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 (6‑10) |
St. Cloud State (8‑10) |
2 | 42 |
| Arizona St. (8‑9‑1) |
Miami (10‑6‑2) |
2 | 36 |
| Colorado College (8‑7‑3) |
North Dakota (14‑4) |
2 | 31 |
| Denver (12‑6‑1) |
Western Michigan (10‑6) |
2 | 26 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Nebraska-Omaha (6‑10) |
St. Cloud State (8‑10) |
21 |
| Arizona St. (8‑9‑1) |
Miami (10‑6‑2) |
18 |
| Colorado College (8‑7‑3) |
North Dakota (14‑4) |
16 |
| Denver (12‑6‑1) |
Western Michigan (10‑6) |
12 |