The WCHA announced its new format for the Final Five, which will start next March. There will be six first-round best-of-three series where the winners will advance to St. Paul. The top two seeds will get byes to the semifinals, which will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 and Friday evening at 7:00. There will be two play-in games on Thursday. The first game will be at 4:00 and the second will be at 7:30. The third place game will no longer be played. The Wild will have a 1:00 game on Saturday afternoon, this year. The championship game will still be played at 7:00. The Wild have said they will offer some of the remaining tickets to Final Five season ticket holders.
The name of the tourney no longer reflects the amount of teams in the tourney, but now represents the number of games that will be played. The WCHA has also kept the "Minnesota rule" in effect to ensure that the Gophers play in the Friday night semifinal, if they make it that far.
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