Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Down the Stretch

This is the third part of my series about the importance of the third period. This time I'll be looking at what happened in games where a team went into the third period with the score tied.

We'll start again with the CCHA.

Alaska-Fairbanks: 2-1-1
Bowling Green: 1-3-0
Ferris State: 2-2-4
Lake Superior: 4-0-2
Miami: 3-1-0
Michigan: 0-2-3
Michigan State: 2-2-4
Nebraska-Omaha: 1-1-2
Northern Michigan: 0-0-2
Notre Dame: 0-1-0
Ohio State: 1-2-2
Western Michigan: 1-2-2

Aside from Lake Superior on the good side, and Michigan on the bad side, things are pretty equally spread out. I think that speaks to the parity you see in the CCHA.

And now for the WCHA.

Alaska-Anchorage: 1-4-2
Colorado College: 2-2-1
Denver: 4-2-1
Michigan Tech: 2-1-2
Minnesota: 4-1-1
Minnesota-Duluth: 2-2-3
Minnesota State: 2-0-3
North Dakota: 1-2-0
St. Cloud: 2-6-0
Wisconsin: 1-1-1

The top two teams in the league ended up being the top two in this stat. St. Cloud was terrible in this stat, and maybe if they had been a little better, they might have made the NCAA tournament.

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