With the first weekend of the ECACH, Hockey East, 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 Mark Lewin
with 35 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
bonus point did not apply to Hockey East, which had a single-game format in
its first round.  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
Mark Lewin              35
CHODR                   33
Bill Fenwick            32
William Sangrey         32
John Edwards            31
Robin Lock              30
Jim Dixon               30
Craig Roberts           29
Bill Krebs              29
Charlie Shub            29
Andy Weise              29
Wayne Smith             29
Tony Buffa              28
Sean Keller             26
Scott Kaplan            24

USCHO                   37
Higher Seed             34

ECAC                            Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Mark Lewin              14      Mark Lewin               9
William Sangrey         13      William Sangrey          9
John Edwards            12      John Edwards             9
Jim Dixon               11      Jim Dixon                9
Bill Fenwick            10      Bill Fenwick             9
Robin Lock              10      Robin Lock               9
Craig Roberts           10      Craig Roberts            9
Bill Krebs              10      Bill Krebs               9
Charlie Shub            10      Charlie Shub             9
Andy Weise              10      Andy Weise               9
Wayne Smith             10      Wayne Smith              9
Scott Kaplan            10      CHODR                    9
CHODR                    9      Sean Keller              9
Tony Buffa               7      Tony Buffa               6
Sean Keller              6      Scott Kaplan             3

USCHO                   14      USCHO                    9
Higher Seed             11      Higher Seed              9

Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Tony Buffa              15
CHODR                   15
Bill Fenwick            13
Mark Lewin              12
Robin Lock              11
Sean Keller             11
Scott Kaplan            11
William Sangrey         10
John Edwards            10
Jim Dixon               10
Craig Roberts           10
Bill Krebs              10
Charlie Shub            10
Andy Weise              10
Wayne Smith             10

USCHO                   14
Higher Seed             14


Bill Fenwick
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