{"id":98678,"date":"2016-02-28T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2016-02-28T20:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T02:51:00","slug":"down-to-the-wire-breaking-down-the-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/02\/28\/down-to-the-wire-breaking-down-the-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Down to the wire: breaking down the possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
There’s one weekend left, and the standings took quite a turn over the weekend. Let’s look at what is known, based on the results over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The definites<\/strong> Penrose Cup<\/strong> St. Cloud had entered the weekend tied in the standings with North Dakota, and owned the tiebreaker, but after getting swept by Minnesota-Duluth, 4-1 and 2-1, the Huskies would need a lot of help to claim a share of the trophy. St. Cloud visits Colorado College this weekend. If the Huskies were to sweep, and North Dakota got swept by Western Michigan in either regulation or the first OT, St. Cloud would share the trophy and finish as the top seed.<\/p>\n The Denver-St. Cloud tiebreakers<\/strong> St. Cloud finishes second under one of the following scenarios:<\/em><\/p>\n Denver finishes second under one of the following scenarios:<\/em><\/p>\n There’s one weekend left, and the standings took quite a turn over the weekend. Let’s look at what is known, based on the results over the weekend. The definites Entering the final weekend of play, not one of the eight seeds is set yet, though some scenarios are more likely than others. Here is what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEntering the final weekend of play, not one of the eight seeds is set yet, though some scenarios are more likely than others. Here is what is absolutely set by team:
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\nNorth Dakota has repeated as Penrose Cup champions after sweeping Omaha over the weekend, 4-2 and 4-1. The Fighting Hawks have claimed at least a share of the league title, and have a six-point lead on Denver and St. Cloud. Given that North Dakota plays Western Michigan at home on the last weekend and that even a single point gives the Fighting Hawks the league crown outright, it looks like they will finish first and be the sole champion.<\/p>\n
\nDenver and St. Cloud are currently tied in second with 47 points. With Denver’s weekend sweep of Western Michigan on the road by scores of 5-1 and 4-1, and Minnesota-Duluth’s sweep of St. Cloud, the Pioneers made things interesting. The tiebreakers for St. Cloud and Denver are convoluted, since they played an unbalanced schedule.<\/p>\n\n
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