5Pct

5-Year Winning Percentage: 1993-94 through 1997-98

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: Yale jumped from the bottom to the top of the ECAC in he last two seasons, and may well begin to head downwards again beginning with this one. 

Team         	 W	 L	 T	Pts	5Pct
Clarkson	76	23	11	163	.741
Vermont		58	34	18	134	.609
Colgate		54	43	13	121	.550
Harvard		56	45	 9	121	.550
Cornell		52	42	16	120	.545
RPI		52	42	16	120	.545
Brown		45	50	15	105	.477
St. Lawrence	46	54	10	102	.464
Princeton	39	53	18	 96	.436
Union		35	59	16	 86	.391
Yale		38	64	 9	 84	.382
Dartmouth	29	71	10	 68	.309