Well, the conference tournaments are history, and so is the Pick the Tourneys
Contest. It's time to announce the winners, so without further ado, the
overall contest winner is... (drum roll, please) (okay, a cinnamon roll will
do)
Nathan Eric Hampton
who takes the top spot with 164 points, beating runner-up David Morgenstern by
15. Nathan wins the honor of being despised by the rest of us for his amazing
college hockey acumen (luck), his keen grasp of the vagaries of tournament play
(luck), and his sheer prognosticating ability (more luck).
As for the individual conference winners...
Troy Vassen took top honors in the ECAC with 57 points. Nobody picked every
game/series in a conference perfectly, but Troy came closest, missing by a mere
three points in his ECAC picks.
In Hockey East, David Morgenstern and Nathan Eric Hampton tied with 44 points
each, with David taking the top spot by virtue of the first tiebreaker. His
predicted final score was one point closer than Nathan's.
William Sangrey won the CCHA with 35 points, in large part because he was the
only one to predict Michigan's championship win.
In the WCHA, *nobody* picked Denver to win it all. Nathan Eric Hampton and
Andrew Christianson tied for the lead with 38 points each, and the first
tiebreaker (final score prediction) gave the crown to Nathan by two points.
The MAAC produced a three-way tie for first among Nathan Eric Hampton, Jim
Walker, and Bill Krebs with 36 points each. Bill lost out on the first tie-
breaker (final score), and the second tiebreaker (total goals in the
tournament) gave Nathan Eric Hampton the top spot.
A special "you're scaring me" award goes to Andrew Christianson, who correctly
forecast the final score of four of the five championship games. He missed
only the WCHA, which unfortunately was the one he needed for the tiebreaker.
Life's funny that way :-)
Complete scoring results are below. Congratulations to all the winners, and
thanks again to all those who participated.
Tiebreaker notes: The first tiebreaker was the difference between your
predicted championship-game score and the actual score. Thus, if you picked
the score of the ECAC championship game (actually 3-2) to be 4-3, you would get
two points; if you picked 5-0, you would get four points; and if you picked
3-1, you would get one point. Obviously, the lower point score the better.
The second tiebreaker was the difference between your predicted total of goals
scored in the tournament and the actual number.
As far as tiebreakers that were actually needed:
For Hockey East, the championship score was 5-4.
For the WCHA, the championship score was 4-3.
For the MAAC, the championship score was 4-3, and the total number of goals
scored in the tournament was 62.
The USCHO prognosticators' numbers are also included below.
Overall
NAME TOTAL
Nathan Eric Hampton 164
David Morgenstern 149
Andrew Weise 147
Marcus R. Day 144
Andrew J. Rapoff 143
Troy Vassen 140
Bill Krebs 139
Andrew Christianson 129
Matt Evans 127
Jeffrey Votteler 122
Jay Kleven 122
Joe LaCour 121
William Sangrey 120
Bill Fenwick 119
Mike Welvaert 119
Charlie Shub 117
Jason E. Patton 115
Iyer Venkatesan 110
Garrett Lanzy 108
Erik Johnson 107
Jim Walker 106
Craig Roberts 105
John Edwards 104
