CCHA Tournament Seeding tie Breaking Procedure

The team accumulating the greatest number of points in regular season CCHA contests shall be given the higher seed in the CCHA playoffs. If two or more teams are tied for points positions for the CCHA Tournament shall be determined, according to the following procedure: a) The recipient of the higher seed in the CCHA Tournament shall be determined by the greater number of CCHA regular-season wins; b) If not determined by (a) the recipient of the higher seed in the CCHA Tournament shall be the team with the best regular-season winning percentage against the other tied teams; c) If not determined by (a) or (b) the recipient of the higher seed in the CCHA Tournament shall be determined by comparison of total goals for and against each team in contests between tied teams in regular season play; d) If not determined by (a) or (b) or (c), recipient of the higher seed in the CCHA Tournament shall be determined by comparison of the winning percentages of tied teams against the remaining highest ranked CCHA teams, successively, until the determination is accomplished or all CCHA regular-season contests have been considered; e) If not determined by (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) the recipient of the higher seed in the CCHA Tournament shall be determined by the flip of a coin. In the case of ties among three or more schools, the criteria will be used in order until a team, or teams, is separated from the pack. At that point, the process will begin anew to break the “new” tie. In other words, when a four-way tie becomes a three-way tie, the three-way tie is treated as a “new” tie and the process begins with the first criterion. The CCHA Tournament Championship Team will receive an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.