FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
3/5/95 Hockey East Overall
GP W-L-T SOW Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA
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1 Maine 24 15-3-6 1 88 104-63 || 38 28-4-6 175-97
Boston University 24 16-5-3 2 88 131-82 || 34 25-6-3 194-103
3 New Hampshire 24 14-6-4 0 78 113-85 || 34 22-8-4 157-111
4 Northeastern 24 11-8-5 5 70 98-89 || 34 16-13-5 142-132
5 Mass Lowell 24 11-12-1 1 58 105-116 || 37 16-17-4 158-163
6 Providence 24 7-11-6 3 50 102-103 || 34 12-16-6 146-151
7 Merrimack 24 7-12-5 3 48 74-91 || 36 14-17-5 122-133
8 Boston College 24 8-14-2 1 45 86-119 || 34 11-21-2 125-164
9 Mass Amherst 24 3-21-0 0 15 64-129 || 34 5-27-2 88-169
Maine finishes first due to head-to-head tiebreaker (1-0-2).
League ties includes all games ending in a tie after overtime.
SOW = shootout wins, a subset of ties. Teams receive 5 pts for a win,
2 pts for a tie, and 1 additional pt for a shootout win.
RECENT SCORES
03/02/95 Maine 2 at New Hampshire 3 HE at Portland, ME
03/03/95 New Hampshire 3 at Maine 5 NC
03/03/95 Providence 7 at Mass Lowell 0 HE
03/03/95 Boston College 6 at Merrimack 4 HE
03/04/95 Boston College 3 at Boston University 10 HE
03/04/95 Mass Amherst 1 at Northeastern 3 HE
UPCOMING PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
03/07/95 Mass Amherst at Boston College NC 8 vs 9
03/09/95 Providence at New Hampshire NC Quarterfinal (@ BC)
03/10/95 Mass Lowell at Northeastern NC Quarterfinal
03/11/95 MassAm/BosColl at Maine NC Quarterfinal 8:00 ET
03/12/95 Merrimack at Boston University NC Quarterfinal
NESN will carry all quarterfinals live, except for PC-UNH which will
be shown that night on delay at 10 pm ET. The 8 vs 9 and quarterfinal
series are single elimination. Winners of the quarterfinal series will
advance to the Boston Garden for the semifinals March 17.
QUICK HOCKEY EAST PLAYOFF PREVIEW
#9 MASS AMHERST at #8 BOSTON COLLEGE (8 vs 9)
Season series: BC, 2-1-0 (15 GF, 11 GA).
Scores: 10/30 @ BC 4 UMA 2, 1/6 @ BC 8 UMA 4, 1/7 @ UMA 5 BC 3.
#6 PROVIDENCE at #3 NEW HAMPSHIRE (quarterfinals, at BC)
Season series: UNH, 1-0-2 (19 GF, 13 GA).
Scores: 12/2 PC 5 @ UNH 5, 12/3 UNH 8 @ PC 2, 2/24 PC 6 @ UNH 6.
#5 MASS LOWELL at #4 NORTHEASTERN (quarterfinals)
Season series: NU, 3-0-0 (19 GF, 5 GA).
Scores: 1/7 @ NU 5 UML 4, 1/27 NU 6 @ UML 1, 1/28 @ NU 8 UML 0.
#9 MASS AMHERST at #1 MAINE (possible quarterfinal matchup)
Season series: Maine, 2-1-0 (16 GF, 6 GA).
Scores: 1/27 Maine 7 @ UMA 2, 1/28 @ UMA 4 Maine 2, 2/11 @ Maine 7 UMA 0.
#8 BOSTON COLLEGE at #1 MAINE (possible quarterfinal matchup)
Season series: Maine, 2-0-1 (12 GF, 6 GA).
Scores: 11/11 Maine 4 @ BC 4, 11/12 Maine 3 @ BC 1, 1/11 @ Maine 5 BC 1.
#7 MERRIMACK at #2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (quarterfinals)
Season series: BU, 2-1-0 (11 GF, 7 GA).
Scores: 1/13 MC 3 @ BU 2, 2/24 BU 4 @ MC 1, 2/25 @ BU 5 MC 3.
NOTES
* Six HE ties by Maine and PC equal the HE record.
* 3 HE wins and 5 overall wins by UMA also tie HE records (for lows).
* This is the first season in which two teams have tied for first.
* The effect of the shootout and new point system this year was
almost zip. Going by the old 2-1-0 scoring system, there would
have been no change in the final standings at all. The only
difference is that Maine would have finished first outright over
BU by one point. This is if shootouts had never occurred.
* As well, here's what would have happened if the original shootout
scoring system (2 for win/SO win, 1 for SO loss, 0 for loss) had
been maintained:
- Maine and BU would have still tied for first with Maine winning
the tiebreaker.
- UNH and NU would have tied for 3rd with UNH winning the tiebreaker.
- No other positions would have changed.
So, even the old SO scoring system would not have changed the final
standings.
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask]
Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93