Here is what we know about the standings so far...
1. Minnesota
2. Duluth
3. Denver
4. North Dakota
5. CC/UNO
6. CC/UNO/SCSU/Tech
7. UNO/SCSU/Tech
8. UNO/SCSU/Tech
9. Wisconsin/Bemidji
10. Wisconsin/Bemidji
11. Mankato
12. Anchorage
A CC win or tie, clinches 5th place for the Tigers. They can also clinch 5th if Denver OR Duluth win on Saturday. CC wins individual tiebreakers with both SCSU and UNO, but they lose out to UNO in a three way tiebreaker between UNO/CC/SCSU.
If UNO wins they clinch home ice. The Mavericks can also clinch home ice with a CC win AND UNO loss. UNO owns the tiebreaker with SCSU AND Tech. If Tech/UNO/SCSU finish in a three way tie, UNO wins that tiebreaker as well.
SCSU needs to win AND have Denver take at least a point from UNO to clinch home ice. If SCSU ties, Denver wins, and Tech wins, the SCSU/Tech tiebreaker goes to the 4th tiebreaker which is winning margin. SCSU would likely win, unless Tech were to make up the 12 goals they are behind SCSU.
Tech needs to win AND have Denver beat UNO AND Duluth beat SCSU to clinch home ice. Tech loses pretty much all the tiebreakers with the teams ahead of them, so a tie does them basically no help. Tech can fall no lower than 8th, as they would win the potential tiebreaker with Wisconsin.
Wisconsin needs only a tie to clinch 9th place OR if Bemidji ties or loses the Badgers clinch 9th. Wisconsin wins the tiebreaker with Bemidji.
Bemidji needs to win AND have Minnesota beat Wisconsin to clinch 9th place.
Obviously it is well past midnight, so I might have made some mistakes, but I believe this is how things shake out after tonight.
Also, here is the WCHA Tiebreaking procedure...
1. Minnesota
2. Duluth
3. Denver
4. North Dakota
5. CC/UNO
6. CC/UNO/SCSU/Tech
7. UNO/SCSU/Tech
8. UNO/SCSU/Tech
9. Wisconsin/Bemidji
10. Wisconsin/Bemidji
11. Mankato
12. Anchorage
A CC win or tie, clinches 5th place for the Tigers. They can also clinch 5th if Denver OR Duluth win on Saturday. CC wins individual tiebreakers with both SCSU and UNO, but they lose out to UNO in a three way tiebreaker between UNO/CC/SCSU.
If UNO wins they clinch home ice. The Mavericks can also clinch home ice with a CC win AND UNO loss. UNO owns the tiebreaker with SCSU AND Tech. If Tech/UNO/SCSU finish in a three way tie, UNO wins that tiebreaker as well.
SCSU needs to win AND have Denver take at least a point from UNO to clinch home ice. If SCSU ties, Denver wins, and Tech wins, the SCSU/Tech tiebreaker goes to the 4th tiebreaker which is winning margin. SCSU would likely win, unless Tech were to make up the 12 goals they are behind SCSU.
Tech needs to win AND have Denver beat UNO AND Duluth beat SCSU to clinch home ice. Tech loses pretty much all the tiebreakers with the teams ahead of them, so a tie does them basically no help. Tech can fall no lower than 8th, as they would win the potential tiebreaker with Wisconsin.
Wisconsin needs only a tie to clinch 9th place OR if Bemidji ties or loses the Badgers clinch 9th. Wisconsin wins the tiebreaker with Bemidji.
Bemidji needs to win AND have Minnesota beat Wisconsin to clinch 9th place.
Obviously it is well past midnight, so I might have made some mistakes, but I believe this is how things shake out after tonight.
Also, here is the WCHA Tiebreaking procedure...
Originally posted by WCHA
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