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 #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://it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/ The current overall leader in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #2 is Nathan Hampton with 52 points. 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 52 CHODR 50 Bill Fenwick 50 Tony Buffa 46 Jim Dixon 44 William Sangrey 44 Andy Weise 44 Charlie Shub 44 Scott Kaplan 40 Sean Keller 38 Mark Lewin 38 Bill Groskreutz 38 USCHO 44 Higher Seed 48 ECAC Hockey East NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 14 Tony Buffa 6 CHODR 14 Andy Weise 6 Sean Keller 14 Charlie Shub 6 Tony Buffa 12 Mark Lewin 6 Bill Fenwick 12 Bill Fenwick 6 William Sangrey 12 Jim Dixon 6 Andy Weise 12 Nathan Hampton 4 Charlie Shub 12 CHODR 4 Mark Lewin 10 Sean Keller 4 Jim Dixon 10 William Sangrey 4 Scott Kaplan 10 Bill Groskreutz 4 Bill Groskreutz 10 Scott Kaplan 2 USCHO 12 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 14 Higher Seed 4 WCHA NCHC NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Nathan Hampton 12 Charlie Shub 8 CHODR 12 Bill Fenwick 6 Tony Buffa 12 Scott Kaplan 6 Bill Fenwick 10 Sean Keller 6 Scott Kaplan 10 Nathan Hampton 6 Andy Weise 8 CHODR 6 Jim Dixon 8 Andy Weise 6 William Sangrey 8 William Sangrey 6 Sean Keller 6 Mark Lewin 6 Mark Lewin 6 Tony Buffa 4 Bill Groskreutz 6 Bill Groskreutz 4 Charlie Shub 6 Jim Dixon 4 USCHO 12 USCHO 6 Higher Seed 10 Higher Seed 6 Atlantic Hockey Big Ten NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 8 Jim Dixon 8 Bill Fenwick 8 Bill Fenwick 8 Nathan Hampton 8 Nathan Hampton 8 Jim Dixon 8 CHODR 8 Scott Kaplan 8 William Sangrey 6 Tony Buffa 8 Bill Groskreutz 6 Charlie Shub 8 Mark Lewin 6 Andy Weise 8 Sean Keller 4 Bill Groskreutz 8 Scott Kaplan 4 CHODR 6 Tony Buffa 4 Sean Keller 4 Charlie Shub 4 Mark Lewin 4 Andy Weise 4 USCHO 6 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 6 Higher Seed 8 Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask]