Now that most OOC games have been concluded, here's a history of the last 8 seasons. With the shake-up out West, these data most likely will not be valid after this season. Prof - I realize the 1st column is an average of averages, so please excuse the statistical ignorance.
Draw your own conclusions. For those of you with enough staying power to recall the outrage over the NE's autobid, it has been one of the factors that has improved the league overall
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League Avg 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 NCHA 0.717 0.580 0.728 0.659 0.773 0.745 0.708 0.736 0.806 ECAC/W 0.693 0.770 0.683 0.719 0.640 0.516 0.754 0.730 0.729 NESCAC 0.570 0.610 0.489 0.504 0.556 0.667 0.554 0.602 0.578 ECAC/E 0.537 0.450 0.575 0.599 0.529 0.447 0.500 0.537 0.655 SUNYAC 0.509 0.420 0.573 0.500 0.542 0.590 0.512 0.494 0.439 MASCAC 0.507 0.468 0.628 0.469 0.463 MIAC 0.409 0.550 0.342 0.450 0.353 0.438 0.418 0.456 0.264 ECAC/NE 0.319 0.240 0.303 0.128 0.247 0.417 0.355 0.404 0.457 NE-10 0.253 0.308 0.183 0.260 0.260 MCHA 0.249 0.170 0.304 0.250 0.167 0.132 0.345 0.237 0.386