Here is a breakdown of point totals and possible finishes for WCHA teams. In each case the 'finish' does not mean 'seed' and does not break ties between identical point totals. (eg. Minn, Denver, and Wisc could all finish with the same number of points and tie for second place the seeding would be based on tie breakers. Minn beats Wisc on head to head and Wisc beats Denver on head to head. I'm not sure how any other tie breakers go. Colorado College has wrapped up their second consecutive regular season title, and would assumedly recieve one of the two automatic bids reserved for the conference. Minnesota finshes with a home-and-home series with in-state rival St. Cloud, who has been doing well of late. Denver takes the same route with league champ Colorado College, while Wisconsin host a Sat.-Sun. series with Michigan Tech who dropped two to St. Cloud this weekend. St. Cloud, Tech, N. Dakota, and UM-Duluth have a chance to grab the final home ice for the first round of the playoffs. CC, Minn, Denver, and Wisconsin have assured themselves of home ice for the first round and other than CC are trying to avoid the fourth place finish that could require them to play a third game at the Final Five in St. Paul. possible pts left max finish ---------------------- Colorado College 44 4 48 1 - 1 Minnesota 35 4 39 2 - 4 Denver 35 4 39 2 - 4 Wisconsin 34 4 38 2 - 4 St. Cloud 29 4 33 5 - 8 Michigan Tech 27 4 31 5 - 8 North Dakota 27 4 31 5 - 8 Minnesota Duluth 26 4 30 5 - 9 Northern Michigan 23 4 27 6 - 10 Alaska Anchorage 20 4 24 9 - 10 Friday Scores: SCS 5 NMU 3 ND 3 UM 3, ot UW 4 DU 3 UMD 5 AA 4 Saturday Scores: DU 5 UW 2 CC 4 MTU 3 ND 5 UM 5, ot SCS 6 NMU 5 UMD 7 AA 2 Sunday Score: CC 4 MTU 3 Next Week: CC/Duluth, home and home Minn/St. Cloud, home and home (Sat/Sun) Mich. Tech at Wisconsin (Sat/Sun) N. Mich at Minn-Duluth Alaska-Anchorage at N. Dakota --eric