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NCAA Weekender: Who's good, and who's just lucky?

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Recapping the biggest stories of the NCAA weekend.

Now that every team in college hockey has played at least a few games, I thought it would be an interesting time to look at who is overperforming expectations and who has been a little unlucky.

Just looking at the standings — specifically, the NCAA Percentage Index used to determine which teams will make the national tournament — it's easy to see a few teams that have dramatically punched above what everyone kind of projected for them, and others who are really struggling relative to predictions. Obviously the Ivy League schools having only played three or four games each skews things significantly, with 4-0-0 Dartmouth atop the NPI because it just hasn't lost yet. But the entire top five with the possible exception of North Dakota, you're j

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