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 team 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 32 8 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 - - - - - - - 8 6 Minnesota Duluth 22 8 30 5 - 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 [log in to unmask] -or- cdash@colospgs (BITNET) (719) 593 3492 (fax) 593-3369