Seals Revise Standings Report

Published on March 9, 2004 under SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release


The Orlando Seals of WHA2 are revising the way they release the team's standing in its official news releases, to reflect the team's accurate playoff standing.

"With the league determining that the Manatees will now play only road games, and playoff seedings will be determined by winning percentage instead of points, our information to fans will reflect that. In terms of points, the Seals are behind Macon, but the Seals are ahead in winning percentage," Seals public relations director Steve McCall said. "Because teams will have a different number of games played at the end of the season, we want to keep our fans abreast of where the Seals stand in the playoff picture."

McCall said team releases for the rest of the season will list the Seals standing based on winning percentage. The current league standings would see two changes based on winning percentage over points. Miami has a higher winning percentage than Alabama, and thus is technically in second place now, and the Seals have a higher winning percentage than Macon, and thus are technically now in fourth place.

The current standings based on winning percentage: Jacksonville .677; Miami .622; Alabama .606; Orlando .570; Macon .543; Lakeland .278.

The top four teams based on winning percentage qualify for the WHA2 playoffs, with 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in a best of three series. The winners of those series will meet in the final series which will also be best of three.

All Seals games are broadcast via the internet at www.IRN.FM. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, and online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information call the Seals at (407) 447-PUCK (7825).



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