Torch Staff Report

The new points sys­tem for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) includes one major change from last season.

Each win, whether in reg­u­la­tion or over­time, is worth three points instead of two. If two teams are tied after over­time, then there will be a shootout.

Each team receives one point for reach­ing the shootout and the win­ner receives an addi­tional point for a total of two. Any loss in reg­u­la­tion or over­time gar­ners zero points.

Last sea­son, the CCHA was the first Division I col­lege hockey league to add a shootout after over­time in an effort to reflect more closely the NHL sys­tem. The CCHA stand­ings include four columns, while the over­all stand­ings still have three. An addi­tional col­umn denot­ing shootout wins (SW) indi­cates the num­ber of post-overtime vic­to­ries the team has.

If a team reaches the shootout, it is recorded as a tie in the over­all stand­ings whether they win or lose. When a team’s CCHA record is given, it may con­tain four columns instead of three depend­ing on whether or not they have won a shootout. The Bulldogs have a con­fer­ence record of 2−2−2−2. The team has played six con­fer­ence games, but there are eight num­bers in the stand­ings. The first three num­bers com­bined give the num­ber of games played.