Men's Playoff Picture: Saints on the Move

St. Norbert clinched the 2012 NCHA regular season championship and St. Scholastica took control of the #2 seed Friday night in NCHA Men's Conference play.  The Saints control their destiny to grab the second seed; St. Norbert will get a bye in the opening round of the Peters Cup Playoffs.

Here are some notes on the latest scenarios:

* St. Norbert is the regular season champion and earns the #1 seed and first round playoff bye.  The Green Knights will host a semifinal playoff game on Saturday, February 25.

* St. Scholastica now controls its own destiny to obtain the #2 seed, via the Saints' head-to-head tiebreaker over UW-River Falls.

* UW-Superior, UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout are all locked into their seeds, which are 5-6-7, respectively.  Each team's first round playoff opponent is yet to be determined.


* Tiebreaker info to apply to various scenarios involving St. Scholastica, UW-River Falls and UW-Stevens Point ...

+ St. Scholastica holds tiebreaker on UW-River Falls and split the season series with UW-Stevens Point.

+ UW-River Falls split season series with UW-Stevens Point and loses a tiebreaker to St. Scholastica.  A tie between the Falcons and Pointers would be won by UW-River Falls, because UWRF is guaranteed to have more NCHA wins.

+ UW-Stevens Point split season series with both St. Scholastica and UW-River Falls.  The Pointers would lose a tiebreaker with UW-River Falls because of NCHA wins.  A tie between UWSP and St. Scholastica could come down to overall goal differential, which UWSP is currently a +3 and CSS a +2.