With the first week/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 #1 (in which the later rounds are weighted more heavily than the

earlier ones).  Also included are the scores for 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 and quarter-

final series get picked as sweeps.

USCHO predictions showed up for the semifinal round of the Big Ten, so I’ve

included those along with the continuing predictions for the ECAC.  Still

nada from the rest of USCHO.

The current overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is held by Sean

Keller with 129 points.

Scoring reminder:  Three points are awarded for each correctly predicted

winner in the first round and in the quarterfinals.  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.

Overall

NAME                   TOTAL

Sean Keller             129

Jim Dixon               124

Andy Weise              123

Scott Kaplan            112

Mark Lewin              110

Tony Buffa              106

William Sangrey          98

Bill Fenwick             92

* USCHO                  38

Higher Seed              99

* Did not submit picks for all conferences

ECAC                            Hockey East

NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL

Sean Keller             30      Sean Keller             18

Jim Dixon               29      Scott Kaplan            18

Scott Kaplan            29      Andy Weise              18

William Sangrey         24      Tony Buffa              18

Andy Weise              23      Jim Dixon               15

Mark Lewin              23      Mark Lewin              15

Bill Fenwick            21      William Sangrey         12

Tony Buffa              18      Bill Fenwick            12

USCHO                   22      Higher Seed             21

Higher Seed             25

CCHA                            NCHC

NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL

Andy Weise              32      Jim Dixon               15

Sean Keller             27      Sean Keller             14

Tony Buffa              24      Mark Lewin              14

Jim Dixon               20      Scott Kaplan            14

Mark Lewin              20      Bill Fenwick            14

William Sangrey         20      Andy Weise              11

Scott Kaplan            19      Tony Buffa              11

Bill Fenwick            16      William Sangrey         11

Higher Seed             19      Higher Seed             12

Atlantic Hockey                 Big Ten

NAME                   TOTAL    NAME                   TOTAL

Jim Dixon               19      Andy Weise              28

Scott Kaplan            17      Sean Keller             27

Mark Lewin              15      Jim Dixon               26

Bill Fenwick            14      Mark Lewin              23

Sean Keller             13      Tony Buffa              23

Tony Buffa              12      William Sangrey         19

William Sangrey         12      Scott Kaplan            15

Andy Weise              11      Bill Fenwick            15

Higher Seed             11      USCHO                   16

                                Higher Seed             23

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Bill Fenwick                                                 DJF   5/27/94

Cornell '86 and '95                                          JCF   12/2/97

LET'S GO RED!!