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>> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Who has games on Wednesdays?!? :) I guess my normal Thursday pickem schedule bit me in the behind on this one. I put in my picks for the remainder of the games and just put in an incorrect response for the Wednesday game.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Don't be so hard on yourself &#55357;&#56833;

I suppose picking underdogs at this point in the regular season might be a good strategy for someone so down in the standings as we are, blazer. But, probably picking all ties would be a better 'Hail Mary' approach. :rolleyes:
 
I suppose picking underdogs at this point in the regular season might be a good strategy for someone so down in the standings as we are, blazer. But, probably picking all ties would be a better 'Hail Mary' approach. :rolleyes:

I'm racing to the bottom but those other guys not making picks are killing me!
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

In a weekend without any ties, Downstate_RIT_Fan had a perfect week, gong 10 for 10. Congrats!

Code:
Place   Username...........Points
1	kwm4385.............121
2	cornwallace.........119
3	Laker Dude..........116
4	XCTiger.............114
5	Downstate_RIT_Fan...113
5	colonialfan.........113
7	cplinford...........112
8	TalonsUpPuckDown....111
8	Bing................111
10	SweeneyHawksHockey..109
11	mar7967.............108
12	ritBLKnORGsuit......105
13	snively65...........102
14	97osu...............100
15	Blazer777............89
16	AFHockeyFan..........86
17	RIT Winters..........70
18	acohen527............55
19	Rochester............34
20	NYhockeyguy..........33
21	larfretz44...........31
22	The Top Shelf........19
23	JRZ DVLS.............15
23	AICJacketsVoice......15
25	Blitz................12
26	Ballroomblitz.........9
27	komey1................5
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

No ties for me this week; now just watch how many ties we have. :rolleyes:

I got lucky picking no ties, dumb luck I say, nothing scientific behind it other than I figured that with the league standings as tight as they are no one would want a tie but would throw all caution to the wind and go for the win. I also take into account what you and Blaze have to say and usually do something different :D . This week coming up I figure more of the same but as you said, 'just watch how many ties we have'.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

This was the hardest week for me to pick yet! I'm sensing some upsets, but I went with safe picks in order to protect my lead...
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

This was the hardest week for me to pick yet! I'm sensing some upsets, but I went with safe picks in order to protect my lead...

I would say that's the smart move, second place Cornwallace can't be conservative at this point and will likely need to pick a few ties in order to get by you but at the risk of dropping out of second. I'm too far behind to make a dent unless I go with all ties and it actually happens. I could see some of us doing that as a last ditch effort to make a jump in the standings.

Regardless of the outcome well played on a successful AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 regular season.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Dang, finally making a little headway up the standing and I miss picking the first 2 games of this week. Then again, my Thursday picks would have ended as a split anyway.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Rough week - with 10 games, no one earned more than 5 points. Please congratulate kwm4385 and Cornwallace, who tied for regular season champions.

Code:
Place   Username...........Points
1	kwm4385.............124
1	cornwallace.........124
3	Laker Dude..........119
4	XCTiger.............117
4	colonialfan.........117
6	Downstate_RIT_Fan...116
6	cplinford...........116
8	Bing................115
9	TalonsUpPuckDown....114
10	SweeneyHawksHockey..113
11	mar7967.............111
12	ritBLKnORGsuit......109
13	snively65...........105
13	97osu...............105
15	Blazer777............94
16	AFHockeyFan..........86
17	RIT Winters..........70
18	acohen527............55
19	Rochester............34
20	NYhockeyguy..........33
21	larfretz44...........31
22	The Top Shelf........19
23	Blitz................16
24	JRZ DVLS.............15
24	AICJacketsVoice......15
26	Ballroomblitz.........9
27	komey1................5
 
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Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Rather than start a new thread for post-season pick'em, I figured we can continue in this thread. Here are the rules, same as last year.

-Make your picks for the entire weekend before the first puck drop (This is important especially for the championship weekend - we will pick the champion before the two semifinal games)
-Correctly picking the higher seed to win each game is worth 1 point. Correctly picking the lower seed to win each game is 2 points. (This was a recommendation a few years ago to try to encourage picking the "underdog").
-1 bonus point awarded for correctly picking the winner of each first round series (assumed to be the team you have winning at least 2 games), 2 points in the quarterfinals, 3 in the semis, and 4 for the champion. This is independent of the number of games for the 3 game series.
-1 point will be awarded for "backwards splits" - if you pick team A to win Friday and team B to win Saturday, but the opposite happens, you get 1 point. (only in first round and quarterfinals)
-For the 3 game series, you will pick your predicted winner of each game. If you do not think a game 3 will be played, list N/A. You can pick the same winner for all 3 games if you want (if you don't want to pick a 2 game sweep, but can't decide which game will be lost).
-Remember - there are no ties in the post season!

These 'rules' may be confusing - don't hesitate to ask if you don't understand. Good luck all!

The google sheet where I will be tracking results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uTw5hbflNtPkugLUyX0a78S5Vw2XYZU_FIePSkpTGDs/edit?usp=sharing

(Note that it is a different spreadsheet than the regular season).
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2016-2017 <<

Congrats cornwallace on the comeback, guess we'll have to share ;) Not bad for my first pickem season!
Now lets see if I can bring home some postseason signature hardware...
 
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