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>> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

mar7967 said:
No perfect picks this week. komey1 was closest, only missing game 1 and "3" of RMU/Holy Cross. He earned 22 points this week to close in on lead.
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Place   Username...........Points
1	mar7967..............32
2	komey1...............29
3	SweeneyHawksHockey...25
4	RitBLKnORGsuit.......24
5	Zyklon...............23
5	niahock..............23
5	kwm4385..............23
8	Downstate_RIT_Fan....22
9	XCTiger..............21
10	TalonsUpPuckDown.....19
11	Blazer777............18
12	Bing.................17
13	Nosmo King...........13
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Come on Mar, you can hold him off!
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

If I really wanted to, I could make the same picks as komey to guarantee that he won't beat me, but that wouldn't be fair! So in the spirit of transparency, I will publicly state my picks (and reasoning).

Semifinal 1 - RMU vs Mercyhurst - I favored the top seed here.
Semifinal 2 - Air Force vs Canisius - I picked AFA because they got 6 out of 8 points against Canisius this season, including an seemingly easy sweep 3 weeks ago.

Final - Air Force vs Mercyhurst - AFA knows how to win at Blue Cross, and they seem to win when it matters. I expect Serratore and his Falcons to win it all again.
 
mar7967 said:
If I really wanted to, I could make the same picks as komey to guarantee that he won't beat me, but that wouldn't be fair! So in the spirit of transparency, I will publicly state my picks (and reasoning).

Semifinal 1 - RMU vs Mercyhurst - I favored the top seed here.
Semifinal 2 - Air Force vs Canisius - I picked AFA because they got 6 out of 8 points against Canisius this season, including an seemingly easy sweep 3 weeks ago.

Final - Air Force vs Mercyhurst - AFA knows how to win at Blue Cross, and they seem to win when it matters. I expect Serratore and his Falcons to win it all again.
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Well played, Komey's options are now limited but a Mercyhurst win can doom you.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

9 people have submitted so far, and here is the breakdown of picks.

Semifinals:
Mercyhurst - 100%
Robert Morris - 0%

Canisius - 55.6%
Air Force - 44.4%

Champion:
Mercyhurst - 44.4%
Canisius - 33.3%
Robert Morris - 0%
Air Force - 22.2%
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

blazer777 said:
Well played, Komey's options are now limited but a Mercyhurst win can doom you.
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With 4 points on the championship game, that is my best bet. Besides, what a story it would be for Captian Jack Riley to hoist the trophy named after his grandfather.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

As the RMU radio guy said, "Leave the lights on at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, because the Colonials are staying for another night in Rochester!"
Robert Morris just beat Mercyhurst in OT, and will play the winner of Canisius/Air Force tomorrow night.

Downstate_RIT_Fan was the only one to call RMU tonight, and also called them tomorrow.
 
mar7967 said:
As the RMU radio guy said, "Leave the lights on at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, because the Colonials are staying for another night in Rochester!"
Robert Morris just beat Mercyhurst in OT, and will play the winner of Canisius/Air Force tomorrow night.

Downstate_RIT_Fan was the only one to call RMU tonight, and also called them tomorrow.
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No, not him, sigh! 😁

I guess the picks on the next game will decide how this plays out
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

blazer777 said:
No, not him, sigh! 😁

I guess the picks on the next game will decide how this plays out
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You guys crack me up! Why did I pick RMU? Doesn't RMU get a Girduckis next year? There is a Tiger connection there..., simple as that, like rooting for Providence when there is a Saracino and Tanev on the team, or Yale, when Coach's son Stu was playing. I love and know some of those kids from Mercyhurst, but I just had a gut feel about RMU tonight.
 
Downstate_RIT_Fan said:
You guys crack me up! Why did I pick RMU? Doesn't RMU get a Girduckis next year? There is a Tiger connection there..., simple as that, like rooting for Providence when there is a Saracino and Tanev on the team, or Yale, when Coach's son Stu was playing. I love and know some of those kids from Mercyhurst, but I just had a gut feel about RMU tonight.
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Well, that beats any method I've used over these past years. Good luck tomorrow
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

AIR FORCE WINS!!! XCTiger and I each earned 7 points between last night and tonight's Falcon wins.

Here are final standings:
Code: 
Place   Username...........Points
1	mar7967..............39
2	komey1...............32
3	XCTiger..............28
4	RitBLKnORGsuit.......27
5	SweeneyHawksHockey...25
5	Downstate_RIT_Fan....25
7	Zyklon...............23
7	niahock..............23
7	kwm4385..............23
10	TalonsUpPuckDown.....19
11	Blazer777............18
12	Bing.................17
13	Nosmo King...........16

I appreciate you all playing along this season, we'll see you all in a few months! And finally, good luck to Air Force in the NCAAs!
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

AIR FORCE WINS!!! XCTiger and I each earned 7 points between last night and tonight's Falcon wins.

Here are final standings:
Code: 
Place   Username...........Points
1	mar7967..............39
2	komey1...............32
3	XCTiger..............28
4	RitBLKnORGsuit.......27
5	SweeneyHawksHockey...25
5	Downstate_RIT_Fan....25
7	Zyklon...............23
7	niahock..............23
7	kwm4385..............23
10	TalonsUpPuckDown.....19
11	Blazer777............18
12	Bing.................17
13	Nosmo King...........16

I appreciate you all playing along this season, we'll see you all in a few months! And finally, good luck to Air Force in the NCAAs!
 
Congrats to Mar and Komey on their wins this season. See you next season for another go at it. And thank you Mar fire running this again, lots of fun
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

Ditto, congratulations Komey and Mark. I took a chance on RMU, I thought they could beat Canisius in the final, alas the Griffins could not get by Air Force in the semi's. Once Air Force beat Canisius I kind of knew they would beat RMU. I saw all the Atlantic Hockey teams this year except AIC, and I was most impressed with Air Force. They have a offense that I thought was different than just about all the other AHC teams I've seen. I saw them three games and not sure if I saw one slap shot. What I saw was a tenacious forecheck, steal the puck, throw it out to the blue line and head for the front of the net. At the blue line almost always a low accurate wrist shot (on net) was taken, that the fore-checkers, now in front of the net, tried to tip. If not, they looked for a bad rebound to pounce on. None of those booming slapshots that RIT and other free wheeling offenses in AHC like to take. Different but very effective, add a brilliant coach, and a hot goalie and we can see why Air Force won again. Mentioning goalies, they lost Starrett last year and just swapped him out with Christopoulos. Just a terrific job by the AF coaching staff. I seen him stone cold rob Army in the OT of the deciding third game of their playoff series. A lesser goalie and we would be having a different conversation.

Thanks again Mark for putting this together, just great as always.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

Thank you all. It wouldn't be worth running if it weren't for you guys! I enjoy not only your participation, but the conversations and banter in this thread.
 
Re: >> AHC Pick'em 2017-2018 <<

mar7967 said:
Thank you all. It wouldn't be worth running if it weren't for you guys! I enjoy not only your participation, but the conversations and banter in this thread.
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Thanks, Mar! Appreciate you running the pick 'ems!
 
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