Mark Lewin 104
Shawn Bonner 102
* Jennifer L. Iwen 95
Tony Buffa 88
Greg Berge 83
* Lance Riegert 35
USCHO 114
ECAC HEA Tiebreaker 1
NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Score Pts
Troy Vassen 57 David Morgenstern 44 3-2 4
David Morgenstern 54 Nathan Eric Hampton 44 8-6 5
Matt Evans 50 Marcus R. Day 38
Andrew J. Rapoff 49 Jason E. Patton 35
Andrew Weise 49 Iyer Venkatesan 31
Bill Krebs 47 Andrew J. Rapoff 28
Jay Kleven 45 Jennifer L. Iwen 26
Marcus R. Day 43 Troy Vassen 24
Garrett Lanzy 41 Andrew Weise 24
Joe LaCour 39 Jim Walker 23
Mark Lewin 39 Jay Kleven 23
Shawn Bonner 39 Mark Lewin 23
Andrew Christianson 38 Joe LaCour 22
Jeffrey Votteler 38 Greg Berge 20
Erik Johnson 36 Matt Evans 20
Lance Riegert 35 William Sangrey 20
John Edwards 34 Craig Roberts 20
Bill Fenwick 34 Mike Welvaert 20
William Sangrey 34 Charlie Shub 20
Jennifer L. Iwen 32 Bill Fenwick 20
Mike Welvaert 31 Garrett Lanzy 20
Charlie Shub 31 John Edwards 20
Iyer Venkatesan 31 Bill Krebs 19
Nathan Eric Hampton 31 Andrew Christianson 19
Craig Roberts 30 Jeffrey Votteler 19
Jim Walker 21 Erik Johnson 19
Tony Buffa 18 Shawn Bonner 19
Jason E. Patton 14 Tony Buffa 16
Greg Berge 11
USCHO 27 USCHO 24
CCHA WCHA Tiebreaker 1
NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Score Pts
William Sangrey 35 Nathan Eric Hampton 38 6-2 3
Mike Welvaert 24 Andrew Christianson 38 8-2 5
Andrew J. Rapoff 24 Jeffrey Votteler 36
Charlie Shub 23 Marcus R. Day 33
Andrew Weise 23 Charlie Shub 31
Andrew Christianson 22 Andrew Weise 31
Jay Kleven 22 Troy Vassen 31
Greg Berge 20 Joe LaCour 30
Craig Roberts 19 Jennifer L. Iwen 29
Bill Krebs 19 David Morgenstern 28
Joe LaCour 18 Mike Welvaert 27
Shawn Bonner 16 Matt Evans 25
John Edwards 16 Craig Roberts 24
Marcus R. Day 16 Greg Berge 23
Jason E. Patton 15 Erik Johnson 23
Matt Evans 15 Jay Kleven 23
Iyer Venkatesan 15 Andrew J. Rapoff 22
Nathan Eric Hampton 15 William Sangrey 22
Mark Lewin 14 John Edwards 22
Bill Fenwick 14 Jason E. Patton 21
Tony Buffa 14 Iyer Venkatesan 21
Garrett Lanzy 14 Garrett Lanzy 21
Jeffrey Votteler 12 Bill Fenwick 21
Erik Johnson 12 Tony Buffa 20
David Morgenstern 11 Shawn Bonner 19
Troy Vassen 11 Jim Walker 19
Jennifer L. Iwen 8 Mark Lewin 19
Jim Walker 7 Bill Krebs 18
USCHO 11 USCHO 35
MAAC Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
NAME TOTAL Score Pts Goals Pts
Nathan Eric Hampton 36 4-2 1 57 5
Jim Walker 36 5-3 1 31 31
Bill Krebs 36 6-2 3
Bill Fenwick 30
Jason E. Patton 30
Andrew Weise 20
Andrew J. Rapoff 20
Tony Buffa 20
Troy Vassen 17
Erik Johnson 17
Matt Evans 17
Mike Welvaert 17
Jeffrey Votteler 17
Marcus R. Day 14
Andrew Christianson 12
Iyer Venkatesan 12
Craig Roberts 12
Charlie Shub 12
David Morgenstern 12
Joe LaCour 12
Garrett Lanzy 12
John Edwards 12
Greg Berge 9
Shawn Bonner 9
William Sangrey 9
Jay Kleven 9
Mark Lewin 9
USCHO 17
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Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are
strictly those of:
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and '95 DJF 5/27/94
LET'S GO RED!! JCF 12/2/97
"Not while I'm alive."
-- _Chicago Sun-Times_ columnist Irv Kupcinet, on Howard Cosell's claim that
he (Cosell) was his own worst enemy
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