With the first weekend of the Hockey East and NCHC playoffs in the books, and with the ECAC, WCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffs continuing, here's another look at the score so far in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 (in which the later rounds are weighted more heavily than the earlier ones). 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://it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/ The current overall leader in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is Nathan Hampton with 107 points. Scoring reminder: Three points are awarded for each correctly predicted winner in the first round. An additional bonus point was given for correctly forecasting the number of games (2 or 3) a series would go. The quarterfinal round will be scored the same way; predicting the winner is worth three points, and correctly picking the number of games in the series is worth a bonus point. Scoring for the rest of the contest is as follows: 8 points for correctly picking semifinal winners (except in the WCHA, where 7 points are awarded for correctly predicting the winner and an additional bonus point is given for correctly forecasting the number of games), 4 points for picking the consolation winner (NCHC only), and 16 points for picking the championship game winner. Overall NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 107 CHODR 101 Bill Fenwick 100 Tony Buffa 90 Jim Dixon 87 William Sangrey 85 Andy Weise 81 Sean Keller 78 Charlie Shub 77 Scott Kaplan 74 Mark Lewin 72 Bill Groskreutz 68 USCHO 88 Higher Seed 99 ECAC Hockey East NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 25 Tony Buffa 12 CHODR 25 Andy Weise 12 Sean Keller 24 Charlie Shub 12 Tony Buffa 21 Mark Lewin 12 Bill Fenwick 20 Bill Fenwick 11 William Sangrey 20 Jim Dixon 11 Andy Weise 20 Nathan Hampton 8 Charlie Shub 19 CHODR 8 Mark Lewin 18 Sean Keller 7 Jim Dixon 16 William Sangrey 7 Scott Kaplan 16 Bill Groskreutz 7 Bill Groskreutz 16 Scott Kaplan 3 USCHO 22 USCHO 7 Higher Seed 26 Higher Seed 8 WCHA NCHC NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 31 Charlie Shub 15 CHODR 29 Bill Fenwick 12 Tony Buffa 29 Scott Kaplan 12 Bill Fenwick 25 Sean Keller 12 Scott Kaplan 23 Nathan Hampton 11 Andy Weise 19 CHODR 11 Jim Dixon 19 Andy Weise 11 William Sangrey 18 William Sangrey 11 Sean Keller 16 Mark Lewin 10 Mark Lewin 16 Tony Buffa 8 Bill Groskreutz 15 Bill Groskreutz 8 Charlie Shub 12 Jim Dixon 7 USCHO 29 USCHO 11 Higher Seed 24 Higher Seed 12 Atlantic Hockey Big Ten NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 15 Jim Dixon 20 Bill Fenwick 14 Bill Fenwick 18 Nathan Hampton 14 Nathan Hampton 18 Jim Dixon 14 CHODR 18 Scott Kaplan 13 William Sangrey 14 Tony Buffa 13 Sean Keller 12 Charlie Shub 12 Bill Groskreutz 10 Andy Weise 12 Mark Lewin 10 Bill Groskreutz 12 Scott Kaplan 7 CHODR 10 Tony Buffa 7 Sean Keller 7 Charlie Shub 7 Mark Lewin 6 Andy Weise 7 USCHO 11 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 10 Higher Seed 19 Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask]