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 John
Edwards with 32 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
John Edwards            32
Andy Weise              30
Sean Keller             29
Tony Buffa              28
Bill Krebs              27
Craig Roberts           26
CHODR                   26
Scott Kaplan            26
Jim Dixon               23
Charlie Shub            23
Mark Lewin              21
Robin Lock              21
Bill Fenwick            18
William Sangrey         18

USCHO                   27
Higher Seed             26

ECAC                            Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
John Edwards            15      Andy Weise              11
Sean Keller             14      Tony Buffa              11
Charlie Shub            12      CHODR                   10
Bill Krebs              11      Bill Fenwick            10
Craig Roberts           11      William Sangrey         10
Scott Kaplan            11      John Edwards             9
Tony Buffa              10      Sean Keller              9
Jim Dixon               10      Bill Krebs               9
CHODR                    8      Craig Roberts            8
Andy Weise               7      Charlie Shub             7
Mark Lewin               7      Scott Kaplan             7
Robin Lock               7      Jim Dixon                6
Bill Fenwick             4      Mark Lewin               6
William Sangrey          4      Robin Lock               6

USCHO                    8      USCHO                   11
Higher Seed              8      Higher Seed             10

Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Andy Weise              12
John Edwards             8
Scott Kaplan             8
Tony Buffa               8
CHODR                    8
Mark Lewin               8
Robin Lock               8
Bill Krebs               7
Craig Roberts            7
Jim Dixon                7
Sean Keller              6
Charlie Shub             4
Bill Fenwick             4
William Sangrey          4

USCHO                    8
Higher Seed              8


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