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1996 HOCKEY-L NCAA TOURNAMENT PREDICTION CONTEST RESULTS: ======================================================== My first year in charge of running these contests saw one of the closest battles for the national title as not one person picked every game correctly. So it came down to the tie breaker which gave us a true national champion. Two points were awarded for each winner picked correctly. The most common game that was missed was Vermont's win over Lake Superior State. Games were not weighted this year to see what would happen, but with the large number of ties I will institute a weight-system of some kind for next year. I will take any suggestions people have next year. To try and keep in the spirit of things, I will award the winner the National Championship, awards will be given to the best finishes by each conference supporter as well as a Independent/Division III Award. Participation and Performance Awards for conferences and teams will also be given. Before I give you the awards I want to thank G.M. Finniss once again for the large amount of work (I found out!) over the years that it takes to run these contests. Like G.M. did, I plan to run a regular season contest in the fall. So without further wait, I give you the 1996 Tournament Prediction Contest Awards... 1996 NATIONAL CHAMPION ======================= * Edmond S. Tehan (East Region, RPI Supporter) Edmond, a 23-year follower of college hockey, won the National Title by gaining 20 of 22 possible points. Edmond picked the correct champion in Michigan, and picked a total goals of 6. Edmond was the closest to the real total of 5. Congrats to Edmond on his superior performance! He beat out 146 others who entered the contest. Not an easy task to complete! CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: ===================== * HOCKEY EAST: Karen Ambrose (East Region, UNH Supporter) Karen, like Edmond, gained 20 of 22 available points and was well ahead of her closest Hockey East foe. Karen was also the top female finisher in the contest. Karen picked Michigan to win it all with a total goal number of 9. * CCHA: Mike Loomis (West Region, Bowling Green Supporter) and Duane Keahl (West Region, Michigan Supporter) Both Mike and Duane had 20 points, and also chose Michigan to take it all by a total goals scored of 8. Officially Mike and Duane are the "runners-up" along with one other party. * ECAC: Steve Czuba (East Region, RPI Supporter) Since Edmond won the National Championship, the next highest ECAC Supporter was Steve Czuba. Steve was also a runner-up with Mike Loomis and Duane Keahl as he too picked up 20 points and chose Michigan as the champ with a total goals scored of 8. * WCHA: Jeff Gehrke (West Region, Wisconsin Supporter) Jeff was the only conference champion not to gain 20 points. Jeff was one of two WCHA supporters to garner 18 points (Jay Krzyston the other) but Jeff won the tie breaker by picking Michigan with a total goals scored of 9. OTHER HONORS: * Kudos to Jayson Moy (East Region, RPI Supporter) and Andy Weise (East Region, Clarkson Supporter) as both also gained 20 points, and picked Michigan to win with a total goals number of 9. Jayson and Andy unfortunately fell slightly behind a strong ECAC showing finishing behind National Champion Edmond Tehan, and ECAC Champion Steve Czuba. * You've seen the CHODR ratings all year, but how did they pick the tournament?? Robin Lock submitted an entry for CHODR which gained 16 points (73%). The highest Independent or Division III finisher was Dave Wiesmore who scored 14 points but picked Michigan for the champion that was the tie breaker. ALMIGHTY ADMINISTRATORS? ======================== While no administrator contended for the championship, they divided themselves nicely. Mike Machnik (East Region, Merrimack Supporter) gained the top Administrator spot by scoring 16 points well ahead of the other two administration members. Bill Fenwick (East Region, Cornell Supporter) was the man in the middle with 12 of 22 points, and Wayne Smith (East Region, Maine Supporter) brought up the rear with 10 points. LEAGUE & TEAM AWARDS ==================== TOP LEAGUE PARTICIPATION: CCHA CCHA Supporters made up 32% of all the entries received. The ECAC was next with 26%, followed by the WCHA 22%, Hockey East with 17% and Independents 3%. TOP LEAGUE