Jim Dixon
UAF 90, 91
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Asheville, NC
First Round -- East Pod:
#6E Holy Cross at #3E Sacred Heart Sacred Heart
#5E Air Force at #4E Bentley Air Force
Quarterfinals East Region:
Air Force at #1E American Int'l American Int'l
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Sacred Heart at #2E Army West Point Army West Point 2
First Round -- West Region:
#5W Niagara at #4W Mercyhurst Mercyhurst
Quarterfinals West Region:
Mercyhurst at #1W Robert Morris Robert Morris 2
#3W RIT at #2W Canisius Canisius
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Semifinals:
Canisius vs American Int'l Canisius
Army West Point vs Robert Morris Army West Point
Championship:
Winner (16 pts)
Canisius vs Army West Point Army West Point
Tiebreakers:
1. Championship game score: 4-3
2. Total goals scored in entire tournament: 90
On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:44 AM Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm a little leery about doing this this year, as COVID-19 protocols have
> played havoc with scheduling and I'm pretty sure we're not done with it,
> but anyway...
>
> Once again, it's time to announce this year's Pick the Post-season
> Tournaments contest! Try out your prognosticating skills by predicting
> the game results and champions of each of the six Division I conference
> tournaments!
>
> This year's contest will be in several parts. I don't know how many yet,
> but Atlantic Hockey is starting their post-season this weekend, so this
> part of the contest will deal only with Atlantic Hockey. Separate mailings
> will follow for the other conferences.
>
> As in the past, I'll be running two contests in one. The first will give
> higher weighting to the latter stages of the tournaments, and the second
> will give equal weight to all results (see under Scoring below). There
> will be contest #1 and #2 winners for each of the six tournaments, plus #1
> and #2 overall Prognosticating Gods.
>
> Just to preserve their immortality, the winners of last year's rather
> abbreviated contest were:
>
> Contest #1 Contest #2
> ECAC: Andy Weise John Edwards
> WCHA: Bill Fenwick Andy Weise
> Atlantic Hockey: Mark Lewin John Edwards
> Big Ten: Nathan Hampton John Edwards
> Overall: Nathan Hampton Nathan Hampton
>
> (The Hockey East and NCHC tournaments did not have any games played)
>
> The first playoff games are on Sunday, March 7th at 5:00 PM EST, so the
> deadline for this part of the contest will be Sunday, March 7th at 4:00 PM
> EST.
>
> The tournament formats (for the moment, anyway) are as follows:
>
> Atlantic Hockey (scheduled to begin March 7th):
>
> All eleven teams make the playoffs. The first round and quarterfinals are
> seeded based on Atlantic Hockey’s East and West scheduling pods. Based on
> the teams' overall seeding, the top two seeds in the East and top three in
> the West receive a bye into the quarterfinals.
> The remaining six meet in the first round in their respective pods, with
> the #3E, #4E, and #4W seeds hosting. They play a single game "to
> conclusion".
> The three first-round winners advance and are reseeded in their pods.
> In the quarterfinal round, the top two seeds in each pod host a best-of-
> three series. Within each pod, the lowest-remaining seed plays at #1 and
> the second-lowest plays at #2.
> In the semifinal round, the highest-remaining East seed hosts the lowest-
> remaining West seed, while the highest-remaining West seed hosts the
> lowest-remaining East seed.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no
> consolation game.
>
> Hockey East (scheduled to begin March 10th):
>
> All eleven teams make the playoffs. The top five seeds receive a bye into
> the quarterfinals, while the remaining six meet in the first round in a
> single game. Seeds 6 through 8 host the first-round games. All games are
> played "to conclusion".
> The three first-round winners advance and are reseeded.
> The top four seeds host the single-game quarterfinal round. Among the
> first-round winners, the lowest-remaining seed plays at #1, the second-
> lowest at #2, and so on. The #5 seed plays at #4.
> The four quarterfinal winners advance and are reseeded.
> The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two
> seeds meet in the other semifinal. Games are hosted by the higher seeds.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, hosted by the higher
> seed. There is no consolation game.
>
> WCHA (scheduled to begin March 12th):
>
> All eight teams make the playoffs. The top four seeds host the quarter-
> finals, which are a best-of-three series. All games are played "to
> conclusion".
> The four winners advance and are reseeded.
> The semifinal round is a single game, in which the highest seed hosts the
> lowest seed, while the second-highest seed hosts the third seed.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, which the higher
> seed hosts. There is no consolation game.
>
> NCHC (scheduled to begin March 12th):
>
> All eight teams make the playoffs, and all games will be at one site.
> The quarterfinal round is a single game, with #1 playing #8, #2 playing
> #7, and so on. All games are played "to conclusion".
> The four winners advance and are reseeded.
> The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two
> seeds meet in the other semifinal.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no
> consolation game.
>
> Big Ten (scheduled to begin March 14th):
>
> All seven teams make the playoffs, and all games will be at one site.
> The top seed receives a bye into the semifinals, while the remaining six
> meet in the single-game quarterfinal round. Seed #2 will play #7, #3 will
> play #6, and so on. All games are played "to conclusion".
> The three quarterfinal winners advance and are reseeded.
> The #1 seed meets the lowest seed in one semifinal, while the other two
> seeds meet in the other semifinal.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no
> consolation game.
>
> ECAC (scheduled to begin March 18th):
>
> All four teams make the playoffs.
> The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two
> seeds meet in the other semifinal. The semifinal games are played "to
> conclusion" and are hosted by the higher seeds.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, hosted by the higher
> seed. There is no consolation game.
>
>
> Scoring:
>
> Contest #1:
>
> Each correct first round/quarterfinal winner is worth 3 points. For a
> best-of-three series (Atlantic Hockey and WCHA quarterfinals only), giving
> the correct number of games in the series is worth an additional point.
> Sorry, but if you get the winner wrong, you get zippo, even if you get the
> number of games right.
>
> Correct semifinal game winners are worth 8 points.
>
> Correct championship game winners are worth 16 points.
>
> So the maximum total points for each league would be:
>
> Atlantic Hockey 57
> Hockey East 53
> WCHA 48
> NCHC 44
> Big Ten 41
> ECAC 32
>
> There will also be two tiebreakers for each conference. The first will be
> the predicted final score of the championship game, with the closest score
> winning. For example, if you predict 5-2 and the actual score is 4-2,
> you're one off; if the actual score is 4-3, you're two off.
>
> The second tiebreaker will be the total number of goals scored in the
> entire tournament.
>
> If there is a tie for the overall winner, the tiebreaker will be who
> performed best in the greater number of individual tournaments.
>
> Contest #2:
>
> Each correct result from each round is worth 2 points. So you get 2 points
> for each quarterfinal/first round winner you pick (regardless of whether or
> not you forecast the correct number of games), 2 points for each semifinal
> winner you pick, and so on.
>
> The maximum total points for each league would be:
>
> Atlantic Hockey 20
> Hockey East 20
> WCHA 14
> NCHC 14
> Big Ten 12
> ECAC 6
>
> Tiebreakers will be the same as for Contest #1.
>
> One other scoring note: It's possible that a team may have to withdraw
> from a tournament due to COVID-19 restrictions and will have to forfeit a
> playoff game or series. In that case, the game/series will be counted as
> a win for the non-forfeiting team (a 2-0 sweep if it's a series).
>
> An official entry form will follow as soon as I post this. Questions,
> comments, and entries can be sent to [log in to unmask] . Simply
> hitting "reply" MAY NOT WORK -- be sure to check the Email address before
> you send.
>
> Thanks and good luck!
>
>
> Bill Fenwick
> [log in to unmask]
>
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Jim Dixon
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