With the first weekend of the ECAC playoffs in the books, here's a look at
the score so far in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 (in which the later
rounds are weighted more heavily than the earlier ones).  Also included are
the scores for the predictions by the USCHO staff (who, it should be
pointed out, don't have to pick all the games at once) and a "Higher Seed"
entry, showing what would have happened if the higher seed for each game
had been picked to win.  Thus, in the "Higher Seed" entry, all
first-round/quarterfinal series get picked as sweeps.

Scoring reminder:  Three points are awarded for each correctly predicted
winner in the first round.  An additional bonus point was given for
correctly forecasting the number of games (2 or 3) a series would go.  The
quarterfinal round will be scored the same way; predicting the winner is
worth three points, and correctly picing the number of games in the series
is worth a bonus point.

Scoring for the rest of the contest is as follows:  8 points for correctly
picking
semifinal winners, 4 points for picking the consolation winner, and 16
points for picking the championship game winner.


NAME                    TOTAL
Wayne Smith (RHEAL)      15
Ross Belfiori            15
William Sangrey          15
CHODR                    15
Charlie Shub             14
Mark Lewin               14
Wendy Istvanick          14
Nick Markham             14
Stephen Roth             14
Thom Davis               14
Craig Roberts            14
Nathan Hampton           12
Matt Sullivan            11
Billy G. Taylor          11
Dave Belfiori            11
J. O.                    11
Bill Fenwick             10
Tony Buffa               10
Robin Lock               10
Mike Abegg               10
Andy Weise               10
Rita-Ann Monde            9
Dan McMurrer              8
Jim Dixon                 7
William Groskreutz        6
Jim Teresco               6

USCHO                    10
Higher Seed              11
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Bill Fenwick                                                 DJF   5/27/94
Cornell '86 and '95                                          JCF   12/2/97
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