5Pct

5-Year Winning Percentage: 1991-92 through 1995-96

Streaks of winning (and losing) seasons are quite common in the ECAC. Among the likely factors contributing to this are: the protracted effect of one or two consecutive dominant recruiting classes; exploitation of a strong local talent pool; natural recruiting advantages due to historical success of a program; popularity and positive reputation of a coach and his staff; and academic attractiveness of the university.

Clarkson, for example, has posted a winning record every season since 1962, while Dartmouth has been submerged under .500 since 1982. Sometimes dramatic changes do occur: St. Lawrence and RPI have divided their time fairly evenly between being competitive and terrible; Yale has interrupted a distinguished history of losing with an occasional trip to the league elite. And of course, Cornell has been undercover among the achievement-challenged for the past three seasons, after racking up 27 winning seasons out of the previous 31.

5Pct -- 5-Year Winning Pct, 1992-96
Team W L T Pts 5Pct
Clarkson 70 26 14 154 .750
Harvard 66 29 15 147 .668
Vermont 58 37 15 131 .595
St. Lawrence 60 44 6 126 .573
Brown 53 40 17 123 .559
Colgate 55 48 7 117 .532
RPI 50 46 14 114 .518
Cornell 44 48 18 106 .482
Yale 38 57 15 91 .414
Princeton 36 61 13 85 .386
Dartmouth 29 74 7 65 .295
Union 25 74 11 61 .277