With the CHA finishing its tournament last weekend, we have our first winner in the Pick the Post-season Tournaments Contest #2.

First, however, an on-the-fly scoring change to announce.  Although it had not happened in the 11 years I've been running this contest, it is possible for a league's consolation game to end in a tie, as shown by the CHA's Niagara and Alabama-Huntsville.  With 1 point available for picking the consolation game winner, I've decided to split it in half and award 0.5 points to anyone who picked Niagara or Alabama-Huntsville to win the CHA consolation.  I'll do something similar if future consolations end in a tie, ignoring NCAA-style the result of any shoot-out that might be held.

The CHA race ended with five people tied for first place:  Troy D. Mills, Mark Lewin, Tony Buffa, Craig Knowles, and myself each had 3.5 points.  Troy won the first tiebreaker with a perfect championship game score prediction.

The overall contest lead is currently shared by Robin Lock and myself, with 27.5 points each.

Scoring reminder:  Each correct winner you pick in each round earns you one point.  There is no bonus in a first-round/quarterfinal series for picking the number of games that the series lasts.

Here is the scoring so far, overall and for each conference.  Also included are the scores for the predictions by the USCHO staff (who, it should be pointed out, didn'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.


Overall
NAME                    TOTAL
Bill Fenwick             27.5
Robin Lock               27.5
CHODR                    27
Nick Markham             27
Tony Buffa               26.5
Troy D. Mills            25.5
Nathan Hampton           25
Craig Knowles            24.5
Mark Lewin               23.5
Charlie Shub             23.5
Mike Larson              23.5
Craig Roberts            23
Jim Dixon                23
Scott Kaplan             22.5
William Groskreutz       21.5
William Sangrey          20
* Andy Weise             16
* Bob Fitta              16
* John Edwards            8

USCHO                    25.5
Higher Seed              27

* Did not submit picks for all conferences


CHA                          Tiebreaker 1
NAME                   TOTAL  Score Pts
Troy D. Mills           3.5    3-2   0
Mark Lewin              3.5    3-1   1
Tony Buffa              3.5    4-1   2
Bill Fenwick            3.5    5-2   2
Craig Knowles           3.5    5-1   3
Charlie Shub            2.5
Mike Larson             2.5
Robin Lock              2.5
William Groskreutz      2.5
Nick Markham            2
CHODR                   2
William Sangrey         2
Nathan Hampton          2
John Edwards            2
Jim Dixon               2
Craig Roberts           2
Scott Kaplan            1.5

USCHO                   2.5
Higher Seed             2


ECACH                           Hockey East
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Nick Markham             6      Tony Buffa               3
Mike Larson              6      Craig Roberts            3
Tony Buffa               6      Bill Fenwick             3
CHODR                    6      Robin Lock               3
Andy Weise               6      Nathan Hampton           3
William Sangrey          5      Scott Kaplan             3
Mark Lewin               5      William Groskreutz       3
Troy D. Mills            5      Craig Knowles            3
Robin Lock               5      John Edwards             3
Nathan Hampton           5      Jim Dixon                2
Bob Fitta                5      Nick Markham             2
Scott Kaplan             4      Mike Larson              2
Craig Roberts            4      CHODR                    2
William Groskreutz       4      William Sangrey          2
Jim Dixon                4      Mark Lewin               2
Craig Knowles            4      Troy D. Mills            2
Bill Fenwick             3      Charlie Shub             2
Charlie Shub             3
                                USCHO                    3
USCHO                    5      Higher Seed              2
Higher Seed              6


CCHA                            WCHA
NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL
Bill Fenwick             7      Nick Markham             5
Robin Lock               7      CHODR                    5
Charlie Shub             7      Bill Fenwick             5
Nick Markham             6      Scott Kaplan             5
CHODR                    6      Craig Knowles            5
Andy Weise               6      Robin Lock               4
Mark Lewin               6      Charlie Shub             4
Troy D. Mills            6      Nathan Hampton           4
Craig Roberts            6      William Groskreutz       4
Tony Buffa               6      Jim Dixon                4
Nathan Hampton           6      Mark Lewin               3
Bob Fitta                6      John Edwards             3
Craig Knowles            6      Craig Roberts            3
Mike Larson              5      Tony Buffa               3
William Sangrey          5      Mike Larson              3
Jim Dixon                5      Troy D. Mills            3
Scott Kaplan             4      William Sangrey          2
William Groskreutz       4
                                USCHO                    4
USCHO                    6      Higher Seed              4
Higher Seed              7


Atlantic Hockey
NAME                   TOTAL
Nick Markham             6
CHODR                    6
Robin Lock               6
Jim Dixon                6
Troy D. Mills            6
Bill Fenwick             6
Charlie Shub             5
Bob Fitta                5
Nathan Hampton           5
Craig Roberts            5
Tony Buffa               5
Scott Kaplan             5
Mike Larson              5
William Groskreutz       4
Andy Weise               4
Mark Lewin               4
William Sangrey          4
Craig Knowles            3

USCHO                    5
Higher Seed              6

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