With the first week/weekend of the Hockey East, WCHA, NCHC, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffs in the books, here's a 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, the quarterfinal series for the WCHA and Atlantic Hockey get picked as sweeps. The current overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is held by William Sangrey with 56 points. Scoring reminder: Three points are awarded for each correctly predicted winner in the first round and quarterfinals. In the case of the WCHA and Atlantic Hockey, an additional bonus point was given for correctly forecasting the number of games (2 or 3) a series would go. Scoring for the rest of the contest is as follows: 8 points for correctly picking semifinal winners, and 16 points for picking the championship game winner. One other scoring note: In Atlantic Hockey, Holy Cross had to forfeit its first-round game against Sacred Heart, and Bentley had to forfeit its quarterfinal series against AIC. Thus, Sacred Heart was credited with a first-round win, and AIC was credited with a quarterfinal sweep. Overall NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 56 Scott Kaplan 55 Bill Fenwick 52 Mark Lewin 52 Nathan Hampton 52 Sean Keller 48 Tony Buffa 48 Jim Dixon 47 * John Edwards 20 USCHO 53 Higher Seed 54 * Did not submit picks for all conferences Hockey East WCHA NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Scott Kaplan 15 Bill Fenwick 12 William Sangrey 12 Mark Lewin 12 Bill Fenwick 12 Scott Kaplan 11 Mark Lewin 12 Nathan Hampton 11 Tony Buffa 12 William Sangrey 10 Jim Dixon 12 Jim Dixon 10 Nathan Hampton 9 Tony Buffa 8 Sean Keller 9 Sean Keller 8 John Edwards 9 USCHO 12 USCHO 9 Higher Seed 12 Higher Seed 9 NCHC Atlantic Hockey NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 12 Nathan Hampton 17 Tony Buffa 12 Bill Fenwick 16 Sean Keller 12 Scott Kaplan 14 Mark Lewin 9 William Sangrey 13 Scott Kaplan 9 Jim Dixon 13 Nathan Hampton 9 John Edwards 11 Bill Fenwick 6 Tony Buffa 10 Jim Dixon 6 Sean Keller 10 Mark Lewin 10 USCHO 12 Higher Seed 9 USCHO 14 Higher Seed 18 Big Ten NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 9 Sean Keller 9 Mark Lewin 9 Nathan Hampton 6 Bill Fenwick 6 Scott Kaplan 6 Jim Dixon 6 Tony Buffa 6 USCHO 6 Higher Seed 6 -- Bill Fenwick DJF 5/27/94 Cornell '86 and '95 JCF 12/2/97 LET'S GO RED!!