Fortune Index

Actual standings points minus the points the model expected before each game. Positive means banking more than the pre-game odds implied — the answer to "why is that team ahead of us?" 2014 Gold.

This division

Team GP Pts xPts Fortune
Bay State Breakers 2014 Gold 30 46 38.2 +7.8
Boch Blazers - Tanguay 33 30 22.8 +7.2
Boston Jr. Huskies 30 48 42.3 +5.7
IHC West Orange 32 48 44.5 +3.5
Jr Mounties 2014 29 15 14.1 +0.9
Northern Cyclones - Chase 32 9 8.5 +0.5
Providence Capitals (North) - Charette 33 43 42.7 +0.3
Spartans - Davidson 28 46 47.0 -1.0
Northeast Generals - Manley 33 0 1.6 -1.6
Northeast Generals - McCarthy 33 23 25.3 -2.3
BOSTON VIPERS 2014 - NALEN 32 44 48.5 -4.5
MassConn United Hockey Club - Grimson 32 29 34.0 -5.0
Minuteman Flames - Enegess 32 37 42.4 -5.4
CT Junior Rangers 27 18 24.0 -6.0

Only games with a real pre-game prediction count (both teams with 3+ prior games), so early-season games are excluded for every team equally. Fortune regresses toward zero over a full season — it measures results vs odds, not team strength.

League extremes

The most and least fortunate teams across every division.

Team GP Fortune
Minuteman Flames - Welsh 66 +24.8
Shamrocks - Hamilton 64 +14.9
Spartans - Voulgaris 66 +13.6
Boston Jr Eagles 30 +13.6
Spartans - Dovich 66 +13.2
IHC West - Proulx 68 -13.8
NorthStars - Fournier 68 -13.8
Northern Cyclones - Chiulli 64 -14.6
CT Junior Rangers 28 -16.1
Northern Cyclones - Philipp 46 -20.7