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 #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, the quarterfinal series for the WCHA and Atlantic Hockey get picked as sweeps. The current overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #2 is held by William Sangrey with 36 points. Scoring reminder: Each correct winner you pick in each round earns you two points. There is no bonus in a quarterfinal series for picking the number of games that the series lasts. 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 36 Scott Kaplan 34 Bill Fenwick 32 Mark Lewin 32 Nathan Hampton 32 Sean Keller 30 Tony Buffa 30 Jim Dixon 30 * John Edwards 12 USCHO 32 Higher Seed 32 * Did not submit picks for all conferences Hockey East WCHA NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Scott Kaplan 10 Bill Fenwick 6 William Sangrey 8 Mark Lewin 6 Bill Fenwick 8 Scott Kaplan 6 Mark Lewin 8 Nathan Hampton 6 Tony Buffa 8 William Sangrey 6 Jim Dixon 8 Jim Dixon 6 Nathan Hampton 6 Tony Buffa 4 Sean Keller 6 Sean Keller 4 John Edwards 6 USCHO 6 USCHO 6 Higher Seed 6 Higher Seed 6 NCHC Atlantic Hockey NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 8 Nathan Hampton 10 Tony Buffa 8 Bill Fenwick 10 Sean Keller 8 Scott Kaplan 8 Mark Lewin 6 William Sangrey 8 Scott Kaplan 6 Jim Dixon 8 Nathan Hampton 6 John Edwards 6 Bill Fenwick 4 Tony Buffa 6 Jim Dixon 4 Sean Keller 6 Mark Lewin 6 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 6 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 10 Big Ten NAME TOTAL William Sangrey 6 Sean Keller 6 Mark Lewin 6 Nathan Hampton 4 Bill Fenwick 4 Scott Kaplan 4 Jim Dixon 4 Tony Buffa 4 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 4 -- Bill Fenwick DJF 5/27/94 Cornell '86 and '95 JCF 12/2/97 LET'S GO RED!!