With the first weekend of the ECACHL, 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 and CHN 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 overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is currently held by
Troy D. Mills, with 27 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
Troy D. Mills           27
Matt Sullivan           26
Jim Dixon               25
Mark Lewin              24
William Sangrey         22
Bill Fenwick            22
Mike Larson             22
Ken Butler              21
Nick Markham            21
Erik Phelps             20
Will Groskreutz IV      18
Wayne Smith             18
Nathan Hampton          18
Bill Groskreutz III     18
Craig Powers            17
Andy Weise              16
Bill Krebs              16
Charlie Shub            14
Tony Buffa              14

USCHO                   21
* CHN                   19
Higher Seed             22

* Did not submit picks for all conferences

ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Troy D. Mills           15      Matt Sullivan           15
Jim Dixon               15      Mark Lewin              14
Bill Fenwick            14      Troy D. Mills           12
Mike Larson             14      William Sangrey         12
Nick Markham            14      Bill Fenwick             8
Bill Krebs              13      Mike Larson              8
Ken Butler              13      Ken Butler               8
Craig Powers            13      Erik Phelps              8
Andy Weise              12      Will Groskreutz IV       8
Erik Phelps             12      Wayne Smith              8
Nathan Hampton          11      Jim Dixon                7
Bill Groskreutz III     11      Nick Markham             7
Matt Sullivan           11      Bill Groskreutz III      7
Charlie Shub            10      Nathan Hampton           7
Mark Lewin              10      Andy Weise               4
William Sangrey         10      Craig Powers             4
Tony Buffa              10      Charlie Shub             4
Will Groskreutz IV      10      Tony Buffa               4
Wayne Smith             10      Bill Krebs               3

USCHO                   14      USCHO                    4
CHN                     11      CHN                      8
Higher Seed             15      Higher Seed              7

Pardon the shorthand below, but only one person (Jim Dixon) picked American
International to win Atlantic Hockey's play-in game.

Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Jim Dixon                3
Everybody else           0

USCHO                    3
Higher Seed              0

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