It was an interesting first weekend of following the ups and downs of The Hockey East Power Index, the league’s (for some reason) proprietary calculation weighing teams’ records and strength of schedule to seed the upcoming Hockey East tournament.
Boston College took a narrow lead over Boston University into the weekend. On Friday night, BC won over HEPI #7 Lowell, and BU won over HEPI #11 Vermont, and at the end of all that, BU moved past BC and took over the top spot.
Why? Well, Hockey East won’t tell us, but a reasonable guess is that road wins are particularly important (BU’s Friday win was on the road), and BC’s strength of schedule may have taken a hit with UConn - a team that BC has faced four times - losing.