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.

Two-time defending contest champ Nick Markham currently holds the overall
lead with 28 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
Nick Markham            28
CHODR                   27
Tony Buffa              25
Robin Lock              23
Bill Fenwick            22
Mark Lewin              22
Troy D. Mills           21
Andy Weise              20
Craig Roberts           18
Mike Larson             18
Bob Fitta               17
Charlie Shub            17
Craig Knowles           17
Jim Dixon               16
Nathan Hampton          16
Scott Kaplan            15
William Groskreutz      15
William Sangrey         15

USCHO                   21
Higher Seed             28


ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Mike Larson              8      Bill Fenwick            16
Nick Markham             7      CHODR                   15
Andy Weise               6      Mark Lewin              15
CHODR                    6      Nick Markham            15
Tony Buffa               6      Charlie Shub            14
Bob Fitta                4      Robin Lock              13
Craig Roberts            4      Tony Buffa              13
Mark Lewin               4      Andy Weise              11
Nathan Hampton           4      Craig Knowles           11
Robin Lock               4      Craig Roberts           11
Scott Kaplan             4      Troy D. Mills           11
Troy D. Mills            4      Bob Fitta               10
William Groskreutz       4      Nathan Hampton           9
William Sangrey          4      Scott Kaplan             8
Craig Knowles            3      William Groskreutz       8
Jim Dixon                3      William Sangrey          8
Bill Fenwick             0      Jim Dixon                7
Charlie Shub             0      Mike Larson              7

USCHO                    3      USCHO                   12
Higher Seed              7      Higher Seed             15


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Bill Fenwick             6
CHODR                    6
Jim Dixon                6
Nick Markham             6
Robin Lock               6
Tony Buffa               6
Troy D. Mills            6
Andy Weise               3
Bob Fitta                3
Charlie Shub             3
Craig Knowles            3
Craig Roberts            3
Mark Lewin               3
Mike Larson              3
Nathan Hampton           3
Scott Kaplan             3
William Sangrey          3
William Groskreutz       3

USCHO                    6
Higher Seed              6

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