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 (7‑13) |
St. Cloud State (10‑10) |
2 | 42 |
| Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) |
Miami (11‑7‑2) |
2 | 38 |
| Colorado College (8‑9‑3) |
North Dakota (16‑4) |
2 | 32 |
| Denver (12‑7‑2) |
Western Michigan (14‑6) |
2 | 25 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Nebraska-Omaha (7‑13) |
St. Cloud State (10‑10) |
19 |
| Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) |
Miami (11‑7‑2) |
18 |
| Colorado College (8‑9‑3) |
North Dakota (16‑4) |
17 |
| Denver (12‑7‑2) |
Western Michigan (14‑6) |
12 |