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


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Bill Fenwick                                                 DJF   5/27/94
Cornell '86 and '95                                          JCF   12/2/97
LET'S GO RED!!