This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Feb. 28, 2008

USCHO Newsbot · 02-28-2008, 06:30 PM

Doing the Math It's been a wild and wacky season in Atlantic Hockey, and as we head into the final weekend, the final 10 games of the regular season, there's still much to be decided. For example, we could end with a four-way tie for first place, and Air Force and RIT are able to finish anywhere from first to fifth. Army, Sacred Heart, RIT and Air Force have locked up home ice for the first ...

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Give My Regards · 03-02-2008, 12:12 AM

Not as convoluted a mess as the ECAC tiebreakers, but impressive nonetheless. Question on tiebreakers 4 through 6:

4. Goal differential
5. Goals allowed
6. Goals scored

These presumably apply to league competition only, since it wouldn't make sense to throw non-league games into the mix. That being the case, if two teams have the same goal differential (goals scored minus goals allowed), and they've allowed the same number of goals, then would they not have also scored the same number of goals?

Chris Lerch · 03-02-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Give My Regards

Not as convoluted a mess as the ECAC tiebreakers, but impressive nonetheless. Question on tiebreakers 4 through 6:

4. Goal differential
5. Goals allowed
6. Goals scored

These presumably apply to league competition only, since it wouldn't make sense to throw non-league games into the mix. That being the case, if two teams have the same goal differential (goals scored minus goals allowed), and they've allowed the same number of goals, then would they not have also scored the same number of goals?

Yes, it is just league games that are included. And yes, the sixth criteria makes no sense to me, either.