Yale travels to Army and Princeton. Playoffs look good for the Elis.

RPI goes on the road to third-place Colgate and fifth-place Cornell (12-8). Uh-oh.

Sixth-place Vermont can fall to eighth place if it loses both its games this weekend. One condition: RPI and Yale, four points behind the Catamounts, must sweep their respective weekends.

Where does the Green fit into this? Dartmouth must sweep its final home weekend against St. Lawrence and Clarkson and needs either RPI or Yale to lose both its games. And if the moon is full Saturday night, Dartmouth makes the playoffs.

Please let me explain those 1000 points, instead. Please don't let me talk about the playoff situation for Colgate, Clarkson and Cornell.

Here's what is already semiguaranteed:

The Red Raiders, riding a ninegame ECAC winning streak, can finish no lower than fourth place.

The worst the fourth-place Golden Knights can finish is fifth place. That means no home ice. But a sweep over Harvard and Dartmouth, combined with a losing weekend for Colgate at home, propels Clarkson to third place in the league.

Brief aside: Colgate is unbeaten at home this season. Good luck, Clarkson.

Fifth-place Cornell can either drop to sixth place or can grab the last home-ice slot. The Big Red is only two points behind Clarkson in the standings. A big home weekend at Lynah Rink can result in an extra homestand for the Red.

That's it. If ties occur, you can spend your Saturday night figuring out all the tiebreaking procedures.

I, however, will drive to downtown Boston.

Or maybe catch some flick in France.