With the conference post-season tournaments over and the NCAA tournament
almost upon us, it's time to announce the winners of the Pick the
Post-Season Tournament contests. For Contest #2, in which all rounds are
scored the same, the overall winner is...
Nathan Hampton
whose total of 66 points was two better than the runner-up, the CHODR
picks. Congratulations to Nathan!
As for the individual conference winners...
The ECAC saw a three-way tie among CHODR, Nathan Hampton, and Sean Keller,
with 16 points each. CHODR's perfect prediction of the championship game
score earned first place.
Andy Weise took the top spot in Hockey East with 8 points.
The WCHA also ended up in a three-way tie among CHODR, Tony Buffa, and
Nathan Hampton, who each had 14 points. Once again, CHODR picked the
championship game score right ont the nose and took the crown.
Charlie Shub's 14 points were good for first place in the NCHC.
There was a tie among Jim Dixon, Andy Weise, and Tony Buffa for the top
spot in Atlantic Hockey. Jim predicted the championship game score per-
fectly and took the honors.
In the Big Ten, there was a four-way tie for first among CHODR, Nathan
Hampton, Jim Dixon, and myself, each with 8 points. CHODR and Nathan
remained tied after the first tiebreaker, but CHODR eked out the win with
the second tiebreaker, as its predicted total of goals scored in the tour-
nament was one point closer than Nathan's.
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 5-2,
you would get two points; if you picked 4-0, you would get three points;
and if you picked 6-1, you would get four points. Obviously, the lower the
point score the better.
The second tiebreaker was the difference between your predicted total of
goals scored in the entire tournament and the actual number. Again, the
lower the point total the better.
As far as tiebreakers that were actually needed:
For the ECAC, the championship game score was 3-2.
For the WCHA, the championship game score was 3-2.
For Atlantic Hockey, the championship game score was 3-2.
For the Big Ten, the championship game score was 3-2, and the total number
of goals scored in the tournament was 49.
The USCHO prognosticators' numbers are included below, as are the "Higher
Seed" picks showing what would have happened if the higher seed for each
game had been picked to win.
OVERALL
NAME TOTAL
Nathan Hampton 66
CHODR 64
Tony Buffa 60
Andy Weise 60
Bill Fenwick 58
William Sangrey 56
Jim Dixon 54
Charlie Shub 54
Sean Keller 52
Scott Kaplan 52
Mark Lewin 50
Bill Groskreutz 48
USCHO 60
Higher Seed 58
ECAC Tiebreaker 1 Hockey East
NAME TOTAL Score Pts NAME TOTAL
CHODR 16 3-2 0 Andy Weise 8
Nathan Hampton 16 5-2 2 Nathan Hampton 6
Sean Keller 16 4-3 2 William Sangrey 6
Bill Fenwick 14 Sean Keller 6
Andy Weise 14 Mark Lewin 6
William Sangrey 14 Charlie Shub 6
Tony Buffa 14 Tony Buffa 6
Charlie Shub 14 Bill Fenwick 6
Bill Groskreutz 12 Jim Dixon 6
Jim Dixon 12 CHODR 4
Scott Kaplan 12 Bill Groskreutz 4
Mark Lewin 12 Scott Kaplan 2
USCHO 18 USCHO 4
Higher Seed 14 Higher Seed 4
WCHA Tiebreaker 1 NCHC
NAME TOTAL Score Pts NAME TOTAL
CHODR 14 3-2 0 Charlie Shub 14
Tony Buffa 14 5-2 2 William Sangrey 12
Nathan Hampton 14 5-3 3 Mark Lewin 12
Bill Fenwick 12 Nathan Hampton 12
Scott Kaplan 12 CHODR 12
Jim Dixon 10 Scott Kaplan 12
Andy Weise 10 Andy Weise 12
Sean Keller 8 Bill Fenwick 10
Mark Lewin 8 Sean Keller 10
Bill Groskreutz 8 Tony Buffa 10
William Sangrey 8 Bill Groskreutz 8
Charlie Shub 6 Jim Dixon 6
USCHO 12 USCHO 10
Higher Seed 12 Higher Seed 10
Atlantic Hockey Tiebreaker 1
NAME TOTAL Score Pts
Jim Dixon 12 3-2 0
Andy Weise 12 4-3 2
Tony Buffa 12 6-3 4
CHODR 10
William Sangrey 10
Nathan Hampton 10
Scott Kaplan 10
Charlie Shub 10
Bill Groskreutz 10
Bill Fenwick 8
Sean Keller 6
Mark Lewin 6
USCHO 10
Higher Seed 10
Big Ten Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
NAME TOTAL Score Pts Goals Pts
CHODR 8 3-2 0 55 6
Nathan Hampton 8 3-2 0 56 7
Jim Dixon 8 4-3 2
Bill Fenwick 8 4-3 2
Bill Groskreutz 6
Sean Keller 6
William Sangrey 6
Mark Lewin 6
Andy Weise 4
Scott Kaplan 4
Charlie Shub 4
Tony Buffa 4
USCHO 6
Higher Seed 8
Bill Fenwick
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