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Atlantic Hockey Pick the Standings Contest 2021-22 (komey1 Edition)
- Thread starter Earl_Leatherland
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Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
Only 2 games left for each team in Atlantic Hockey. The 26 game regular season ends up this weekend.
So, where do we stand as we hit this last weekend?
Based on the most recent games, listed below:
2022-02-17
Army 2 - Holy Cross 1
2022-02-18
Air Force 4 - Bentley 1
Sacred Heart 1 - Canisius 3
Army 3 - Holy Cross 1
AIC 5 - Mercyhurst 1
RIT 4 - Niagara 2
2022-02-19
Air Force 4 - Bentley 4
Sacred Heart 1 - Canisius 3
AIC 3 - Mercyhurst 6
Niagara 2 - RIT 3
Here are the current standings according to USCHO.
(CORRECTIONS WELCOME)
That makes the standings for our friendly competition as follows:
Things to note: (or things I note that have no relevance, but I find it interesting)
(1) Do the coaches have this contest locked up? Will the title next year say "Coaches Poll"?
(2) 2019-2020 results and 2021-2022 results may be a match?
(3) Theodore, Stella, and Young from AIC make up 3 of the top 4 scoring leaders, currently. Calverley from RIT rounds out the top 4.
(4) Looking at each teams average position throughout the year we see a couple of clear leaders, from the start; those clearly struggling; and those who made great strides to advance at the end of the year.
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD]Team[/TD]
[TD]Average Position[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]7.92[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]2.83[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]5.41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]4.25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]4.08[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]9.17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]5.83[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]7.67[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]3.42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]4.42[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
(5) AIC took control about 1/2 way through the season and never let go.
(6) Army ran the whole list going down to 10th place, then getting stuck at 7th, and finally ending up in 3rd this week.
(7) Bentley started in 7th, went to first for 1st and 2nd for 5 weeks and then plummeted to 7th.
(8) Canisius started very slowly the first few weeks, sitting in 10th and 9th positions, but slowly climbed and maintained over the 2nd half of the season to arrive in 2nd place in 4 out of the last 5 weeks.
(9) Holy Cross headed to 10th, early in the season, and stayed there.
(10) Niagara has been a consistent leader of the lower third of the pack all year.
(11) RIT started strong with many 1st and 2nd place weeks, them moving quickly to the middle of the pack for about 3 weeks, ultimately struggling back up their current 4th place position.
(12) Sacred Heart has enjoyed the upper middle of the pack all year and ends up confidently in the middle.
(13) if we based the winners on average position, week by week, through the year we would have:
1 - AIC
2 - RIT
3 - Canisius
4 - Bentley
5 - Sacred Heart
6 - Army
7 - Mercyhurst
8 - Niagara
9 - Air Force
10 - Holy Cross
(CORRECTIONS WELCOME)
Biggest movers since last posting:
Air Force gains 2 positions.
Sacred Heart loses 2 positions.
WHERE WILL WE BE AT THE END OF SATURDAY NIGHT?
FOR CERTAIN: AIC #1
FOR CERTAIN: HOLY CROSS #10
EVERYONE ELSE: EVERYWHERE ELSE
So, where do we stand as we hit this last weekend?
Based on the most recent games, listed below:
2022-02-17
Army 2 - Holy Cross 1
2022-02-18
Air Force 4 - Bentley 1
Sacred Heart 1 - Canisius 3
Army 3 - Holy Cross 1
AIC 5 - Mercyhurst 1
RIT 4 - Niagara 2
2022-02-19
Air Force 4 - Bentley 4
Sacred Heart 1 - Canisius 3
AIC 3 - Mercyhurst 6
Niagara 2 - RIT 3
Here are the current standings according to USCHO.
| Position | Team | GP | Pct |
| 1 | AIC | 24 | .708 |
| 2 | Canisius | 24 | .597 |
| 3 | Army | 24 | .569 |
| 4 | RIT | 24 | .528 |
| 5 | Sacred Heart | 24 | .486 |
| 6 | Air Force | 24 | .472 |
| 7 | Bentley | 24 | .458 |
| 8 | Niagara | 24 | .431 |
| 9 | Mercyhurst | 24 | .417 |
| 10 | Holy Cross | 24 | .333 |
That makes the standings for our friendly competition as follows:
| 1 | Coaches Poll | 18 |
| 2 | 2019-2020 Results | 20 |
| 3 | Blitz | 24 |
| 4 | Earl_Leatherland | 40 |
| 5 | TalonsUpPuckDown | 58 |
| 6 | mar7967 | 78 |
| 7 | Bing | 82 |
| 8 | Alphabetical | 114 |
| 9 | Random Number | 166 |
(1) Do the coaches have this contest locked up? Will the title next year say "Coaches Poll"?
(2) 2019-2020 results and 2021-2022 results may be a match?
(3) Theodore, Stella, and Young from AIC make up 3 of the top 4 scoring leaders, currently. Calverley from RIT rounds out the top 4.
(4) Looking at each teams average position throughout the year we see a couple of clear leaders, from the start; those clearly struggling; and those who made great strides to advance at the end of the year.
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD]Team[/TD]
[TD]Average Position[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]7.92[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]2.83[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]5.41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]4.25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]4.08[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]9.17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]5.83[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]7.67[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]3.42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]4.42[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
(5) AIC took control about 1/2 way through the season and never let go.
