The ECAC (and Ivy) Men's League Standings with one week to go: ECAC Ivy W- L-T PF-PA-PR Pct W-L-T PF-PA-PR Pct 1 Yale 15- 4-1 31- 9- 4 .775 7-2-1 15- 5- 0 .750 2 Clarkson 14- 4-2 30-10- 4 .750 3 RPI 10- 6-4 24-16- 4 .600 4 Brown 10- 9-1 21-19- 4 .525 4-5-0 8-10- 2 .444 Colgate 9- 8-3 21-19- 4 .525 6 Cornell 9-10-1 19-21- 4 .475 6-4-0 12- 8- 0 .600 Princeton 7- 8-5 19-21- 4 .475 4-5-1 9-11- 0 .450 8 Vermont 7-10-3 17-23- 4 .425 Harvard 8-11-1 17-23- 4 .425 3-5-1 7-11- 2 .389 Dartmouth 7-10-3 17-23- 4 .425 2-5-1 5-11- 4 .313 11 St. Lawrence 6-12-2 14-26- 4 .350 12 Union 4-14-2 10-30- 4 .250 Want to have fun working out the tie breakers? Here are the head-to-head points for each pair of teams (an asterisk indicates that the teams are playing this weekend): Mar6-7 Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un Yale 31- 9 @Un/RP -- 2 *2 2 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 *2 Yale Clrk 30-10 Cg/Cr 2 -- 2 4 *1 *0 2 4 4 4 4 3 Clrk RPI 24-16 Pn/Ya *0 2 -- 1 1 4 *1 2 4 4 2 3 RPI Brwn 21-19 @Ck/SL 2 0 3 -- 2 2 2 *0 0 *2 4 4 Brwn Colg 21-19 @Da/Vt 0 *1 3 2 -- 2 2 4 0 3 *2 2 Colg Corn 19-21 @SL/Ck 0 *2 0 2 2 -- 4 3 4 2 *0 0 Corn Prin 19-21 @Vt/Da 0 2 *1 2 2 0 -- 1 3 4 2 *2 Prin UVM 17-23 @RP/Un 2 0 2 *2 0 1 3 -- *2 1 2 2 UVM Harv 17-23 Bn/Ha 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 *0 -- *2 2 4 Harv Dart 17-23 Ha/Bn 3 0 0 *0 1 2 0 3 *0 -- 4 4 Dart SLU 14-26 Cr/Cg 0 0 2 0 *0 *2 2 2 2 0 -- 4 SLU Unin 10-30 Ya/Pn *0 1 1 0 2 4 *0 2 0 0 0 -- Unin Mar6-7 Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un And here are the magic numbers (out of a possible 8 points) for each pair of teams. Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un Yale 31- 9 -- 3. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yale Clrk 30-10 5. -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clrk RPI 24-16 xx xx -- 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RPI Brwn 21-19 xx xx 7 -- 4. 2. 2. 0. 1- 0. 0 0 Brwn Colg 21-19 xx xx 7 4. -- 2. 2. 0+ 1- 0+ 0 0 Colg Corn 19-21 xx xx xx 6. 6. -- 4+ 2+ 2+ 2. 0 0 Corn Prin 19-21 xx xx xx 6. 6. 5- -- 3- 2+ 2+ 0 0 Prin UVM 17-23 xx xx xx 8. 9- 7- 6+ -- 4. 5- 1. 0 UVM Harv 17-23 xx xx xx 8+ 8+ 7- 7- 4. -- 4. 1. 0 Harv Dart 17-23 xx xx xx 8. 9- 6. 7- 4+ 4. -- 1+ 0 Dart SLU 14-26 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 7. 7. 8- -- 0 SLU Unin 10-30 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx -- Unin Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Vt Ha Da SL Un Here's what it means. If there's just a number, like 2 or 0, that's the number of points a team needs to finish above another team. If there's a '+' or '-', it means the team with the '+' in its row beats the team with the '-' in the first tie breaker, head-to-head. However, if there is a third (or more) team in the tie, the tie breaker might go the other way. If it is determined that it's not possible for extra teams to change the outcome of the tie breaker, the '+' and '-' can be removed. I've done this for the RPI/Brown, RPI/Colgate and SLU/Union tiebreakers because they were easy. I may not get to the others, with all the other things on my plate. Anyone? If there's a '.' after a number, it means that the head-to-head tie breaker is unresolved. Again, given an unlimited amount of time I'd work out those tie breakers, and +/- would mean a two-way tiebreaker is settled but not three or more, while '.' would mean the tiebreaker is definitely unresolved. Major bragging rights for the first person to resolve the possible six-way tie (which would cover fourth through eighth places!). These tables will be updated on the web at http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/nutframe.html once the machine is back up. John Whelan, Cornell '91 Official Scorer/PA Announcer U of Utah Ice Hockey Club <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/joe.html> HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.