ECAC Playoff Possibilities

© 1999, Joe Schlobotnik (archives)

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See also

• The ECAC Playoff Possibilities Script
• The ECAC Race in a Nutshell
• ECAC tiebreakers

Clarkson:

Tonight:

at Cornell.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Clinch first with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to St. Lawrence.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish first.

With a tie, finish first if St. Lawrence lose or tie, otherwise second.

With a loss, finish first if St. Lawrence lose, otherwise second

St. Lawrence:

Tonight:

at Colgate.

Possible Finish:

First or Second.

On Their Own:

Already clinched second.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Clarkson.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish first if Clarkson lose or tie, otherwise second.

With a tie, finish first if Clarkson lose, otherwise second.

With a loss, finish second.

RPI:

Tonight:

at Yale.

Possible Finish:

Third or Fourth

On Their Own:

Clinch third with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Princeton, win against Yale.

Possibilities:

With a win or tie, finish third

With a loss, finish third if Princeton lose or tie, otherwise fourth.

Princeton:

Tonight:

Union

Possible Finish:

Third, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth.

On Their Own:

Clinch fourth with a win, fifth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Win against RPI, Yale and Colgate.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish third if RPI lose, otherwise fourth.

With a tie, finish fourth if Yale lose or tie, otherwise fifth.

With a loss:

• Finish fourth if Yale lose and Colgate lose or tie.
• Finish fifth if Yale lose and Colgate win, or Yale win or tie and Colgate lose or tie.
• Finish sixth if Yale win or tie and Colgate win.

Yale:

Tonight:

RPI

Possible Finish:

Fourth, Fifth or Sixth.

On Their Own:

Clinch fifth with a win or tie.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to RPI and Princeton, win against Colgate.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish fourth if Princeton lose or tie, otherwise fifth.

With a tie, finish fourth if Princeton lose, otherwise fifth.

With a loss, finish fifth if Colgate lose or tie, otherwise sixth.

Colgate:

Tonight:

St. Lawrence

Possible Finish:

Fourth, Fifth or Sixth.

On Their Own:

Already clinched sixth.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Princeton and Yale.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish fourth if Princeton and Yale both lose.
• Finish fifth if Princeton or Yale lose, but not both.
• Finish sixth if neither Princeton nor Yale lose.

With a loss or tie, finish sixth.

Cornell:

Tonight:

Clarkson.

Possible Finish:

Seventh.

Tiebreakers:

Irrelevant.

Possibilities:

Will finish seventh.

Harvard:

Tonight:

Dartmouth

Possible Finish:

Eighth, Ninth or Tenth.

On Their Own:

Clinch eighth with a win, ninth with a tie.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Vermont; Win against Dartmouth if also tied with Vermont or if Colgate are not in the top five, otherwise lose.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish eighth.

With a tie, finish eighth if Vermont lose or tie, otherwise ninth.

With a loss:

• Finish eighth if Vermont lose.
• Finish tenth if Vermont win or tie, Colgate win, and Yale and/or Princeton lose.
• Otherwise, ninth.

Vermont:

Tonight:

at Brown

Possible Finish:

Eighth or Ninth.

On Their Own:

Already clinched ninth.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Harvard, win against Dartmouth.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish eighth if Harvard lose or tie, otherwise ninth.

With a tie, finish eighth if Harvard lose, otherwise ninth.

With a loss, finish ninth.

Dartmouth:

Tonight:

at Harvard

Possible Finish:

Ninth, Tenth or Eleventh.

On Their Own:

Clinch tenth with a win.

Tiebreakers:

Lose to Vermont and Brown; Lose against Harvard if also tied with Vermont or if Colgate are not in the top five, otherwise win.

Possibilities:

With a win:

• Finish ninth if Vermont win or tie, Colgate win, and Yale and/or Princeton lose.
• Otherwise, tenth.

With a tie, finish tenth if Brown lose or tie, otherwise eleventh.

With a loss, finish tenth if Brown lose, otherwise eleventh.

Brown:

Tonight:

Vermont

Possible Finish:

Tenth or Eleventh.

On Their Own:

Already clinched eleventh.

Tiebreakers:

Win against Dartmouth.

Possibilities:

With a win, finish tenth if Dartmouth lose or tie, otherwise eleventh.

With a tie, finish tenth if Dartmouth lose, otherwise eleventh.

With a loss, finish eleventh.

Union:

Tonight:

at Princeton.

Possible Finish:

Twelfth.

Tiebreakers:

Irrelevant.

Possibilities:

Will finish twelfth.