(There is a final five thread located somewhere down a bit, mod's, care to merge?)
Add to that, ASSUMING we make it, the #1 seed (us) always plays on Friday night, unless the "Minnesota Rule" comes into play.
Here is a scenario that would put UND in the afternoon game:
First round winners and re-seeding:
1 UND
2 CC
3 Minnesota
4 Mankato
5 AA
Thurs: Mankato vs AA
Fri afternoon: UND vs Mankato/AA
Fri evening: CC vs UMN (this is due to the Minnesota rule)
So you can see, it will take 2 first round upsets from teams ranked 6-9th to get UND out of the Friday night game.
Buy the entire package if you can, this is great hockey! This year will be way better than previous years with teams fighting for the autobid from winning the tourney.