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.

Currently holding the overall lead is John Edwards with 29 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            29
Mark Lewin              28
Tony Buffa              26
Jim Dixon               25
Charlie Shub            24
William Sangrey         24
Nick Markham            24
Craig Roberts           24
Wayne Smith             24
Bill Fenwick            23
Nathan Hampton          23
Andy Weise              22
Bill Groskreutz         22
Scott Kaplan            22
Troy D. Mills           21
Robert Hamilton         21
Bill Krebs              15

USCHO                   25
Higher Seed             25


ECAC                            CCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
John Edwards            12      Bill Fenwick            16
Mark Lewin              11      Tony Buffa              15
Bill Groskreutz         11      Jim Dixon               15
William Sangrey         10      Nick Markham            15
Tony Buffa               8      John Edwards            14
Nathan Hampton           8      Andy Weise              14
Andy Weise               8      Wayne Smith             14
Jim Dixon                7      Nathan Hampton          12
Craig Roberts            7      Scott Kaplan            12
Wayne Smith              7      Charlie Shub            12
Scott Kaplan             7      Mark Lewin              11
Troy D. Mills            7      Craig Roberts           11
Robert Hamilton          7      Troy D. Mills           11
Charlie Shub             6      Robert Hamilton         11
Nick Markham             6      Bill Groskreutz          8
Bill Krebs               6      William Sangrey          8
Bill Fenwick             4      Bill Krebs               6

USCHO                    7      USCHO                   15
Higher Seed              6      Higher Seed             16


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Charlie Shub             6
Mark Lewin               6
Craig Roberts            6
William Sangrey          6
Bill Fenwick             3
Tony Buffa               3
Jim Dixon                3
Nick Markham             3
John Edwards             3
Wayne Smith              3
Nathan Hampton           3
Scott Kaplan             3
Troy D. Mills            3
Robert Hamilton          3
Bill Groskreutz          3
Bill Krebs               3
Andy Weise               0

USCHO                    3
Higher Seed              3


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Bill Fenwick
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