A few years back, the NCAA quietly made changes to the NCAA women’s hockey selection criteria that weren’t noticed by any of us until January of that same season. Thanks to the sharp eyes of one of the nation’s premier hockey writers, Nicole Haase, we’re at least aware of a minor recommended change for the upcoming season before the first drop of the puck that will apply to both the men and women.
According to the report of the NCAA Women’s Hockey Committee summer meetings, a formal recommendation has been put forth for RPI to be calculated differently for games that are decided in overtime:
Recommendation: That the method for computing RPI credit for games decided in overtime be revised to award partial credit to both teams.