WCHA first round matchups
 
Wisconsin has clinched the league title and will host michigan tech
          in the first round
 
North Dakota has clinched second place and will host either denver
             or minnesota duluth
 
if St Cloud wins,
        they finish third.
if St Cloud ties,
        they finish third if MSU does not win
        they finish 4th if MSU wins
if St Cloud loses,
        if MSU also loses they finish 3rd
        if MSU wins or ties and CC does not win, they finish 4th
        if MSU wins or ties and CC wins they finish 5th
if MSU wins
        they finish third if st cloud does not win
        they finish 4th if st. cloud wins
if MSU ties
        they finish third if st cloud loses
        else they finish 4th
if MSU loses
        if cc wins and st cloud loses, they finish 5th
        else they finish 4th
if CC wins
        if both st cloud and MSU lose, they finish 4th based on goal
        differential in a 3 way tie.
        if st cloud loses and MSU does not, they finish 4th
        else they finish 5th
 
Minnesota will finish 6th and will travel for the first round
 
Anchorage will finish 7th and will travel for the first round.
 
if duluth wins, they finish 8th
 
if duluth ties or loses
        if denver does not win they finish 8th
        if denver wins they finish 9th
 
 
based on the remaining schedule
        st cloud hosts minnesota
        mankato is at duluth
        minnesota is at st cloud
        cc is at wisconsin
 
the wcha tie-breakers are (from http://www.wcha.com/wcha-body.html)
a) head to head
b) wcha wins
c) head to head fewest goals against (if 4 game series)
d) wcha goals for minus goals against
 
st cloud
        wins tiebreaker with MSU mankato (2-0)
        loses to CC
msu mankato
        loses tiebreaker to St. Cloud
        wins tiebreaker with cc (3-1)
cc
        wins over st cloud
        loses (1-3) to mankato
 
if all 3 teams are tied at the end of the season, the tiebreaker is
not clear.  Nobody wins the three way head to head tie breaker.  All 3
will have the same number of wins and it comes down to goals for minus
goals against.  St cloud has +35, cc has +17 and mankato has +10
 
So, st. cloud would win the 3 way tiebreaker. I believe that CC comes
in second on the goal differential tiebreaker. and thus would win the
three way tiebreaker against mankato, but lose the 2 way tiebreaker
 
team            to      today   can get placing
                play    points  points
 
Wisconsin         1     44      46      1
North Dakota      0     39      39      2
St Cloud          1     33      35      3-5
MSU-Mankato       1     33      35      3-5
Colorado College  1     31      33      4-5
Minnesota         1     28      30      6
Alaska-Anchorage  0     25      25      7
Minnesota-Duluth  1     18      20      8-9
Denver            1     17      19      8-9
Michigan Tech     1     4        6      10
 
 
 
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