PERFORMANCE: ECAC ECAC Supporters made up 4 of the 7 spots that had 20 points. The CCHA had two, and Hockey East one. TOP TEAM PARTICIPATION: Wisconsin and Boston University Both Wisconsin and Boston University had 16 supporters enter the contest. The next closest schools were Michigan State with 13 and Michigan with 12. TOP TEAM PERFORMANCE: RPI This was a close one with Michigan, but because RPI Supporters did not have their own team in the tournament the award goes to them. Like Michigan, 50% of all RPI supporters had 18 or more points, but they 3 supporters among those will 20 points, and they had the National Champion Edmond Tehan among their group. COMPLETE RESULTS ================ Below is the complete results of the contest. The only group in "official" order is the group with 20 points. Every other group is broken up by points, but is not arranged in any order other than how the entry was processed. I've removed the demographic information to protect people's information. This is the same reason that I decided not to give awards by age. Next year I will probably ask for permission to release such information. Thanks to everyone for participating!! NCAA TOURNAMENT PREDICTION CONTEST RESULTS: Participant PTS ================================ Edmond S. Tehan 20 MI-6 NATIONAL CHAMPION Mike Loomis 20 MI-8 CCHA CO-CHAMPION Steve Czuba 20 MI-8 ECAC CHAMPION Duane Keahl 20 MI-8 CCHA CO-CHAMPION Karen Ambrose 20 MI-9 HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION Andy Weise 20 MI-9 Jayson Moy 20 MI-9 -------------------------------------------------- Glen Auerbach 18 Matt Calderwood 18 Jeff Gehrke 18 MI-9, WCHA CHAMPION Jennifer Henderson 18 Jay Krzyston 18 MI-10 John Kirshner 18 Eric Maiwald 18 Steve Phillips 18 Dan Olsen 18 Jonathan Paul 18 Iyer Venkatesan 18 --------------------------------------------------- James Edwards 16 Tobin Johnson 16 Ken Jaslow 16 Anthony Mastantuoni 16 John Patterson 16 Mike Bellwin 16 Linda Toscano 16 CHODR 16 Jeff Kelly 16 Roger Spurgeon 16 Pat Keenan 16 Mike Machnik 16 Andrew Brecher 16 Jeff Rosa 16 Ted Gamrom 16 Alex Bricker 16 David Griffel 16 Charlie Shub 16 Joe Wright 16 David Youlan 16 --------------------------------------------------------- Jason Patton 14 Tom Hansen 14 Ross Belifori 14 Dave Belifori 14 Roy Tock 14 Terry Casper 14 Maria Maddaloni 14 John Belco 14 Eric Robinson 14 Eric Hoffman 14 Dave Wiesmore 14 Margie Rennett 14 Chris O'Donnell 14 Glen Keeney 14 Robin Lock 14 David Hyde 14 Chris Paine 14 James Blashill 14 Jim Dixon 14 Tom Morrison 14 Tom Curtis 14 Dave Morgenstern 14 Julian Chu 14 Scott Quakkelaar 14 Doug Garn 14 Josh Kleinbaum 14 Dan Kallman 14 Troy Douglas Thiele 14 John Edwards 14 Christopher Morgan 14 Tony Biscardi 14 Scott Spooner 14 --------------------------------------------------- Greg Weintraub 12 Pete Underlander 12 Gerry Dudley 12 Baljit Dhillon 12 Roland Jacques 12 Tony Connally 12 Kenneth Baker 12 Tom Rowe 12 Chris Lerch 12 Bill Fenwick 12 Marissa Peaglow 12 Charles Star 12 B.J. Priester 12 Sara Fagan 12 John Haeussler 12 Scott Southard 12 Jim Teresco 12 Chip Carnathan 12 Paul Carnathan 12 Jess Carnathan 12 Bill Link 12 Tim Johnson 12 Brian Walrath 12 Vijay Saluja 12 Paul Varnum 12 Bob Roy 12 Marcus Day 12 Tom McArdle 12 Brent Dingman 12 David Withy 12 Mike Wheeler 12 Brian Bimberg 12 Wayne Hickbottom 12 --------------------------------------------------- Deirdre Schleich 10 Bill Lucas 10 Kris Maisonville 10 Ryan Waller 10 Joel Graber 10 Russell Jaslow 10 Nick Nicolai 10 Jonathan Chizick 10 Steve Klein 10 Mike Varney 10 Nan Fladung 10 Tony Buffa 10 Wayne Smith 10 Daniel Falk 10 Todd Myrick 10 Kurt Stutt 10 Kristen Robinson 10 William Krebs 10 Dave Hendrickson 10 Chris Dietrich 10 William Groskreutz 10 Keith Stokes 10 Brad Edward Toberman 10 Bill Affeldt 10 Peter Dankens 10 Rachel Lebejko 10 James Clippinger 10 Paul Drawz 10 Steve Moerland 10 Joe Gladziszewski 10 Bryan Kamrath 10 Rick Taft 10 --------------------------------------------------- Lori Szarwark 8 Matthew Bressette 8 Steve Bogas 8 Brian Roberts 8 James Old 8 Andrew Rapoff 8 Geoff Howell 8 Carl Ford 8 Michael Smar 8 Scott Biggar 8 Adam Wodon 8 Jeff Votteler 8 -------------------------------------------------- Mike Sheehan 6 Ryan Peterson 6 Jeffrey Anbinder 6 --- --- Deron Treadwell [log in to unmask] Orono, Maine GO BRUINS! 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