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Hosting a first-round playoff series for the 16th time in the last 18 years, Colorado College takes aim at returning to the WCHA Final Five for the first time since 2008 when the Tigers meet the University of Wisconsin in a continuation of last week's regular-season finales in Madison. 

Faceoff for Game 1 on Friday is 7:37 p.m. MT, then 7:07 p.m. for Games 2 and 3 on Saturday and Sunday, if necessary.

Winner of the series advances to next week's prestigious league tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

All CC post-season games this month will continue to air live throughout Southern Colorado on both FM 103.9 (The Alternative RXP) and FM 93.7 (The River Rat), featuring Ken Landau with the play-by-play. The radio broadcasts can be heard worldwide via the Internet, from a link at CCTigers.com.

And, while this playoff series will not be televised, the games can be viewed live via the Internet courtesy of AmericaOne.com (formerly B2 Networks). The streamed broadcasts are accessible via a link on the hockey home page at CCTigers.com and cost $8 per game. 

The 16th-ranked Tigers, 19-16-3 overall, finished sixth in the WCHA standings with a 13-13-2 record in conference play. CC split with the Badgers in Madison, Wis., last weekend, roaring from behind in the third period on Friday to win by a 3-2 count before dropping a 3-1 decision on Saturday.

Seventh-place and 19th-ranked Wisconsin, which wound up 12-13-3 in conference play, heads to Colorado Springs with an overall mark of 20-14-4.

Friday's playoff opener marks the 177th all-time contest between the teams in a rivalry that began on Jan. 8, 1965. The Badgers own a 107-60-9 advantage in the previous 176 encounters, but have won just three of the last 14 dating back to the 2006-07 season. Colorado College is 10-3-1 against them during that span.

The Tigers own an all-time edge of 10-9-1 in 20 meetings at the World Arena, including a 9-4-1 in the last 14 after dropping five of the first six. They swept UW in a first-round WCHA playoff series 14 years ago, in 1997, at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Ice Arena. Game 2 of that series, a 1-0 CC victory, required four overtimes.