Since its inaugural season in 2013-14, the NCHC has been unforgiving — in particular for Colorado College and Miami, who have finished in the bottom two positions in the regular season standings in four of the league's seven years, including three of the last four.
CC arrived late to the NCHC 'pod' in Omaha, after a mandated quarantine that followed a positive COVID-19 test within the program. And the Tigers, perhaps as expected after limited practice time, got off to a slow start, winless in their first three games while allowing 14 goals over that stretch.