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 | ||
| Western Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
Colorado College (7‑3‑1) |
1 | 10 |
| St. Thomas (4‑5) |
North Dakota (6‑3‑1) |
1 | 8 |
| Miami (7‑4) |
Nebraska-Omaha (4‑4‑1) |
1 | 8 |
| St. Cloud State (3‑6‑1) |
Minnesota-Duluth (8‑3‑2) |
1 | 8 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Western Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
Colorado College (7‑3‑1) |
10 |
| St. Thomas (4‑5) |
North Dakota (6‑3‑1) |
8 |
| Miami (7‑4) |
Nebraska-Omaha (4‑4‑1) |
8 |
| St. Cloud State (3‑6‑1) |
Minnesota-Duluth (8‑3‑2) |
8 |