With the first weekend of the ECAC, 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 Sean Keller
with 39 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
Sean Keller             39
Scott Kaplan            38
Wayne Smith             37
John Edwards            35
William Sangrey         34
Craig Roberts           33
Charlie Shub            33
Nathan Hampton          33
Tony Buffa              31
Bill Groskreutz         30
Andy Weise              28
Bill Fenwick            26
Jim Dixon               26
Mark Lewin              26
Richard Vehlow          26
Bill Krebs              25

USCHO                   31
Higher Seed             35

ECAC                            Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Scott Kaplan            16      Scott Kaplan            15
Sean Keller             15      Sean Keller             15
Wayne Smith             14      Wayne Smith             15
William Sangrey         13      Charlie Shub            15
Craig Roberts           12      John Edwards            15
Charlie Shub            12      Bill Groskreutz         15
Bill Fenwick            12      Tony Buffa              14
Jim Dixon               12      Andy Weise              14
John Edwards            11      Nathan Hampton          12
Nathan Hampton          11      Bill Krebs              12
Mark Lewin              11      William Sangrey         11
Richard Vehlow          11      Craig Roberts           10
Bill Krebs              11      Bill Fenwick             8
Bill Groskreutz          8      Mark Lewin               8
Tony Buffa               7      Richard Vehlow           8
Andy Weise               7      Jim Dixon                7

USCHO                   13      USCHO                    7
Higher Seed             15      Higher Seed             11

Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Craig Roberts           11
William Sangrey         10
Nathan Hampton          10
Tony Buffa              10
Sean Keller              9
John Edwards             9
Wayne Smith              8
Scott Kaplan             7
Jim Dixon                7
Mark Lewin               7
Richard Vehlow           7
Bill Groskreutz          7
Andy Weise               7
Charlie Shub             6
Bill Fenwick             6
Bill Krebs               3

USCHO                   11
Higher Seed              9

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