1996 HOCKEY-L NCAA TOURNAMENT PREDICTION CONTEST RESULTS:
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My first year in charge of running these contests saw one of the closest
battles for the national title as not one person picked every game
correctly. So it came down to the tie breaker which gave us a true national
champion.
Two points were awarded for each winner picked correctly. The most common
game that was missed was Vermont's win over Lake Superior State. Games were
not weighted this year to see what would happen, but with the large number
of ties I will institute a weight-system of some kind for next year. I will
take any suggestions people have next year.
To try and keep in the spirit of things, I will award the winner the
National Championship, awards will be given to the best finishes by each
conference supporter as well as a Independent/Division III Award.
Participation and Performance Awards for conferences and teams will also be
given.
Before I give you the awards I want to thank G.M. Finniss once again for the
large amount of work (I found out!) over the years that it takes to run
these contests. Like G.M. did, I plan to run a regular season contest in
the fall.
So without further wait, I give you the 1996 Tournament Prediction Contest
Awards...
1996 NATIONAL CHAMPION
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* Edmond S. Tehan (East Region, RPI Supporter)
Edmond, a 23-year follower of college hockey, won the National Title
by gaining 20 of 22 possible points. Edmond picked the correct champion in
Michigan, and picked a total goals of 6. Edmond was the closest to the real
total of 5.
Congrats to Edmond on his superior performance! He beat out 146
others who entered the contest. Not an easy task to complete!
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS:
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* HOCKEY EAST: Karen Ambrose (East Region, UNH Supporter)
Karen, like Edmond, gained 20 of 22 available points and was well
ahead of her closest Hockey East foe. Karen was also the top female
finisher in the contest. Karen picked Michigan to win it all with a total
goal number of 9.
* CCHA: Mike Loomis (West Region, Bowling Green Supporter) and Duane Keahl
(West Region, Michigan Supporter)
Both Mike and Duane had 20 points, and also chose Michigan to take
it all by a total goals scored of 8. Officially Mike and Duane are the
"runners-up" along with one other party.
* ECAC: Steve Czuba (East Region, RPI Supporter)
Since Edmond won the National Championship, the next highest ECAC
Supporter was Steve Czuba. Steve was also a runner-up with Mike Loomis and
Duane Keahl as he too picked up 20 points and chose Michigan as the champ
with a total goals scored of 8.
* WCHA: Jeff Gehrke (West Region, Wisconsin Supporter)
Jeff was the only conference champion not to gain 20 points. Jeff
was one of two WCHA supporters to garner 18 points (Jay Krzyston the other)
but Jeff won the tie breaker by picking Michigan with a total goals scored of 9.
OTHER HONORS:
* Kudos to Jayson Moy (East Region, RPI Supporter) and Andy Weise
(East Region, Clarkson Supporter) as both also gained 20 points, and picked
Michigan to win with a total goals number of 9. Jayson and Andy
unfortunately fell slightly behind a strong ECAC showing finishing behind
National Champion Edmond Tehan, and ECAC Champion Steve Czuba.
* You've seen the CHODR ratings all year, but how did they pick the
tournament?? Robin Lock submitted an entry for CHODR which gained 16 points
(73%).
The highest Independent or Division III finisher was Dave Wiesmore
who scored 14 points but picked Michigan for the champion that was the tie
breaker.
ALMIGHTY ADMINISTRATORS?
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While no administrator contended for the championship, they divided
themselves nicely.
Mike Machnik (East Region, Merrimack Supporter) gained the top
Administrator spot by scoring 16 points well ahead of the other two
administration members.
Bill Fenwick (East Region, Cornell Supporter) was the man in the
middle with 12 of 22 points, and Wayne Smith (East Region, Maine Supporter)
brought up the rear with 10 points.
LEAGUE & TEAM AWARDS
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TOP LEAGUE PARTICIPATION: CCHA
CCHA Supporters made up 32% of all the entries received. The ECAC
was next with 26%, followed by the WCHA 22%, Hockey East with 17% and
Independents 3%.
TOP LEAGUE PERFORMANCE: ECAC
ECAC Supporters made up 4 of the 7 spots that had 20 points. The
CCHA had two, and Hockey East one.
TOP TEAM PARTICIPATION: Wisconsin and Boston University
Both Wisconsin and Boston University had 16 supporters enter the
contest. The next closest schools were Michigan State with 13 and Michigan
with 12.
TOP TEAM PERFORMANCE: RPI
This was a close one with Michigan, but because RPI Supporters did
not have their own team in the tournament the award goes to them. Like
Michigan, 50% of all RPI supporters had 18 or more points, but they 3
supporters among those will 20 points, and they had the National Champion
Edmond Tehan among their group.
