RetD

Returning Defenseman Games Played

Excellence on the blueline often fails to correlate with any statistical indicator, so by tabulating games played we�re deferring to the coach�s judgment. Injuries and such tend to subvert this system, but, hey, give us a break....

RetD, the percentage of games played by defensemen last season for returning players divided by those of all defensemen, is our best guess for a defensive indicator: 

Team      	Ret	All	 RetD
Princeton	227	227	1.000
St. Lawrence	196	196	1.000
Union		179	179	1.000
Vermont		204	204	1.000
Colgate		190	208	 .913
Cornell		168	201	 .836
Harvard		145	198	 .732
Clarkson	134	190	 .705
Dartmouth	 98	147	 .667
RPI		112	212	 .528
Brown		 99	190	 .521
Yale		109	210	 .519