SJHL Constitution 21.2
In the event that two or more clubs are tied with the same number of points, then the higher position shall be awarded to the club having won the greater number of games against each other. If the tie is still not broken, then the team with the greater number of wins shall be awarded the higher position. Should the clubs be tied in all the foregoing departments, then the higher position shall be awarded to the club having the best goals against average.
So... in English
1) Head-to-Head WINS
2) Overall WINS
3) Overall Goals Against
1) Head-to-Head: TIED
The Mils and Notre Dame both went 3-2-1 against eachother. Even if Melville was 3-2-1 and Notre Dame was 3-3, that would still be tied, as it's WINS head-to-head, not POINTS.
2) Overall WINS: Melville
Melville (23) has two more wins than Notre Dame (21), and they're tied in points (49)... and win Notre Dame having just 3 games left, it'd be impossible for them to tie the Mils in wins AND points (if the Hounds equal Melville's wins, they'll be ahead of them in points, and get 5th outright). In short, the Millionaires own the tie-breaker, due to having more overall wins.
3) Goals Against Average: Notre Dame
Whatever that means! I assume that just means overall goals against. Notre Dame would own that one, but it won't come down to it. Not sure why the word 'average' is in there, since everyone plays 58 games. Maybe just incase one team has a game cancelled that they absolutely can't make up, then it comes down to average.
Basically, all we need to know, is Melville holds the tie-breaker if they end up tied for 5th... not the other way around when we all thought goals-for-and-against head to head came into play.
Melville pulled Zach Rakochy to try to score to lose by 2... while Notre Dame took a timeout while up 3-0 to stress the importance of winning by 3.
Everyone's on the same page now!
Coach Jamie Fiesel and I talked about it on today's Millionaires Coach's Show.
1 comment:
Would the use of goals against AVERAGE not include minutes? meaning that if one team, for example played more overtime minutes they'd have a lower GAA over the course of a season, even if both teams let in the same amount of goals over the 58 game schedule. Just a thought. The odds of two teams playing 58 games and having 1]tied head to head, 2]tied for wins in the regualar sched and 3] let in the same # of goals in 58 games are not good. But if all threee of those hapened, it's even less likely that they'd do all three of those things and play the same number of ovetime minutes
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