson 6 Dartmouth 1 SLU 5 Vermont 4 Cornell 4 Yale 2 Princeton 7 Colgate 3 Playoff Standings Pts Poss Pts Poss Pos Clinch Pts Left 1 Clarkson 27 31 1-3 Clinched @B.@H 2 Brown 26 30 1-4 Clinched CL,SLU 3 Harvard 23 27 1-8 Clinched SLU,CL 4 RPI 22 26 2-8 Clinched @COR,@COL 5 Colgate 21 25 3-8 Clinched U,R Princeton 21 25 3-8 Clinched @V,@D 7 Vermont 20 24 3-9 Clinched P,Y SLU 20 24 3-10 Clinched @H,@B 9 Cornell 17 21 7-11 3 R,U 10 Union 16 20 8-12 5 @COL,@COR 11 Yale 15 19 9-12 - @D,@V 12 Dartmouth 12 16 10-12 - Y,P Borrowing from others: Magic number table: Combination of points needed over the team in that position at the moment. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Clarkson 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - Brown - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Harvard - - 4 3a 2a 2 2 - - - - - RPI - - - 4 4 3 3 - - - - - Colgate - - - - 5b 4 4 - - - - - Princeton - - - - 4b 4 4 - - - - - Vermont - - - - - - 5c 2 - - - - SLU - - - - - - 4c 2 1 - - - Cornell - - - - - - - - 4 2 - - Union - - - - - - - - - 4 1 - Yale - - - - - - - - - - 2 - (Here's the error) a = Harvard Beats Colgate in Season Series, ties with Princeton b = Princeton Beats Colgate on Season Series c = SLU Beats Vermont on Season Series ECAC Tiebreakers: 1) Head to Head 2) Record against Top 4 3) Record against Top 8 4) Goal Differential Head to Head 5) Goal Differential against Top 4 6) Goal Differential against Top 8 Head to Head Results: Clarkson > Brown 1-0-0 Clarkson 7 Brown 4 Clarkson < Harvard 0-1-0 Harvard 4 Clarkson 3 OT Brown < Clarkson 0-1-0 Clarkson 7 Brown 4 Brown = Harvard 1-1-0 Brown 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 4 Brown 1 Brown < RPI 0-2-0 RPI 3 Brown 0 RPI 6 Brown 1 Harvard = RPI 1-1-0 RPI 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 5 RPI 3 Harvard > Colgate 1-0-1 Harvard 3 Colgate 3 Harvard 3 Colgate 2 Harvard = Vermont 1-1-0 Harvard 5 Vermont 2 Vermont 5 Harvard 0 Harvard = Princeton 1-1-0 Harvard 6 Princeton 4 Princeton 5 Harvard 3 Harvard < SLU 0-1-0 SLU 4 Harvard 3 RPI = Harvard 1-1-0 RPI 4 Harvard 3 Harvard 5 RPI 3 RPI < Colgate 0-1-0 Colgate 6 RPI 3 RPI < Vermont 0-2-0 Vermont 6 RPI 1 Vermont 2 RPI 1 RPI < Princeton 0-1-1 Princeton 9 RPI 1 Princeton 2 RPI 2 RPI = SLU 1-1-0 RPI 7 SLU 5 SLU 3 RPI 1 Colgate < Vermont 0-2-0 Vermont 4 Colgate 1 Vermont 7 Colgate 0 Colgate < Princeton 0-2-0 Princeton 6 Colgate 5 Princeton 7 Colgate 3 Colgate = SLU 1-1-0 Colgate 7 SLU 5 SLU 5 Colgate 4 OT Colgate > Cornell 2-0-0 Colgate 7 Cornell 3 Colgate 6 Cornell 0 Vermont > Princeton 1-0-0 Vermont 5 Princeton 3 Vermont < SLU 0-2-0 SLU 8 Vermont 5 SLU 5 Vermont 4 Vermont < Cornell 0-2-0 Cornell 3 Vermont 2 Cornell 3 Vermont 2 Vermont > Union 1-0-1 Vermont 1 Union 1 Vermont 8 Union 1 Princeton = SLU 1-1-0 SLU 6 Princeton 4 Princeton 5 SLU 2 Princeton > Cornell 2-0-0 Princeton 6 Cornell 3 Princeton 3 Cornell 2OT SLU = Cornell 1-1-0 Cornell 8 SLU 1 SLU 5 Cornell 2 SLU < Union 0-2-0 Union 6 SLU 2 Union 6 SLU 0 Yale < Cornell 0-1-1 Yale 2 Cornell 2 Cornell 4 Yale 2 Yale > Union 2-0-0 Yale 5 Union 2 Yale 5 Union 2 Yale > Dartmouth 1-0-0 Yale 6 Dartmouth 5 Cornell > Union 1-0-0 Cornell 4 Union 1 Cornell > Dartmouth 1-0-1 Cornell 5 Dartmouth 5 Cornell 6 Dartmouth 5 Union = Dartmouth 1-1-0 Union 6 Dartmouth 5 Dartmouth 6 Union 5 In addition: To avoid the play-down round on Tuesday March 7 Clarkson has avoided the Play-down Round Brown has avoided the Play-down Round Harvard needs 2 points to avoid the Play-down Round RPI needs 3 points to avoid the Play-down Round Colgate and Princeton need 4 points to avoid the Play-down Round Dartmouth needs to win all of its games, and Union must lose all of its games. And then the right combination of teams in he Top 4 will help Dartmouth. Clarkson and Brown are assured of home-ice in the quarterfinals Next week: Mar 3 Clarkson @ Brown If Clarkson wins, they clinch the regular season title Princeton @ Vermont One can pass the other, a Princeton win puts them in great tiebreaker situations with teams around them Yale @ Dartmouth Dartmouth and Yale fighting for positions, must-win RPI @ Cornell RPI win puts them in drivers seat for home-ice Union @ Colgate Colgate trying to move up into home-ice, Union trying to get in, but if they do, it's on the road on Tues SLU @ Harvard SLU looking to move out of play-down, hottest team in ECAC. A win by Harvard, home the next weekend Mar 4 RPI @ Colgate Fight to the finish for home-ice Clarkson @ Harvard Clarkson will need win, if they lose night before Harvard looking to solidify third or better SLU @ Brown Brown in control if they beat Clarkson the night before Union @ Cornell What could be last ditch effort for postseason Princeton @ Dartmouth Could be moot for Dartmouth, could mean home-ice for Princeton Yale @ Vermont Yale all out to make playoffs, Vermont looking for the Cathouse confines ***************************************************************************** * Jayson Moy RPI '89 '93 * One of the Voices of Rensselaer Engineer * * [log in to unmask] * Hockey, Baseball, Football, and Basketball * * The "Asian Invasion" * on Crystal Clear 91.5FM WRPI, Troy *EASM* * *****************************************************************************