You may look at the Hockey East standings and see them one way. But Dick Umile looks and sees them as another.
While you may see that the University of New Hampshire holds a three-point lead over Boston College and Maine at the top of the conference, the coach sees a narrower margin. Because both BC and Maine hold a game in hand, and he has to work under the assumption they’ll win those games, he sees things a little bit tighter for his Wildcats.