Here are the standings in the ECAC with one game remaining: ECAC Ivy W- L-T PF-PA-PR Pct W-L-T PF-PA-PR Pct 1 Yale 16- 4-1 33- 9- 2 .786 7-2-1 15- 5- 0 .750 2 Clarkson 15- 4-2 32-10- 2 .762 3 RPI 11- 6-4 26-16- 2 .619 4 Brown 11- 9-1 23-19- 2 .548 5-5-0 10-10- 0 .500 5 Colgate 9- 9-3 21-21- 2 .500 6 Cornell 9-11-1 19-23- 2 .452 6-4-0 12- 8- 0 .600 Princeton 7- 9-5 19-23- 2 .452 4-5-1 9-11- 0 .450 Harvard 9-11-1 19-23- 2 .452 3-5-1 7-11- 2 .389 9 Dartmouth 7-11-3 17-25- 2 .405 2-6-1 5-13- 2 .278 Vermont 7-11-3 17-25- 2 .405 11 St. Lawrence 7-12-2 16-26- 2 .381 12 Union 4-15-2 10-32- 2 .238 I think I've worked out all the tiebreakers, which are summarized in this chart; if team B's abbreviation appears in UPPERCASE in team A's row, then team A wins the tiebreaker; if it's lowercase, team A loses. So for instance, Yale loses the tiebreaker to Clarkson. Yale -- ck Yale Clrk YA -- Clrk RPI -- RPI Brwn -- CG Brwn Colg bn -- cr PR ha Colg Corn CG -- PR HA DA VT Corn Prin cg cr -- HA DA vt Prin Harv CG cr pr -- DA vt Harv Dart cr pr ha -- VT SL Dart UVM cr PR HA da -- SL UVM SLU da vt -- SLU Unin -- Unin These are the two-team tiebreakers. In three cases, the tiebreaker results are changed if a third team is involved: Princeton *wins* the tiebreaker with Vermont if Dartmouth and Harvard also finish tied with them. (Since Dartmouth plays Harvard, if one of them finishes with 19 points, they both will.) Dartmouth *wins* the tiebreaker with Harvard if Vermont also finishes ties with them. Princeton *wins* the tiebreaker with Colgate if Harvard also finishes tied with them. These exceptions can be summarized as Prin>Dart>UVM>Harv Dart>UVM>Harv Prin>Harv>Colg (Cornell may also be involved in the first two ties, but we know they winn all of their tiebreakers.) This means that the magic numbers of points for each team to beat each other team are: Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Ha Da Vt SL Un Yale 33- 9 -- 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yale Clrk 32-10 3 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clrk RPI 26-16 xx xx -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RPI Brwn 23-19 xx xx xx -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brwn Colg 21-21 xx xx xx xx -- 1 0+ 1 0 0 0 0 Colg Corn 19-23 xx xx xx xx 4 -- 2 2 0 0 0 0 Corn Prin 19-23 xx xx xx xx 5- 3 -- 2 0 1- 0 0 Prin Harv 19-23 xx xx xx xx 4 3 3 -- 0+ 1 0 0 Harv Dart 17-25 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 5- -- 2 1 0 Dart UVM 17-25 xx xx xx xx xx xx 4+ 3 3 -- 1 0 UVM SLU 16-26 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 4 4 -- 0 SLU Unin 10-32 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx -- Unin Ya Ck RP Bn Cg Cr Pn Ha Da Vt SL Un For instance, Yale's magic number with Clarkson is 2, so they need a win, a Clarkson loss, or a pair of ties to wrap up the regular season title. The +es and -es are just those cases where involvement of other teams can change the outcome of a tiebreaker. So Princeton's magic number with Vermont is 1, unless Dartouth beats Harvard, in which case it's zero. The magic numbers and head-to-head results at http://www.slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?nutshell have been updated. I may put the tiebreakers up there as well. 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.