Vermont, the pre-season pick for the top spot in the ECAC, justified the prognosticators' faith in them with a weekend sweep, taking over first place in the league with an 8-0-1 record. This sets up a big weekend for the Catamounts, who will be making their annual pilgrimage to the North Country to take over former #1 team St. Lawrence (currently two points back in second place), and Clarkson (another two points back, tied for fourth). Travel partner Dartmouth had a solid weekend as well, as defeats of Yale and Princeton extended the Big Green's winning streak to three games and vaulted them from last into a tie for ninth. Meanwhile, Princeton's death spiral continues, as the Tigers are now 0-8-2 in their last ten ECAC games and have taken up residence in the league cellar. Results from the weekend's games: Friday, January 12: Brown 4, RPI 1 DARTMOUTH 4, Yale 3 Harvard 2, UNION 0 VERMONT 5, Princeton 3 ARMY 4, Cornell 1 (NC) CLARKSON 3, Maine 2 (NC) ST. LAWRENCE 5, Providence 3 (NC) Saturday, January 13: Brown 2, UNION 2 (OT) DARTMOUTH 3, Princeton 2 Harvard 6, RPI 4 VERMONT 4, Yale 3 CLARKSON 5, Providence 4 (NC) Colgate 4, ARMY 3 (NC) Maine 5, ST. LAWRENCE 0 (NC) ECAC standings as of 1/15/96: League Overall Team W L T Pts GF GA W L T Pts GF GA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermont 8 0 1 17 37 18 14 3 2 30 78 48 St. Lawrence 7 1 1 15 45 30 11 7 1 23 74 75 Colgate 6 2 2 14 45 30 9 7 2 20 75 65 Clarkson 6 2 1 13 42 26 12 5 2 26 78 57 Cornell 5 2 3 13 44 34 7 6 3 17 56 65 Harvard 7 5 1 13 49 40 8 9 1 17 61 59 Brown 3 5 4 10 36 41 4 7 5 13 53 60 RPI 3 6 1 7 31 38 5 13 2 12 73 77 Dartmouth 3 6 0 6 19 33 4 11 1 9 41 70 Union 2 6 2 6 27 36 4 10 3 11 45 53 Yale 3 9 0 6 28 53 5 11 0 10 40 61 Princeton 1 10 2 4 32 56 3 14 3 9 52 84 Ivy League standings as of 1/15/96: Team W L T Pts GF GA ------------------------------------------- Harvard 5 2 0 10 31 19 Cornell 4 0 1 9 24 14 Dartmouth 3 2 0 6 14 14 Yale 2 4 0 4 17 25 Brown 2 4 0 4 18 23 Princeton 1 5 1 3 19 28 A bit of an abbreviated schedule this week, as Harvard and Princeton go on break until the end of the month: Wednesday, January 17: Cornell at Colgate Yale at Merrimack (NC) Friday, January 19: Dartmouth at Clarkson Vermont at St. Lawrence Brown at Air Force (NC) Saturday, January 20: Colgate at Cornell Dartmouth at St. Lawrence Union at RPI Vermont at Clarkson Brown at Air Force (NC) Sunday, January 21: Army at Yale (NC) Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask] (temporarily) HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.