ECAC Pick the Standings 2021-2022

[lugnut92]

We're back! With more than four teams taking the ice this season, it's time to bring back the (mostly) annual ECAC Pick the Standings Contest. In the absence of our very own little bubble season, Go Puckman remains our reigning champion and will strive to defend their title. As always, the contest is easy. Pick the ECAC Standings at the end of the 2021-22 season in order from 1-12 (no ties). Playoff seedings determine the position of the teams in case of a regular season tie.
Scoring is unchanged from last year. In short, you will receive a score based on the square of the distance from your picks to the actual standings (e.g., if you pick a team in 4th but they finish in 7th, you get (7-4)² or 9 points). Sum those up for the twelve ECAC teams and you'll have a score between 0 and 572. The entrant with the lowest score will be our winner.
You have until the puck drops on the first ECAC contests (RPI at Union; Friday, 29 October at 7 PM EDT) to get your picks in.

Tie breakers are:

Pick correctly the ECACHL Regular Season Champ.
Have the most teams in the correct order of finish.
Have the most top 6 teams in the correct order of finish.
I will flip a coin.

You can change your picks at any time up till the drop of the puck of the first league game, however DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL PICKS. Just put up a new post with your change.

Here are the past winners and biggest losers since 2002:

Year        Winner          Pts   Last Place           Pts
2002-2003   Ken Schott       50   jen                  288
2003-2004   inobmaz          70   Earl Leatherland     300
2004-2005   snwbrdr          82   RPIBMW               330
2005-2006   Red Cloud        26   Papa Smurf           226
2006-2007   Slumulva         98   The Random Number    434
2007-2008   TchrBill        128   The Random Number    420
2008-2009   Union93          48   cudmud               286
2009-2010   Saints17         70   Chefvad and petal    354
2010-2011   Go Puckman       44   sgt12                268
2011-2012   Kepler           76   The Random Number    314
2012-2013   Go Puckman      150   cudmud               372
2013-2014   KnucklePuck CU  100   Old Time Hockey      274
2014-2015   DrDemento        92   lugnut92             302
2015-2016   jmhusker         24   ColSkate65           274
2016-2017   jstadts          64   Rjm7272              372
2017-2018   goldenbriggsy    78   RPI Standings Board  448
2018-2019   FlagDUDE08       68   lugnut92             224
2019-2020   Go Puckman       12   The Random Number    282

I'll post updates each week so everyone can keep track of their standing as the year progresses. Good luck everyone!

[lugnut92]

And kicking us off, the automatic entrants:

Dr. Two Years Ago
1. Cornell
2. Clarkson
3. Quinnipiac
4. RPI
5. Harvard
6. Dartmouth
7. Yale
8. Colgate
9. Brown
10. Union
11. Princeton
12. SLU

The Media
1. Clarkson
2. Harvard
3. Quinnipiac
4. Cornell
5. Colgate
6. SLU
7. RPI
8. Dartmouth
9. Yale
10. Brown
11. Union
12. Princeton

The Coaches
1. Quinnipiac
2. Clarkson
3. Harvard
4. Cornell
5. SLU
6. Colgate
7. Dartmouth
8. RPI
9. Union
10. Yale
11. Princeton
12. Brown
(Note: I know RPI and Union technically tied, but the ECAC lists RPI first in their press release, so I'm putting them 8th).

and The Random Number
1. Yale
2. Cornell
3. Princeton
4. Colgate
5. RPI
6. Dartmouth
7. Brown
8. Quinnipiac
9. SLU
10. Harvard
11. Clarkson
12. Union

[CLKHockey]

1) Quinnipiac
2) Harvard
3) Clarkson
4) SLU
5) Cornell
6) Colgate
7) RPI
8) Dartmouth
9) Yale
10) Union
11) Princeton
12) Brown

[iowabasedtraveler]

1. Cornell
2. Quinnipiac
3. Harvard
4. Clarkson
5. Colgate
6. SLU
7. RPI
8. Dartmouth
9. Yale
10. Princeton
11. Brown
12. Union

[Ralph Baer]

1 Quinnipiac
2 Clarkson
3 Cornell
4 Harvard
5 RPI
6 SLU
7 Colgate
8 Dartmouth
9 Union
10 Brown
11 Princeton
12 Yale

[sezenack]

1 Quinnipiac
2 Clarkson
3 Cornell
4 Harvard
5 RPI
6 SLU
7 Dartmouth
8 Union
9 Princeton
10 Yale

I think you pressed enter a little early Ralph

[drshoen]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Clarkson
3. Harvard
4. Cornell
5. St. Lawrence
6. Colgate
7. RPI
8. Dartmouth
9. Princeton
10.Union
11.Yale
12.Brown

[Ralph Baer]

I think you pressed enter a little early Ralph

Thanks. It's fixed.

[slumulva88]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Harvard
3. St. Lawrence
4. Clarkson
5. Cornell
6. Colgate
7. RPI
8. Princeton
9. Union
10. Dartmouth
11. Yale
12. Brown

[sezenack]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Clarkson
3. Cornell
4. Harvard
5. SLU
6. RPI
7. Colgate
8. Union
9. Brown
10. Dartmouth
11. Princeton
12. Yale

[lugnut92]

Bumping to the top!

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Here are the statistics so far (not including the Random Number and Dr. Two Years Ago; n=8):

Team       | Mean?SD  | Median(Range) |
---------------------------------------
Quinnipiac |  1.4?0.7 |   1   ( 1- 3) |
Clarkson   |  2.5?1.1 |   2   ( 1- 4) |
Harvard    |  2.9?0.8 |   3   ( 2- 4) |
Cornell    |  3.6?1.3 |   4   ( 1- 5) |
SLU        |  5.0?1.1 |   5   ( 3- 6) |
Colgate    |  6.0?0.8 |   6   ( 5- 7) |
RPI        |  6.8?0.9 |   7   ( 5- 8) |
Dartmouth  |  8.4?1.1 |   8   ( 7-10) |
Union      |  9.8?1.3 |   9.5 ( 8-12) |
Yale       | 10.4?1.3 |  10.5 ( 9-12) |
Princeton  | 10.4?1.3 |  11   ( 8-12) |
Brown      | 11.0?1.2 |  11.5 ( 9-12) |

[Dutchman]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Cornell
3. Clarkson
4. Harvard
5. St. Lawrence
6. Colgate
7. Dartmouth
8. RPI
9. Princeton
10. Union
11. Brown
12. Yale

[Rainman]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Clarkson
3. Colgate
4. Cornell
5. Harvard
6. St. Lawrence
7. RPI
8. Union
9. Yale
10. Dartmouth
11. Brown
12. Princeton

[GoldenBear]

1. Q'pac
2. Cornell
3. Harvard
4. St. Lawrence
5. clarkson
6. 'Gate
7. RPI
8. Dartmouth
9. Union
10. Yale
11. Brown
12. Princeton

[cudmud]

1. Quinnipiac
2. Cornell
3. Clarkson
4. Harvard
5. Colgate
6. RPI
7. SLU
8. Dartmouth
9. Yale
10. Princeton
11. Union
12. Brown