ECAC Playoff Possibilities entering the Final Night

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See also

• The ECAC Tiebreaker System
• The ECAC Playoff Possibilities Script
• The ECAC Finish in a Nutshell

Clarkson (31 Points)

Tonight

Princeton, Quinnipiac

Possible Finish

First

Tiebreakers

Irrelevant

Possibilities

Will finish first

Princeton (28 Points)

Tonight

At St. Lawrence

Possible Finish

Second

Tiebreakers

Irrelevant

Possibilities

Will finish second

Harvard (25 Points)

Tonight

At Cornell

Possible Finish

Third, Fourth, or Fifth

On Their Own

Tiebreakers

Beat Union and Cornell

Possibilities

With a win, finish third

With a tie:

• Finish third if Union lose or tie
• Finish fourth if Union win

With a loss:

• Finish fourth if Union lose
• Finish fifth if Union tie or win

Union (25 Points)

Tonight

At Brown

Possible Finish

Third, Fourth, or Fifth

Tiebreakers

Beat Cornell; lose to Harvard

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish third if Harvard lose to or tie Cornell
• Finish fourth if Harvard beat Cornell

With a tie, finish fourth

With a loss:

• Finish fourth if Cornell lose to Harvard
• Finish fifth if Cornell tie or beat Harvard

Cornell (25 Points)

Tonight

Harvard

Possible Finish

Third, Fourth, or Fifth

Tiebreakers

Lose to Harvard and Union

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish third if Union lose or tie
• Finish fourth if Union win

With a tie:

• Finish fourth if Union lose
• Finish fifth if Union tie or win

With a loss, finish fifth

Quinnipiac (22 Points)

Tonight

At Clarkson

Possible Finish

Sixth or Seventh

Tiebreakers

Beat Yale; lose a two-way tiebreaker with Colgate, but win if also tied with Yale

Possibilities

With a win, finish sixth

With a tie:

• Finish sixth if Colgate lose or tie
• Finish seventh if Colgate win

With a loss:

• Finish sixth if Colgate lose
• Finish sixth if Colgate tie and Yale win
• Finish seventh if Colgate tie and Yale lose or tie
• Finish seventh if Colgate win

Colgate (21 Points)

Tonight

Dartmouth

Possible Finish

Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth

Tiebreakers

Lose to Yale; win a two-way tiebreaker with Quinnipiac, but lose if also tied with Yale

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish sixth if Quinnipiac lose or tie
• Finish seventh if Quinnipiac win

With a tie:

• Finish sixth if Yale lose or tie and Quinnipiac lose
• Finish seventh if Yale lose or tie and Quinnipiac win or tie
• Finish eighth if Yale win

With a loss:

• Finish seventh if Yale lose
• Finish eighth if Yale win or tie

Yale (20 Points)

Tonight

RPI

Possible Finish

Seventh or Eighth

Tiebreakers

Beat Colgate; lose to Quinnipiac

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish seventh if Colgate lose or tie
• Finish eighth if Colgate win

With a tie:

• Finish seventh if Colgate lose
• Finish eighth if Colgate win or tie

With a loss, finish eighth

RPI (15 Points)

Tonight

At Yale

Possible Finish

Ninth or Tenth

Tiebreakers

Beat St. Lawrence, Brown and Dartmouth

Possibilities

With a win or tie, finish ninth

With a loss:

• Finish ninth if St. Lawrence lose or tie
• Finish tenth if St. Lawrence win

St. Lawrence (14 Points)

Tonight

Princeton

Possible Finish

Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth

Tiebreakers

Beat Dartmouth, lose to RPI and Brown

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish ninth if RPI lose
• Finish tenth if RPI win or tie

With a tie:

• Finish tenth if Brown lose or tie
• Finish eleventh if Brown win

With a loss:

• Finish tenth if Brown lose and Dartmouth lose or tie
• Finish eleventh if Brown lose and Dartmouth win
• Finish eleventh if Brown win or tie and Dartmouth lose or tie
• Finish twelfth if Brown win or tie and Dartmouth win

Brown (13 Points)

Tonight

Union

Possible Finish

Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth

Tiebreakers

Beat St. Lawrence and Dartmouth

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish tenth if Dartmouth lose or tie
• Finish eleventh if Dartmouth win

With a tie:

• Finish tenth if St. Lawrence lose or tie and Dartmouth lose or tie
• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence lose or tie and Dartmouth win
• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence win and Dartmouth lose or tie
• Finish twelfth if St. Lawrence win and Dartmouth win

With a loss:

• Finish eleventh if Dartmouth lose
• Finish twelfth if Dartmouth win or tie

Dartmouth (13 Points)

Tonight

At Colgate

Possible Finish

Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth

Tiebreakers

Lose to RPI, Brown, and St. Lawrence.

Possibilities

With a win:

• Finish tenth if St. Lawrence lose and Brown lose or tie
• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence lose and Brown win
• Finish eleventh if St. Lawrence win or tie and Brown lose or tie
• Finish twelfth if St. Lawrence win or tie and Brown win

With a tie:

• Finish eleventh if Brown lose
• Finish twelfth if Brown win or tie

With a loss, finish twelfth