COMPLETE RESULTS
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Below is the complete results of the contest. The only group in
"official" order is the group with 20 points. Every other group is broken
up by points, but is not arranged in any order other than how the entry was
processed. I've removed the demographic information to protect people's
information. This is the same reason that I decided not to give awards by
age. Next year I will probably ask for permission to release such
information. Thanks to everyone for participating!!
NCAA TOURNAMENT PREDICTION CONTEST RESULTS:
Participant PTS
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Edmond S. Tehan 20 MI-6 NATIONAL CHAMPION
Mike Loomis 20 MI-8 CCHA CO-CHAMPION
Steve Czuba 20 MI-8 ECAC CHAMPION
Duane Keahl 20 MI-8 CCHA CO-CHAMPION
Karen Ambrose 20 MI-9 HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION
Andy Weise 20 MI-9
Jayson Moy 20 MI-9
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Glen Auerbach 18
Matt Calderwood 18
Jeff Gehrke 18 MI-9, WCHA CHAMPION
Jennifer Henderson 18
Jay Krzyston 18 MI-10
John Kirshner 18
Eric Maiwald 18
Steve Phillips 18
Dan Olsen 18
Jonathan Paul 18
Iyer Venkatesan 18
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James Edwards 16
Tobin Johnson 16
Ken Jaslow 16
Anthony Mastantuoni 16
John Patterson 16
Mike Bellwin 16
Linda Toscano 16
CHODR 16
Jeff Kelly 16
Roger Spurgeon 16
Pat Keenan 16
Mike Machnik 16
Andrew Brecher 16
Jeff Rosa 16
Ted Gamrom 16
Alex Bricker 16
David Griffel 16
Charlie Shub 16
Joe Wright 16
David Youlan 16
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Jason Patton 14
Tom Hansen 14
Ross Belifori 14
Dave Belifori 14
Roy Tock 14
Terry Casper 14
Maria Maddaloni 14
John Belco 14
Eric Robinson 14
Eric Hoffman 14
Dave Wiesmore 14
Margie Rennett 14
Chris O'Donnell 14
Glen Keeney 14
Robin Lock 14
David Hyde 14
Chris Paine 14
James Blashill 14
Jim Dixon 14
Tom Morrison 14
Tom Curtis 14
Dave Morgenstern 14
Julian Chu 14
Scott Quakkelaar 14
Doug Garn 14
Josh Kleinbaum 14
Dan Kallman 14
Troy Douglas Thiele 14
John Edwards 14
Christopher Morgan 14
Tony Biscardi 14
Scott Spooner 14
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Greg Weintraub 12
Pete Underlander 12
Gerry Dudley 12
Baljit Dhillon 12
Roland Jacques 12
Tony Connally 12
Kenneth Baker 12
Tom Rowe 12
Chris Lerch 12
Bill Fenwick 12
Marissa Peaglow 12
Charles Star 12
B.J. Priester 12
Sara Fagan 12
John Haeussler 12
Scott Southard 12
Jim Teresco 12
Chip Carnathan 12
Paul Carnathan 12
Jess Carnathan 12
Bill Link 12
Tim Johnson 12
Brian Walrath 12
Vijay Saluja 12
Paul Varnum 12
Bob Roy 12
Marcus Day 12
Tom McArdle 12
Brent Dingman 12
David Withy 12
Mike Wheeler 12
Brian Bimberg 12
Wayne Hickbottom 12
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Deirdre Schleich 10
Bill Lucas 10
Kris Maisonville 10
Ryan Waller 10
Joel Graber 10
Russell Jaslow 10
Nick Nicolai 10
Jonathan Chizick 10
Steve Klein 10
Mike Varney 10
Nan Fladung 10
Tony Buffa 10
Wayne Smith 10
Daniel Falk 10
Todd Myrick 10
Kurt Stutt 10
Kristen Robinson 10
William Krebs 10
Dave Hendrickson 10
Chris Dietrich 10
William Groskreutz 10
Keith Stokes 10
Brad Edward Toberman 10
Bill Affeldt 10
Peter Dankens 10
Rachel Lebejko 10
James Clippinger 10
Paul Drawz 10
Steve Moerland 10
Joe Gladziszewski 10
Bryan Kamrath 10
Rick Taft 10
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Lori Szarwark 8
Matthew Bressette 8
Steve Bogas 8
Brian Roberts 8
James Old 8
Andrew Rapoff 8
Geoff Howell 8
Carl Ford 8
Michael Smar 8
Scott Biggar 8
Adam Wodon 8
Jeff Votteler 8
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Mike Sheehan 6
Ryan Peterson 6
Jeffrey Anbinder 6
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