> From: "Rowe, Thomas" <[log in to unmask]> > > Kevin Ames wrote: > > "The split against the Sioux kept > > Minnesota in a tie for first place in the WCHA > > standings." > > I thought the Wisconsin Badgers took two games from Alaska-Anchorage so > are undefeated. Or, has ND and Minn played more WCHA games? I haven't > seen any standings yet. the wcha and uscho apparently have decided to count total wcha points only in determining standings. This is correct if every team has played the same quantity of wcha games, but is probably biased against teams that have played fewer games. Baseball solves this problem with the notion of half-games behind I've suggested a points per game stat in the past WCHA Overall GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA =================================================== 1 Colorado College 2 2-0-0 4 9-5 || 4 3-0-1 27-14 Wisconsin 2 2-0-0 4 7-3 || 2 2-0-0 7-3 Minnesota 4 2-2-0 4 16-14 || 6 3-3-0 20-22 Minnesota-Duluth 4 2-2-0 4 12-14 || 6 3-3-0 20-22 5 Denver 2 1-1-0 2 9-7 || 4 2-2-0 16-13 North Dakota 2 1-1-0 2 8-8 || 2 1-1-0 8-8 St Cloud 2 1-1-0 2 6-6 || 6 2-3-1 16-17 Michigan Tech 4 1-3-0 2 12-18 || 7 3-3-1 33-27 9 Alaska-Anchorage 2 0-2-0 0 3-7 || 7 0-6-1 13-29 I'd rather see WCHA Overall GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA ppg =================================================== 1 Colorado College 2 2-0-0 4 9-5 2.00 || 4 3-0-1 27-14 Wisconsin 2 2-0-0 4 7-3 2.00 || 2 2-0-0 7-3 3 Minnesota 4 2-2-0 4 16-14 1.00 || 6 3-3-0 20-22 Minnesota-Duluth 4 2-2-0 4 12-14 1.00 || 6 3-3-0 20-22 Denver 2 1-1-0 2 9-7 1.00 || 4 2-2-0 16-13 North Dakota 2 1-1-0 2 8-8 1.00 || 2 1-1-0 8-8 St Cloud 2 1-1-0 2 6-6 1.00 || 6 2-3-1 16-17 8 Michigan Tech 4 1-3-0 2 12-18 0.50 || 7 3-3-1 33-27 9 Alaska-Anchorage 2 0-2-0 0 3-7 0.00 || 7 0-6-1 13-29 charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369 http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~cdash HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.