With the first weekend of the ECACH, CCHA, and Atlantic Hockey 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 current overall leader in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is Tony Buffa
with 29 points.

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 picking 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
Tony Buffa              29
Wayne Smith             27
CHODR                   26
Robin Lock              26
John Edwards            24
Bill Fenwick            24
Mark Lewin              24
Troy D. Mills           23
Charlie Shub            24
Todd Nielson            23
William Sangrey         23
Andy Weise              23
Scott Kaplan            22
Bill Groskreutz         19

USCHO                   26
Higher Seed             28


ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Mark Lewin              10      Troy D. Mills            8
Charlie Shub            10      Tony Buffa               7
Tony Buffa               9      John Edwards             7
Bill Groskreutz          9      Robin Lock               7
Todd Nielson             9      Andy Weise               7
William Sangrey          9      CHODR                    6
John Edwards             7      Wayne Smith              6
Bill Fenwick             7      Scott Kaplan             4
Scott Kaplan             7      Mark Lewin               4
Wayne Smith              7      Todd Nielson             4
CHODR                    6      William Sangrey          4
Robin Lock               6      Charlie Shub             4
Troy D. Mills            6      Bill Fenwick             3
Andy Weise               6      Bill Groskreutz          0

USCHO                    6      USCHO                    7
Higher Seed              6      Higher Seed              8


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
CHODR                   14
Bill Fenwick            14
Wayne Smith             14
Tony Buffa              13
Robin Lock              13
Scott Kaplan            11
John Edwards            10
Bill Groskreutz         10
Mark Lewin              10
Todd Nielson            10
William Sangrey         10
Charlie Shub            10
Andy Weise              10
Troy D. Mills            9

USCHO                   13
Higher Seed             14

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Bill Fenwick
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