Take a deep dive into the numbers of EHCC playoff history with Hubert Fitznerdlinger!
11 - Times in 14 seasons that either Quebec City or Las Vegas has secured a Bye.
2 - Times that both teams have secured a Bye in the same season (the last time it occurred was in 2004, when Las Vegas had the #1 Seed and Quebec City #2
5 - Times that Quebec City has been the #1 seed in the playoffs, an EHCC record
4 - Times that Las Vegas has been the #2 seed in the playoffs, tied with Weymouth for an EHCC record
5 - Times in 14 seasons that the #1 Seed has won the championship, the two most recent times being last season (Santo Domingo) and 2011, which was the last time Quebec City secured the #1 seed
4 - Times in 14 seasons that the #2 Seed has won the championship. The last time it happened was in 2008, when Las Vegas took home the title.
4 - Times that Weymouth has won the EHCC championship, an EHCC record
0 - Number of times that Weymouth has done so without being a #1 or #2 seed
2 - Number of times the #6 seed has won the EHCC championship (Arlington in 2007, and Bridgewater in 2010)
0 - Number of times the #3 seed has won the EHCC championship (Rakeville won as #4 in 2012, and Bridgewater as #5 in 2009, comprising the remaining seeds to have won the 13 EHCC championships prior to this tournament)
10 - Respective number of dollars owed by Augusta to each various team he wagered with, after losing his playoff bet in heartbreaking fashion in the season's final week
1 - Number of consecutive years that Bridgewater made the EHCC playoffs, an EHCC record
0 - Number of times Bridgewater has made the playoffs since that streak ended in 2012
13 - Number of times Weymouth has made the playoffs, an EHCC record. They've only missed the playoffs once (in 2010) in the history of the league
7 - Number of different teams to have won the EHCC championship (Weymouth, Las Vegas, Arlington, Bridgewater, Quebec City, Rakeville, and Santo Domingo)
6 - Number of those teams still competing in the EHCC (Arlington was contracted following the 2012 season)
1 - Number of teams who will be left standing in 3 weeks. Good luck to all the teams still playing meaningful games in the EHCC this year!
Hubert Fitznerdlinger is an associate historian at the EHCC Free Press. On weekends, he likes to do multiplication tables in his head for fun.
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