With the first weekend of the ECACHL and CCHA 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.

The overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is currently shared by
Andy Weise and John Edwards, with 20 points each.

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.

Overall
NAME                   TOTAL
Andy Weise              20
John Edwards            20
Charlie Shub            18
James Edwards           18
Bill Fenwick            17
Dan McMurrer            17
Deron Treadwell         17
Jim Teresco             17
Nick Markham            17
Bill Sangrey            16
Brian Morris            15
Wayne Smith             14
Nathan Hampton          13
Thom Davis              13
Tony Buffa              13
William Krebs           13
Mark Lewin              10
Ross Belfiori           10
* John Leimonas          6

* USCHO                  7
Higher Seed             15

* Did not submit picks for all conferences



ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Andy Weise              10      Charlie Shub            11
Bill Fenwick            10      Dan McMurrer            11
Jim Teresco             10      James Edwards           11
John Edwards            10      Andy Weise              10
Brian Morris             9      Bill Sangrey            10
Deron Treadwell          9      John Edwards            10
Tony Buffa               9      Nathan Hampton          10
Charlie Shub             7      Nick Markham            10
James Edwards            7      William Krebs           10
Nick Markham             7      Deron Treadwell          8
Bill Sangrey             6      Wayne Smith              8
Dan McMurrer             6      Bill Fenwick             7
John Leimonas            6      Jim Teresco              7
Ross Belfiori            6      Mark Lewin               7
Thom Davis               6      Thom Davis               7
Wayne Smith              6      Brian Morris             6
Mark Lewin               3      Ross Belfiori            4
Nathan Hampton           3      Tony Buffa               4
William Krebs            3
                                USCHO                    7
Higher Seed              7      Higher Seed              8

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Bill Fenwick                                                 DJF   5/27/94
Cornell '86 and '95                                          JCF   12/2/97
LET'S GO RED!!