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GENERAL
Nickname: Whalers
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Dennis Golden
League: Big Three
Playoff Division: E-1
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 6.4
2011 National Rank: #6320
2011 State Rank: #103
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 5.2
2012 National Rank: #6377
2012 State Rank: #98
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 8.8
Dynasty National Rank: #5185
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.4
Dynasty Record: 37-57-1 (7-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 5-6
2011 League Record/Finish: 1-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 22.7
2011 Points Against Average: 27.7
2011 Differential: -5
2011 Wins: #3167 Barnstable (Hyannis) (31-17), #7593 Wareham (40-6), #9781 Taunton (22-8), #10259 Durfee (Fall River) (18-16), #10350 Silver Lake Regional (Kingston) (41-20)
2011 Losses: #447 Duxbury (42-19), #705 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional (South Yarmouth) (40-14), #1487 Bridgewater-Raynham (Bridgewater) (20-14), #2705 Needham (42-14), #3988 Brockton (38-9), #4216 Dartmouth (South Dartmouth) (56-28)
2011 Opponents W-L: 72-52
Recent League Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/8 Taunton, 9/14 at Silver Lake Regional (Kingston), 9/22 Duxbury, 9/29 Bridgewater-Raynham (Bridgewater), 10/5 at Barnstable (Hyannis), 10/12 at Rogers (Newport, RI), 10/19 at Dartmouth (South Dartmouth), 11/2 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional (South Yarmouth), 11/10 at Brockton, 11/22 Durfee (Fall River)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional (South Yarmouth) (40.3), Duxbury (38.9), Bridgewater-Raynham (Bridgewater) (31.7)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Silver Lake Regional (Kingston) (-10), Durfee (Fall River) (-9.5), Taunton (1.3)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.8 (15.9 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.4
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.6
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2698
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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