ECAC Playoffs

[billhoward]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:  let me rephrase that, we play the lowest remaining seed. i was assuming that 10, 11, 12 (rpi pton yale) are gonna get swept, leaving the winner of 8/9.[/q]Lots of years there's one upset in the first round of 5 v 12, 6 v 11, 7 v 10, and 8 v 9 and Cornell as #1 in the RS gets to play the lowest survivor, so it's always possible we could be playing a hot-for-two-games team such as Princeton or Yale -- a team that based on the RS scores doesn't match up well against Cornell. And that's the advantage of being #1 in the RS, getting the lowest survivor of the first round ... and not having to play the #2 on Friday in the ECAC semis ... and getting the early game (either enforced or you get to pick it) on Friday. Those little things add up to be a decent advantage.

[Trotsky]

Records by First Round Matchup in the 12-team ERA

05 vs 12: 4-0 in games, 2-0 in series
06 vs 11: 2-2 in games, 1-1 in series
07 vs 10: 0-4 in games, 0-2 in series
08 vs 09: 2-3 in games, 1-1 in series

2005 Matchups by Points Differential

05 vs 12: 28-07 +21 Dartmouth over Yale
06 vs 11: 20-13 +07 Brown over RPI
07 vs 10: 19-14 +05 SLU over Princeton
08 vs 09: 17-16 +01 Union over Clarkson

My money's on Princeton, Clarkson or Union advancing to Lynah.

[puff]

From judging the success of the 7 vs. 10 the past couple years, you gotta give princeton a chance.

[KenP]

Number of Whitelaw Trophies Won:

Cornell      10
Harvard       7
St. Lawrence  6
Clarkson      4
Rensslear     3
Colgate       1
Princeton     1
Teams that defected to the Hockey East  11

Brown, Dartmouth, Union, Vermont and Yale have never won the ECAC Tournament.

[Trotsky]

Graphically: http://www.tbrw.info/ecac/ecacTournyChampsByTeam.htm

[KenP]

A couple of interesting non-dynasty spans...
In the first 6 years of the ECAC, 6 different teams won the title.
In the 8 years from 1977 through 1984, 8 different teams won the title.