Sixth is still possible

Tonight's the last game of the regular season but there are myriad playoff possibilities, according to a WCHA press release put out this morning.

For Minnesota State, it can get the sixth or eighth seed for next week's first round of the conference tournament.

The Mavericks will finish sixth with a win, a Minnesota loss at Michigan Tech and a Minnesota Duluth win or tie against Alaska-Anchorage.

All other scenarios will put MSU in eighth. St. Cloud State, meanwhile, can finish as high as fourth or as low as eighth.

After last night's games, North Dakota (league champion), Denver, Colorado College and Wisconsin have all clinched upper division finishes. Minnesota can get fifth with a win tonight, but the spot is still open to Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State.

The WCHA will hold a conference call with its officials after tonight's games to finalize the tournament seedings and expects everything to be decided by midnight (CST). Hopefully, we'll know MSU's spot and opponent before that, although we might have to wait until the Denver-CC game ends.