ECAC possibilities

[Dart~Ben]

These may not be 100% correct (especially Union through SLU), but here goes with my college try at the possible playoff seeds after tiebreakers:

y-Cornell: 1st-2nd
y-Harvard: 1st-2nd
x-Yale: 3rd-5th
x-Dartmouth: 3rd-7th
x-Brown: 3rd-7th
x-Union: 4th-8th
Clarkson: 4th-10th
Colgate: 6th-10th
Vermont: 7th-10th
St. Lawrence: 7th-10th
z-Rensselaer: 11th-12th
z-Princeton: 11th-12th

x home ice clinched
y 1st round bye clinched
z eliminated from home ice

Oddest Possible Scenario: Dartmouth and Yale tie for 3rd, Princeton and RPI tie for 11th, and then a 5-way tie for 6th (Union, Colgate, Clarkson, SLU, and UVM all tie with 20 points).

Thanks to TBRW? for providing the playoff possibilities script.

[Greg Berge]

It's John Whelan's script.  I'm just the messanger. :-)

[jtwcornell91]

Anybody care to figure out if Clarkson can beat SLU in a multi-team tiebreaker involving Colgate and Vermont?

[kingpin248]

In a tie between only those four teams:

Vermont wins the first application (8-4 PF-PA against the other three).
SLU wins the next (6 F, 2 A v. Clarkson and Colgate).
Clarkson wins the final application (swept Colgate).

None of these teams play each other on the final weekend, so this resolution won't change.

Throw Union into the mix, and the Dutchmen beat all the others on the first application (11 PF, 5 PA H2H). After that, the tie breaks as above.

Clarkson also loses to SLU on three team tiebreakers with each of the other three teams.

So the answer to John's question is "no."

[Jim Hyla]

Matt said:[Q]So the answer to John's question is "no."[/Q]But in coming up with the answer he answered John's question[Q]Anybody care to figure out if Clarkson can beat SLU in a multi-team tiebreaker involving Colgate and Vermont?[/Q], so the answer is yes.:-))

[jtwcornell91]

OTOH, Clarkson can beat Union in a four-way tiebreaker involving Colgate and Brown.  (Nailing down these things allows me to specify some tiebreaker resolutions by hand and eliminate the uncertainties in the magic number table.)

Of course, Fenwick will work it all out in a day or two. ;-)