With the first weekend of the WCHA and NCHC playoffs in the books, and with
the ECAC, Hockey East, and Atlantic Hockey playoffs continuing, here's
another 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 Scott
Kaplan with 97 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 was 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:  4 points for correctly
picking the winner of each play-in/finals qualifier game (Big Ten only), 8
points for correctly picking semifinal winners, 4 points for picking the
consolation winner (NCHC only), and 16 points for picking the championship
game winner.



Overall
NAME                   TOTAL
Scott Kaplan            97
William Sangrey         90
Sean Keller             89
Wayne Smith             86
Tony Buffa              84
Craig Roberts           84
John Edwards            84
Charlie Shub            83
Nathan Hampton          83
Bill Krebs              78
Jim Dixon               77
Bill Groskreutz         75
Andy Weise              72
Bill Fenwick            69
Mark Lewin              67
* Richard Vehlow        50

USCHO                   83
Higher Seed             94

* Did not submit picks for all conferences

ECAC                            Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Sean Keller             24      Scott Kaplan            29
Wayne Smith             24      Bill Krebs              26
Scott Kaplan            24      Charlie Shub            25
William Sangrey         23      Sean Keller             22
Nathan Hampton          22      Wayne Smith             22
Jim Dixon               22      Nathan Hampton          22
Charlie Shub            21      John Edwards            22
Tony Buffa              19      Bill Groskreutz         22
Bill Fenwick            19      William Sangrey         21
Craig Roberts           18      Tony Buffa              21
John Edwards            18      Andy Weise              21
Bill Krebs              17      Jim Dixon               18
Mark Lewin              17      Craig Roberts           17
Bill Groskreutz         14      Bill Fenwick            15
Richard Vehlow          14      Mark Lewin              15
Andy Weise              13      Richard Vehlow          15

USCHO                   23      USCHO                   11
Higher Seed             26      Higher Seed             22

WCHA                            NCHC
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Bill Krebs              15      Bill Fenwick            16
William Sangrey         14      Scott Kaplan            15
John Edwards            14      Bill Groskreutz         15
Craig Roberts           14      Nathan Hampton          15
Tony Buffa              13      Charlie Shub            15
Sean Keller             11      Mark Lewin              15
Wayne Smith             11      John Edwards            14
Scott Kaplan            11      Craig Roberts           14
Andy Weise              11      Tony Buffa              14
Bill Groskreutz         10      Sean Keller             14
Jim Dixon                9      Wayne Smith             14
Nathan Hampton           7      Bill Krebs              11
Charlie Shub             7      William Sangrey         11
Bill Fenwick             7      Jim Dixon               11
Mark Lewin               6      Andy Weise              10

USCHO                   10      USCHO                   15
Higher Seed             14      Higher Seed             16

Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Craig Roberts           21
William Sangrey         21
Richard Vehlow          21
Sean Keller             18
Scott Kaplan            18
Tony Buffa              17
Andy Weise              17
Jim Dixon               17
Nathan Hampton          17
John Edwards            16
Charlie Shub            15
Wayne Smith             15
Bill Groskreutz         14
Mark Lewin              14
Bill Fenwick            12
Bill Krebs               9

USCHO                   24
Higher Seed             16
Bill Fenwick
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