Carol White sent the following:
 
> I finally got an answer to my question! I had Patti, coach Woog's secretary
> call the WCHA office in Madison for the information. Here it is:
>
> If two or more teams are tied with points:
> 1. Head-to-head competition.
> 2. Wins in the league.
> 3. Goal differential.
>
> This information is found on page 19 of the WCHA Rules Book!
 
Thanks, Carol!  One problem--if the league only went down three levels
on tie breakers, there's a chance Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan
are going to end up deciding their playoff seedings with a coin flip.
The Huskies and the Wildcats split their head-to-head competition and
are even on goals and conference victories.  If NMU gains one point on
Tech this last weekend, we have a "total tie."  Maybe hockey leagues
need to have eight or twelve different levels of tie-breakers, like the
NFL does (and sometimes it uses five or six of them!).
 
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