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

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