5Pct

5-Year Winning Percentage: 1994-95 through 1998-99

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
Brown		38	55	17	 93	.423
Clarkson	81	22	 7	169	.768
Colgate		56	41	13	125	.568
Cornell		54	42	14	122	.555
Dartmouth	31	68	11	 73	.332
Harvard		48	55	 7	103	.468
Princeton	45	49	16	106	.482
RPI		53	43	14	120	.545
SLU		53	44	13	119	.541
Union		26	69	15	 67	.305
Vermont		55	41	14	124	.564
Yale		44	55	11	 99	.450