With the first weekend of the ECAC, WCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffs in the books, here's a look at the score so far in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #2 (in which all rounds count the same). Also included are the scores for the predictions by the USCHO staff (who, it should be pointed out, don'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. Note: CHODR is the College Hockey Offensive/Defensive Ratings, provided by Robin Lock. More information on CHODR is available at http://http://it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/ There is currently a tie for the overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1, between Nathan Hampton and CHODR with 46 points each. Scoring reminder: Each correct winner you pick in each round earns you two points. There is no bonus in a first-round/quarterfinal series for picking the number of games that the series lasts. Overall NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 26 CHODR 26 Jim Dixon 24 William Sangrey 22 Bill Fenwick 22 Charlie Shub 22 Tony Buffa 22 Scott Kaplan 20 Bill Groskreutz 20 Mark Lewin 18 Andy Weise 18 Sean Keller 16 USCHO 20 Higher Seed 26 ECAC WCHA NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 8 Nathan Hampton 8 CHODR 8 CHODR 8 Sean Keller 8 Scott Kaplan 8 Nathan Hampton 8 Tony Buffa 8 Jim Dixon 8 Charlie Shub 8 Tony Buffa 6 William Sangrey 6 Bill Fenwick 6 Jim Dixon 6 Charlie Shub 6 Andy Weise 6 Scott Kaplan 6 Bill Fenwick 6 Bill Groskreutz 6 Sean Keller 4 Mark Lewin 6 Mark Lewin 4 Andy Weise 6 Bill Groskreutz 4 USCHO 6 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 8 Higher Seed 8 Atlantic Hockey Big Ten NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Charlie Shub 6 Jim Dixon 6 William Sangrey 4 Bill Fenwick 6 Bill Fenwick 4 Nathan Hampton 6 Nathan Hampton 4 CHODR 6 CHODR 4 Bill Groskreutz 6 Jim Dixon 4 Mark Lewin 6 Tony Buffa 4 Charlie Shub 4 Bill Groskreutz 4 Tony Buffa 4 Scott Kaplan 2 Scott Kaplan 4 Andy Weise 2 Andy Weise 4 Sean Keller 2 William Sangrey 4 Mark Lewin 2 Sean Keller 2 USCHO 2 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 4 Higher Seed 6 Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask]