Hi Bill, and thanks so much for doing this again. I guess I am one of the people who missed it last year but then again I’m retired and this is fun!
Tony.
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> On Mar 3, 2024, at 5:51 PM, Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I opted not to do this last season due to the lack of activity on HOCKEY-L,
> and then I heard from a few people who wondered what happened with the
> contest, so I’m giving it a try this year.
>
> 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 three parts. The ECAC, CCHA, Atlantic
> Hockey, and Big Ten regular seasons have ended, while Hockey East and the
> NCHC will continue through this weekend. So this part of the contest will
> deal only with the ECAC, CCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten. After next
> weekend, I'll send out separate mailings for Hockey East (their tournament
> starts mid-week) and the NCHC.
>
> 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 from two years ago were:
>
> Contest #1 Contest #2
> ECAC: Sean Keller Sean Keller
> Hockey East: Sean Keller Sean Keller
> CCHA: Andy Weise Andy Weise
> NCHC: Scott Kaplan Scott Kaplan
> Atlantic Hockey: Jim Dixon Scott Kaplan
> Big Ten: Andy Weise Sean Keller
> Overall: Sean Keller Sean Keller
>
> The first playoff games are on Friday, March 8th at 7:00 PM EST, so the
> deadline for this part of the contest will be Friday, March 8th at 6:00 PM
> EST.
>
> I confess I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t realize that Atlantic Hockey
> already started their post-season on March 2nd with the first-round games.
> So anyone who picks Atlantic Hockey can start with this weekend’s quarter-
> final round and I’ll give you 9 free first-round points for Contest #1 and 6
> free first-round points for Contest #2.
>
> The tournament formats are as follows:
>
> ECAC:
>
> All twelve teams make the playoffs. The top four seeds receive a bye into
> the quarterfinals, while the remaining eight meet in the first round in a
> single game. Seeds 5 through 8 host the first-round games. All games are
> played "to conclusion".
> The four first-round winners advance and are reseeded.
> The top four seeds host the quarterfinal round, which is a best-of-three
> series. The lowest-remaining seed plays at #1, the second-lowest at #2, and
> so on.
> 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.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game.
>
> CCHA:
>
> All eight teams make the playoffs. (Augustana is a provisional member of the
> CCHA and is not eligible for the post-season) The top four seeds host the
> quarterfinals, 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-remaining 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.
>
> Atlantic Hockey:
>
> 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 quarterfinal round, which is a best-of-three
> series. 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 semifinal round is a best-of-three series, in which the highest-remaining
> 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.
>
> Big Ten:
>
> All seven teams make the playoffs. The top seed receives a bye into the
> semifinals, while the remaining six meet in the quarterfinal round in a
> best-of-three series. Seeds 2 through 4 host the quarterfinals. All games
> are played "to conclusion".
> The three quarterfinal winners advance and are reseeded.
> In the semifinal round, the #1 seed hosts the lowest seed in one semifinal
> game, while the next-highest seed hosts the other semifinal.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, which the higher seed
> hosts.
>
> Hockey East (starts next week):
>
> 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.
> The semifinal winners meet in the championship game.
>
> NCHC (starts next week):
>
> 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 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.
>
>
> Scoring:
>
> Contest #1:
>
> Each correct first round/quarterfinal winner is worth 3 points. For those
> rounds that are a series, giving the correct number of games played 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, except for Atlantic
> Hockey, which has a best-of-three semifinal series. Similar to the quarter-
> final scoring above, predicting the semifinal series winner is worth 7
> points, and giving the correct number of games in the series is worth an
> additional point.
>
> Correct championship game winners are worth 16 points.
>
> So the maximum total points for each league would be:
>
> ECAC 60
> CCHA 48
> Atlantic Hockey 57 (9 free)
> Big Ten 44
> Hockey East 53
> NCHC 48
>
> 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. (For Atlantic Hockey, do not include the first-round games)
>
> 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:
>
> ECAC 22
> CCHA 14
> Atlantic Hockey 20 (6 free)
> Big Ten 12
> Hockey East 20
> NCHC 14
>
> Tiebreakers will be the same as for Contest #1.
>
> An official entry form will follow soon after 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 DJF 5/27/94
> Cornell '86 and '95 JCF 12/2/97
> LET'S GO RED!!
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