(6) Army ran the whole list going down to 10th place, then getting stuck at 7th, and finally ending up in 3rd this week.
(7) Bentley started in 7th, went to first for 1st and 2nd for 5 weeks and then plummeted to 7th.
(8) Canisius started very slowly the first few weeks, sitting in 10th and 9th positions, but slowly climbed and maintained over the 2nd half of the season to arrive in 2nd place in 4 out of the last 5 weeks.
(9) Holy Cross headed to 10th, early in the season, and stayed there.
(10) Niagara has been a consistent leader of the lower third of the pack all year.
(11) RIT started strong with many 1st and 2nd place weeks, them moving quickly to the middle of the pack for about 3 weeks, ultimately struggling back up their current 4th place position.
(12) Sacred Heart has enjoyed the upper middle of the pack all year and ends up confidently in the middle.
(13) if we based the winners on average position, week by week, through the year we would have:
1 - AIC
2 - RIT
3 - Canisius
4 - Bentley
5 - Sacred Heart
6 - Army
7 - Mercyhurst
8 - Niagara
9 - Air Force
10 - Holy Cross
(CORRECTIONS WELCOME)
Biggest movers since last posting:
Air Force gains 2 positions.
Sacred Heart loses 2 positions.
WHERE WILL WE BE AT THE END OF SATURDAY NIGHT?
FOR CERTAIN: AIC #1
FOR CERTAIN: HOLY CROSS #10
EVERYONE ELSE: EVERYWHERE ELSE
Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
You are not kidding fr. joe. AIC grabbed the lead early in the season, decided they liked the position, and never looked back. Congratulations to the Atlantic Hockey regular season champions!
TalonsUpPuckDown
Roll along you BG Warriors!
When was the last time a real live person of the human being persuasion did not win the contest?
Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
I don't think I have ever been involved in one of these over my 20 years of being on USCHO where a group designed order emerged victorious over numerous singular person designed lists. I have missed a number of years however, so maybe it has happened.
Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
And the victor(s) in our Atlantic Hockey Pick the Standings contest for the 2021-22 Season is:
COACHES POLL
2nd place was another non-individual and non-human estimator: 2019-2020 Comparison Result
Our first individual human came in third place: Blitz
You can see the final results for the year below:
Here are the current standings according to USCHO vs. Coaches Poll
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD]Actual Position[/TD]
[TD]Coaches Poll Position[/TD]
[TD]Differential[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
There biggest misses were Air Force and Niagara, but they nailed 5 teams, exactly.
(CORRECTIONS WELCOME)
Thanks for participating and, if you are at Niagara University this coming weekend for their opening playoff series against Bentley, I'll see you there!
Congratulations on your Regular Season Championship Title AIC!
COACHES POLL
2nd place was another non-individual and non-human estimator: 2019-2020 Comparison Result
Our first individual human came in third place: Blitz
You can see the final results for the year below:
| 1 | Coaches Poll | 16 |
| 2 | 2019-2020 Results | 20 |
| 3 | Blitz | 28 |
| 4 | Earl_Leatherland | 52 |
| 5 | TalonsUpPuckDown | 60 |
| 6 | mar7967 | 84 |
| 7 | Bing | 112 |
| 8 | Alphabetical | 134 |
| 9 | Random Number | 150 |
Here are the current standings according to USCHO vs. Coaches Poll
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD]Actual Position[/TD]
[TD]Coaches Poll Position[/TD]
[TD]Differential[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
There biggest misses were Air Force and Niagara, but they nailed 5 teams, exactly.
(CORRECTIONS WELCOME)
Thanks for participating and, if you are at Niagara University this coming weekend for their opening playoff series against Bentley, I'll see you there!
Congratulations on your Regular Season Championship Title AIC!
TalonsUpPuckDown
Roll along you BG Warriors!
I'm kinda honored to be part of such an historic first for this contest.
Ditto mar7967, thanks for running this.
Ditto mar7967, thanks for running this.
Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
I definitely got confused as I kept checking the final positions since late Saturday night on USCHO. Positions moved numerous times and didn't appear correct, but I was assuming they were just working out all the tie breakers. I'll rerun them with this change and see if it changes any positions. The Coaches just really saw the field clearly this year!
Earl_Leatherland
Lucky
Alternate results, exchanging Army and RIT:
Original from
Doesn't change the order of the overall ranking, and only slightly changes each individual score. Pick the one you prefer.
| 1 | Coaches Poll | 14 (2 points better) |
| 2 | 2019-2020 Results | 16 (4 points better) |
| 3 | Blitz | 32 (4 points worse) |
| 4 | Earl_Leatherland | 48 (4 points better) |
| 5 | TalonsUpPuckDown | 66 (6 points worse) |
| 6 | mar7967 | 82 (2 points better) |
| 7 | Bing | 114 (2 points worse) |
| 8 | Alphabetical | 126 (8 points better) |
| 9 | Random Number | 162 (12 points worse) |
Original from
| 1 | Coaches Poll | 16 |
| 2 | 2019-2020 Results | 20 |
| 3 | Blitz | 28 |
| 4 | Earl_Leatherland | 52 |
| 5 | TalonsUpPuckDown | 60 |
| 6 | mar7967 | 84 |
| 7 | Bing | 112 |
| 8 | Alphabetical | 134 |
| 9 | Random Number | 150 |
Doesn't change the order of the overall ranking, and only slightly changes each individual score. Pick the one you prefer.