WCHA playoff scenarios

Tonight's WCHA games are the last of the regular season, and five of the six first-round playoff matchups have yet to be decided. The league put out all of its scenarios in a press release today. The Mavericks will get either the 10th or 11th seed and will travel next week to Denver, Duluth or Omaha, depending on who gets the second or third seed.

Here are the games and scenarios that should concern the Mavericks and their fans tonight (click on the above link for the others):

Minnesota State (20 points, vs Alaska Anchorage):
Seeded 10th with a win and a Bemidji State loss or tie.
Seeded 10th with a tie and a Bemidji State loss by 6 or more goals.
Seeded 10th/11th with a tie and a Bemidji State loss by exactly 5 goals.
Seeded 11th with a tie and a Bemidji State loss by 4 or fewer goals.
Seeded 11th with a win and a Bemidji State win.
Seeded 11th with a tie and a Bemidji State win or tie.
Seeded 11th with a loss.


Denver (35 points, vs St. Cloud State):
Seeded 2nd with a win.
Seeded 2nd with a tie and a Minnesota Duluth/Nebraska-Omaha tie.
Seeded 3rd with a tie and a Minnesota Duluth win or Nebraska Omaha win.
Seeded 3rd with a loss and a Minnesota Duluth win or Nebraska Omaha win.
Seeded 3rd with a loss by 4 or fewer goals and a Minnesota Duluth/Nebraska-Omaha tie.
Seeded 3rd/4th with a loss by exactly 5 goals and a Minnesota Duluth/Nebraska-Omaha tie.
Seeded 4th with a loss by 6 or more goals and a Minnesota Duluth/Nebraska-Omaha tie. 


Minnesota Duluth (35 points, vs Nebraska-Omaha):
Seeded 2nd with a win and a Denver loss or tie.
Seeded 2nd with a tie and a Denver loss.
Seeded 3rd with a win and a Denver win.
Seeded 3rd with a tie and a Denver win or tie.
Seeded 4th with a loss.


Nebraska-Omaha (34 points, at Minnesota Duluth):
Seeded 2nd with a win and a Denver loss or tie.
Seeded 3rd with a win and a Denver win.
Seeded 3rd with a tie and a Denver loss by 6 or more goals.
Seeded 3rd/4th with a tie and a Denver loss by exactly 5 goals.
Seeded 4th with a tie and a Denver loss by 4 or fewer goals.
Seeded 4th with a tie and a Denver win or tie.
Seeded 4th with a loss.