below is a first cut on where teams can finish in the WCHA.  It is
based on a team having (say) 4 games left and the possibility of
getting (say) 8 points.  It does not take into account secondary
factors like team a and team b are playing, so one of tem will get at
least two points. Moreover it does not include tie-breakers
 
                                    possible  points to guarantee place
                       pts left max finish    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
Colorado College        40  8   48   1 -  4   2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Denver                  33  8   41   1 -  7   -  -  8  3  1  1  0  0  0
Minnesota               33  8   41   1 -  7   -  -  8  3  1  1  0  0  0
Wisconsin               30 10   40   1 -  9   -  -  -  6  4  4  3  2  0
Michigan Tech           27  8   35   2 - 10   -  -  -  -  7  7  6  5  2
North Dakota            25  8   33   2 - 10   -  -  -  -  -  -  8  7  4
St. Cloud               25  8   33   2 - 10   -  -  -  -  -  -  8  7  4
Northern Michigan       23  8   31   4 - 10   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  6
Minnesota Duluth        22 10   32   4 - 10   -  -  -  -  -  -  - 10  7
Alaska Anchorage        20  8   28   5 - 10
 
At this point, only CC is guaranteed home ice, though it certainly
looks like denver and minnesota will host playoff games as well.
It is also likely that wisconsin will be a host as well
 
this will be the last of these as i'll be away from the net from the
24th until march 3 and by then it should be all sorted out.
 
I hope karen or one of the other tiger faithful will be kind enough to
post the two USAFA - mankato scores next weekend to keep the data for
the stats programs up to date
 
charlie shub
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