Clinching on the Couch

Even though the Tigers were off this past weekend, they still managed to win home-ice in the WCHA playoffs with the results from Friday night WCHA action. This will ensure that we get to see the Tigers at least twice more at the World Arena after the DU finale for the WCHA first round. However, a trip to Duluth looms before any thoughts of first-round opponents can be spelled out...

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CC prepares for crucial series in Duluth
With home ice secured for the opening round of the WCHA playoffs a month from now, the rested Tigers head to Minnesota Duluth this week in a tight race for their sixth regular-season championship in the last 15 seasons. Although North Dakota has pulled into a tie for first place, Colorado College still holds the upper hand with a pair of games in hand with UND and a six-point bulge over third-place Denver. CC, which is 14-1 at the World Arena this season and a respectable 7-7-1 on the road, is 31-42-2 all-time in Duluth after splitting there a little more than a year ago. Coach Scott Owens and his team swept the sixth-place Bulldogs earlier this season at the CSWA, site of a best-of-three playoff series the weekend of March 14-16 as well as the NCAA West Regional on March 28 and 29.