Tonight’s NCHC playoff seeding scenarios

Here are tonight’s playoff seeding scenarios, including Colorado College’s shot at finishing as high as second place and drawing Minnesota Duluth at home next weekend. Scenarios provided by the league.

Regardless of the foe, CC will host its first home playoff series as a member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and since the 2011-12 season. Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Monday at cctigers.com.

Here’s a breakdown of where teams can finish, followed by tiebreaker scenarios:

• North Dakota – locked in at No. 1
• Denver – Nos. 2-4 seed
  • 2 points guarantees 2^nd place
• SCSU – Nos. 2-4 seed
  • For 2^nd place, needs a regulation win and CC win of any kind (regulation or OT/shootout)
• CC – Nos. 2-4 seed
  • For 2^nd place, needs a regulation win and SCSU to not win in regulation (get 2 points or less)
• Omaha – Nos. 5-6 seed
  • 1 point guarantees 5^th place
• WMU -Nos. 5-6 seed
  • Needs a regulation win and an Omaha regulation loss to claim 5^th place
• UMD – locked in at No. 7
• Miami – locked in at No. 8