Atlantic Hockey Pick the Standings Contest 2021-22 (komey1 Edition)

[Earl_Leatherland]

As always, I am late to this. So, we are just going to process this for the remainder of the year. Enjoy yourself. Your prize is your name written at the top of this post next season. komey1 is our winner from the 2019-20 season...can you knock him out of the topic title!?

Here is how it will work. The following is plagiarized:

Pick the Atlantic Hockey Standings at the end of the 2021-22 season in order from 1-10 (no ties). Playoff seedings determine the position of the teams in case of a regular season tie.

Scoring is as follows: You will receive a score based on the square of the distance from your picks to the actual standings (e.g., if you pick a team in 4th but they finish in 7th, you get (7-4)2 or 9 points). Sum those up for the eleven Atlantic Hockey teams and you'll have a score between 0 and 330. The entrant with the lowest score will be our winner.

You have until Friday, October 29th, at 5:34PM, EST, just before the Niagara v. Sacred Heart game, to get your picks in.

Tie breakers are:

Pick correctly the Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champ.
Have the most teams in the correct order of finish.
Have the most top 6 teams in the correct order of finish.
I will flip a coin.

You can change your picks at any time up till the drop of the puck on October 29th, however DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL PICKS. Just put up a new post with your change.

Just like last time, I look forward to participating with the 3 people that may see this. (Which really ended up being 9!!)

[Earl_Leatherland]

Coaches Poll
1. American International (AIC)
2. Canisius
3. Army West Point (Army)
4. Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
5. Sacred Heart
6. Niagara
7. Mercyhurst
8. Bentley
9. Air Force
10. Holy Cross

[mar7967]

1. AIC
2. Army
3. RIT
4. Bentley
5. Mercyhurst
6. Canisius
7. Holy Cross
8. Sacred Heart
9. Niagara
10. Air Force

[Earl_Leatherland]

Last Year (For What it is Worth)
1. American International (AIC)
2. Army

3. Robert Morris (RIP Robert Morris)

3. Canisius
4. RIT
5. Sacred Heart
6. Mercyhurst
7. Bentley
8. Niagara
9. Air Force
10. Holy Cross

[Earl_Leatherland]

Random Number
1. RIT
2. Canisius
3. Niagara
4. Mercyhurst
5. Bentley
6. Sacred Heart
7. Army
8. Air Force
9. Holy Cross
10. AIC

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

1. AIC
2. RIT
3. Canisius
4. Bentley
5. Army
6. Mercyhurst
7. Holy Cross
8. Sacred Heart
9. Air Force
10. Niagara

[Earl_Leatherland]

2019-2020 Results

Position     Name                    Score
1.              komey1                    24
2.              TalonsUpPuckDown          32
3.              Bing                      44
4.              Leather Lungs          46
5.              Mikey NoNo                50
6.              blazer777                 56
7.             Coaches Poll              66
8.              Earl_Leatherland          68
9.              Downstate_RIT_Fan         70
10.              Bronco Hockey Fan         86
11.             Last Year Results         112
12.             Random Number             182

[Earl_Leatherland]

Based on the current standings, which mean absolutely nothing because only 4 teams have played in conference, so far, and the way the order is set in the USCHO standings page also means nothing, so far, here is where we stand:

Position     Name                    Score
1.           Random Number           110
2.           mar7967                 154
3.           TalonsUpPuckDown        170
4.           Alphabetical            188
5.           2019-20 Result          190
6.           Coaches Poll            206
7.           Earl_Leatherland        206

[Earl_Leatherland]

Position	Name	Score
1	Random Number	110
2	mar7967	154
3	TalonsUpPuckDown	170
4	Alphabetical	188
5	2019-20 Result	190
6	Coaches Poll	206
7	Earl_Leatherland	206

[Earl_Leatherland]

Current average rank of every team (excluding Random Number, 2019-20 Result, and Alphabetical)

Team	Average Rank
AIC	1.00
Army	3.00
Canisius	3.20
RIT	3.40
Bentley	6.20
Mercyhurst	6.20
Sacred Heart	6.20
Niagara	7.80
Holy Cross	8.80
Air Force	9.20

[Blitz]

1. American International (AIC)
2. RIT
3. Canisius
4.Army
5. Bentley
6. Sacred Heart
7. Mercyhurst
8. Niagara
9. Air Force
10. Holy Cross

[Earl_Leatherland]

Okay, so far, we have 4 willing participants.

We add to those 4 participants the Alphabetical ranking, 2019-20 Result, Random Number, and Coaches Poll.

If the competition ended today, and using the standings on USCHO, as they currently are, the results would be as follows:

1	mar7967	80
2	TalonsUpPuckDown	130
3	Earl_Leatherland	136
4	Alphabetical	154
5	2019-2020 Results	166
6	Blitz	172
7	Random Number	176
8	Coaches Poll	196

You have until this Friday at 5:34PM (17:34) to get your picks in.

[Earl_Leatherland]

You only have about 46 hours left to get your picks in.

[Earl_Leatherland]

29 hours 56 minutes left

[Earl_Leatherland]

Last call.

About 5 hours and 15 minutes left.