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 current overall leader in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is William
Sangrey with 35 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
William Sangrey         35
Bill Fenwick            34
Andy Weise              33
John Edwards            31
Charlie Shub            30
Nathan Hampton          30
Mark Lewin              29
CHODR                   28
Troy D. Mills           28
Jim Dixon               27
Wayne Smith             27
Sean Keller             25
Bill Groskreutz         25
Robin Lock              22
Scott Kaplan            20

USCHO                   23
Higher Seed             31


ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
William Sangrey         15      Bill Fenwick             8
Bill Fenwick            15      Charlie Shub             8
Andy Weise              14      Troy D. Mills            7
Nathan Hampton          14      William Sangrey          4
Mark Lewin              14      Andy Weise               4
Wayne Smith             14      John Edwards             4
Bill Groskreutz         14      Sean Keller              4
John Edwards            11      Jim Dixon                4
Troy D. Mills           11      Scott Kaplan             4
Charlie Shub            10      Robin Lock               4
CHODR                   10      CHODR                    3
Sean Keller             10      Nathan Hampton           0
Jim Dixon                9      Mark Lewin               0
Scott Kaplan             8      Wayne Smith              0
Robin Lock               6      Bill Groskreutz          0

USCHO                    8      USCHO                    4
Higher Seed             11      Higher Seed              4


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
William Sangrey         16
John Edwards            16
Nathan Hampton          16
Andy Weise              15
CHODR                   15
Mark Lewin              15
Jim Dixon               14
Wayne Smith             13
Charlie Shub            12
Robin Lock              12
Bill Fenwick            11
Sean Keller             11
Bill Groskreutz         11
Troy D. Mills           10
Scott Kaplan             8

USCHO                   11
Higher Seed             16

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