5Pct

5-Year Winning Percentage: 1992-93 through 1996-97

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. Even Cornell went slumming among the achievement-challenged for three seasons, with tremendous success both immediately before and after. 

Team         	 W	 L	 T	Pts	5Pct

Clarkson	72	25	13	157	.714
Vermont		61	34	15	137	.623
Harvard		62	37	11	135	.614
RPI		56	41	13	125	.568
Colgate		54	46	10	118	.536
Cornell		48	46	16	112	.509
St. Lawrence	50	50	10	110	.500
Brown		47	48	15	109	.495
Princeton	38	57	15	 91	.414
Union		34	63	13	 81	,368
Yale		33	67	10	 76	.345
Dartmouth	31	72	 7	 69	.314