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 | ||
| Minnesota-Duluth (1‑4) |
North Dakota (2‑1) |
2 | 15 |
| Colorado College (2‑0) |
Arizona St. (1‑4‑1) |
2 | 14 |
| St. Cloud State (4‑1) |
Miami (2‑2‑2) |
2 | 11 |
| Nebraska-Omaha (2‑2) |
Western Michigan (3‑0) |
2 | 9 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Minnesota-Duluth (1‑4) |
North Dakota (2‑1) |
7 |
| Colorado College (2‑0) |
Arizona St. (1‑4‑1) |
7 |
| St. Cloud State (4‑1) |
Miami (2‑2‑2) |
6 |
| Nebraska-Omaha (2‑2) |
Western Michigan (3‑0) |
4 |