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.

Currently, the overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is held by
Andy Weise, with 87 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
Andy Weise                87
John Edwards              81
Tony Buffa                78
Craig Roberts             77
Sean Keller               75
Robin Lock                73
CHODR                     71
Bill Krebs                70
Scott Kaplan              68
William Sangrey           67
Mark Lewin                66
Charlie Shub              66
Bill Fenwick              60
* Jim Dixon               56
* Nathan Hampton          23

USCHO                     78
Higher Seed               79

* Did not submit picks for all conferences


ECAC                            Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Craig Roberts           23      Tony Buffa              18
John Edwards            22      Bill Fenwick            18
Charlie Shub            22      CHODR                   17
Sean Keller             21      William Sangrey         17
Bill Krebs              21      Sean Keller             16
Jim Dixon               20      Bill Krebs              16
Tony Buffa              19      Craig Roberts           16
Andy Weise              19      John Edwards            15
Robin Lock              17      Andy Weise              15
Scott Kaplan            17      Jim Dixon               14
CHODR                   15      Scott Kaplan            14
Bill Fenwick            14      Mark Lewin              14
Mark Lewin              13      Robin Lock	          13             
William Sangrey         10      Charlie Shub            11

USCHO                   19      USCHO                   18
Higher Seed             19      Higher Seed             17


WCHA                            NCHC
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Tony Buffa              14      Andy Weise              14
Sean Keller             14      Craig Roberts           13
CHODR                   12      John Edwards            13
Robin Lock              12      Nathan Hampton          11
Nathan Hampton          12      William Sangrey         10
William Sangrey         11      Charlie Shub            10
Bill Krebs              11      Bill Krebs               8
Craig Roberts           11      Scott Kaplan             8
Andy Weise              11      Mark Lewin               8
Scott Kaplan            11      Bill Fenwick             8
Mark Lewin              11      Tony Buffa               7
Charlie Shub            11      CHODR                    7
Bill Fenwick             8      Robin Lock               7
John Edwards             8      Sean Keller              7

USCHO                   11      USCHO                   10
Higher Seed             12      Higher Seed             11


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Andy Weise              28
Robin Lock              24
John Edwards            23
Jim Dixon               22
Mark Lewin              20
Tony Buffa              20
CHODR                   20
William Sangrey         19
Scott Kaplan            18
Sean Keller             17
Craig Roberts           14
Bill Krebs              14
Charlie Shub            12
Bill Fenwick            12

USCHO                   20
Higher Seed             20

Bill Fenwick
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