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 MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "http:" claiming to be 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

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