Out of boredom and curiousity today I played with the league points for the CCHA and looked at what they would be without a shootout, as well as what they would be if we still had the absurd scoring from last year.
Feel free to ignore this post, I just thought others may also be curious.
Here is what I found:
Michigan is currently in 6th place with last night's win. Michigan can not finish any lower than 8th. In bizzaro world where neither Sparty nor Ferris take points from Bowling Green and Western, respectively, Michigan could tie for 2nd. Finishing 4th is a possibility with a win and NMU not taking more than 4 points from Lake State.
Miami 66
MSU 46
FSU 46
Alaska 45
UNO 44
Michigan 43
NMU 42
tOSU 38
LSSU 35
Notre Dame 33
BGSU 21
WMU 18
If the CCHA were still giving out 2 points for a win and 2 points for a shootout win/1 point for a shootout loss (as they did last year), Michigan would be hosting a playoff next week. No way around it. We'd be in 7th place with 29 points currently. Best the blue could finish is tied for 5th with UNO and NMU if NMU gets no points on the weekend. Lowest possible finish would be tied for 8th with LSSU.
Crazy scoring from last year:
Miami 46
Alaska 34
MSU 33
FSU 33
UNO 31
NMU 31
Michigan 29
tOSU 28
LSSU 25
Notre Dame 25
BGSU 17
WMU 14
In a "normal league" as I like to call the conferences which do not have shootouts, Michigan would currently be tied for 5th with 29 points. The lowest possible finish would be tied for 7th with tOSU, and the highest possible finish would be tied for 2nd (If MSU lost both games, and Ferris took no more than 1 point). The normal league standings would look as follows (with Omaha and Alaska finished conference play, Michigan and Notre Dame could at most earn 2 points, all other teams could earn up to 4 points):
Miami 44
MSU 31
Ferris 30
Alaska 30
Michigan 29
UNO 29
Northern 28
tOSU 25
LSSU 23
Notre Dame 23
Bowling Green 13
Western 13