The race for Penguins Cup playoff positioning is in the final week and very few things have been decided! Here are the scenarios for the AAA classification.
NOTES: All first-round home games are subject to ice availability, and in the event of a neutral-site game the team that is the ‘higher seed’ is considered the home team.Any ties that are broken by the tiebreaker for penalty minutes (PIM’s) will not be declared until the team with the lesser amount finishes their season.
y- clinched home ice in first round
z- clinched best record in regular season
AAA – 9 teams
All teams qualify.
No. 8 & 9 play a play-in game at a neutral site.
Tiebreakers
Clinched tiebreakers in BOLD
Current Matchups:
(Cathedral Prep vs. Canon-McMillan) @ Peters Township
Butler @ Bethel Park
Seneca Valley @ North Allegheny
Central Catholic @ Mt. Lebanon
Scenarios/Series:
Peters Township, Bethel Park, North Allegheny and Mt. Lebanon clinched the top four seeds.
No. 1 Seed:
Peters Township with any win over Bethel Park on Tuesday.
Bethel Park with a regulation win over Peters Township AND any loss by North Allegheny OR a win over Peters Township AND North Allegheny defeats Butler AND the Blackhawks take less than 59 more penalty minutes than North Allegheny does in their matchup with Butler.
North Allegheny with a win over Butler AND Bethel Park defeats Peters Township in regulation AND the Tigers take 59 fewer penalty minutes than Bethel Park does in their matchup against Peters Township.
No. 2 Seed:
Peters Township with a regulation loss to Bethel Park AND a North Allegheny overtime loss to Butler plus the Indians take 5 fewer penalty minutes than the Tigers in their game against Butler.
Bethel Park with a regulation loss to Peters Township AND North Allegheny loses to Butler in regulation AND the Blackhawks take less than 59 penalty minutes than North Allegheny does in their matchup with Butler OR the same scenario BUT North Allegheny and Bethel Park lose in overtime.
North Allegheny with a win against Butler and any Bethel Park loss to Peters Township OR an overtime loss to Butler AND a Bethel Park regulation loss to Peters Township OR a loss to Butler AND Peters Township defeats Bethel Park and the Tigers take 59 fewer penalty minutes than Bethel park does in their final game.
No. 3 Seed:
Peters Township with a loss to Bethel Park in regulation AND a North Allegheny win over Butler OR a regulation loss to Bethel Park AND North Allegheny defeats Butler AND North Allegheny takes less than 5 penalty minutes more than Peters Township in their final game.
Bethel Park with any loss to Peters Township AND a North Allegheny win over Butler OR an overtime loss to Peters Township AND a North Allegheny overtime loss against Butler AND the Blackhawks take 59 more penalty minutes than North Allegheny does in their final game.
North Allegheny with a regulation loss to Butler AND Peters Township defeats Bethel Park in regulation AND the Blackhawks take 59 fewer penalty minutes than North Allegheny does in their final game OR a regulation loss to Butler and Bethel Park gets a point against Peters Township OR a win over Butler AND a Bethel Park overtime victory over Peters Township AND Bethel Park take 59 fewer penalty minutes than North Allegheny against Peters Township AND Peters Township takes 5 more penalty minutes than North Allegheny in their final game.
No. 5 Seed:
Central Catholic with a win or an overtime loss to Cathedral Prep OR A loss in any format by the Ramblers against Seneca Valley on Tuesday.
Cathedral Prep with a win over Seneca Valley in any format AND a regulation win over Central Catholic.
No. 6 Seed:
Central Catholic with a Cathedral Prep win over Seneca Valley AND a loss to Cathedral Prep in regulation.
Cathedral Prep with a win over Seneca Valley and an overtime win over Central Catholic.
Seneca Valley with a win over Cathedral Prep in any format AND a Cathedral Prep loss to Central Catholic in any format AND a Butler loss to North Allegheny.
Butler with a win over North Allegheny AND Cathedral Prep defeats Seneca Valley in any format AND Cathedral Prep loses to Central Catholic in regulation.
No. 7 Seed:
Seneca Valley with a loss to Cathedral Prep and a Butler loss to North Allegheny.
Cathedral Prep with an overtime loss to Seneca Valley AND a regulation loss to Central Catholic AND a Butler loss to North Allegheny in regulation.
Butler with a regulation loss to North Allegheny AND two regulation losses by Cathedral Prep OR an overtime loss to North Allegheny AND Cathedral Prep gets one point in their final two games.
No. 8 Seed:
Seneca Valley with a loss to Cathedral Prep AND a Butler win over North Allegheny
Butler with a regulation loss to North Allegheny AND Cathedral Prep gets one point in their final two games.
Cathedral Prep with two regulation losses OR a Butler overtime loss plus Cathedral Prep gets a point in their final two games.
This Week:
MONDAY:
Cathedral Prep @ Seneca Valley, 7:00 Baierl Ice Complex
Canon-McMillan @ Mt.Lebanon, 7:10 Mt. Lebanon Ice Center
North Allegheny @ Butler, 9:10 Frozen Pond Arena
TUESDAY:
Bethel Park @ Peters Township, 7:00 Printscape Arena at Southpointe
THURSDAY:
Central Catholic @ Cathedral Prep, 8:30 Mercyhurst Ice Center
