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 | ||
| Miami (13‑8‑2) |
Nebraska-Omaha (8‑15) |
1 | 24 |
| St. Cloud State (12‑11) |
Minnesota-Duluth (16‑7) |
1 | 18 |
| North Dakota (18‑5) |
Denver (12‑10‑2) |
1 | 12 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Miami (13‑8‑2) |
Nebraska-Omaha (8‑15) |
24 |
| St. Cloud State (12‑11) |
Minnesota-Duluth (16‑7) |
18 |
| North Dakota (18‑5) |
Denver (12‑10‑2) |
12 |