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 overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is currently held by
William Sangrey, with 48 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 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
William Sangrey         48
Nick Markham            47
Troy D. Mills           47
Charlie Shub            41
Wayne Smith             41
Tony Buffa              40
Mark Lewin              40
Andy Weise              40
Scott Kaplan            40
Bill Fenwick            39
Nathan Hampton          38
John Edwards            37
Jim Dixon               35
Craig Roberts           34
Craig Knowles           33

USCHO                   45
Higher Seed             46


ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Nick Markham            15      Troy D. Mills           15
William Sangrey         14      William Sangrey         14
Troy D. Mills           14      Nick Markham            14
Mark Lewin              14      Wayne Smith             14
Andy Weise              14      John Edwards            14
Wayne Smith             11      Bill Fenwick            14
Scott Kaplan            11      Charlie Shub            13
Bill Fenwick            11      Nathan Hampton          13
Charlie Shub            10      Tony Buffa              13
Tony Buffa              10      Jim Dixon               11
Jim Dixon               10      Craig Knowles           11
Craig Knowles           10      Scott Kaplan            10
Craig Roberts            9      Mark Lewin              10
Nathan Hampton           7      Andy Weise              10
John Edwards             7      Craig Roberts           10

USCHO                   14      USCHO                   15
Higher Seed             14      Higher Seed             13


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
William Sangrey         20
Scott Kaplan            19
Nick Markham            18
Troy D. Mills           18
Charlie Shub            18
Nathan Hampton          18
Tony Buffa              17
Wayne Smith             16
Mark Lewin              16
Andy Weise              16
John Edwards            16
Craig Roberts           15
Bill Fenwick            14
Jim Dixon               14
Craig Knowles           12

USCHO                   16
Higher Seed             19

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Bill Fenwick                                                 DJF   5/27/94
Cornell '86 and '95                                          JCF   12/2/97
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