The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting NCHC Hockey games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Series | Remaining Games |
Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | ||
| Nebraska-Omaha (10‑18) |
Denver (17‑11‑3) |
2 | 61 |
| St. Cloud State (15‑15) |
Colorado College (11‑13‑4) |
2 | 56 |
| Western Michigan (20‑8) |
Arizona St. (13‑16‑1) |
2 | 55 |
| North Dakota (21‑7) |
Miami (17‑9‑2) |
2 | 33 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Nebraska-Omaha (10‑18) |
Denver (17‑11‑3) |
31 |
| Western Michigan (20‑8) |
Arizona St. (13‑16‑1) |
29 |
| St. Cloud State (15‑15) |
Colorado College (11‑13‑4) |
29 |
| North Dakota (21‑7) |
Miami (17‑9‑2) |
17 |