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CCHA Pick ‘Em 2023-24: Augie's In!

What a weekend for the CCHA! We'll get to that in a moment, but first let's congratulate the week 3 tri-winners: aparch, Bronco Hockey Fan, and GoNanooks who each posted 26 points. A special shout out to first time player ejsteele6 who was the only contestant to correctly pick Friday's Lindenwood/Tommies tie. See, it isn't all that hard, is it! With that said, everyone continues to look up at puckdude40 who stays in the lead though mikeeddy19 picked up a point this week.

Now on to the dismal performance of the CCHA over the past two weeks. Yeah, it's bad. Had you picked every game against a CCHA team over the past two weeks you would have a total of 47 points. While a number of contestants posted 45 or 46 points over this period, only one posted 47 points: SectionP. While there are a few league games on tap for the next couple of weeks, league play doesn't kick in until week six. So between now and then, pick wisely.

We'll formally kick off the Battle for the Beagan with our first weekly bonus.

Week 4 picks
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Edit: The first version of the leaderboard was incorrect (I pulled the wrong image from the web server). The overall totals were correct, now the weekly totals are correct.

 
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Our week 4 winner, with a whopping 29 points, is Lakerchum who vaults themselves into a tie for second with SectionP. Both are 9 points back of our leader, puckdude40 who has extended his lead by an additional 5 points this week. Stick taps to giwan who was the only contestant to correctly call Friday's Tech/Saints tie and to Footballguy51 and manurespreader who both correctly called the Mav/NODAK tie on Saturday.

Once again, Augustana was not included in this week's games due to USCHO considering them an independent and not a CCHA member. Oops, our director of operations here at Pick 'Em central will be on top of that going forward. WIthout Augustana in the mix, there were only 49 goals scored across all 10 games this weekend. For those keeping track at home, 9 of those goals came from the Lakers and 8 came from NODAK. Lakerchum came closest to the mark with 9 bonus points and is now the leader in the Race for the Sauer. Here are the bonus payouts:
Code: 
Contestant        Bonus
Lakerchum           9
Icd80               8
Manurespreader      8
potternmu           8
BGHockeyFan94       7
MTUHuskyGold        7
puckdude40          6
AgentClass          5
mbenecke            5
Redridge            4
beaverhockeyfan     3
Footballguy51       3
SweeneyHawksHockey  3
UAFIceAngel         3
Critical Thinker    2
giwan               2
John J. MacInnes    2
GoNanooks           1
iwearpurple         1

Standings in the Race for the Sauer look thusly:
Code: 
Contestant     Total Bonus
Lakerchum          11
BGHockeyFan94       9
puckdude40          8
potternmu           8
Manurespreader      8
Icd80               8

Lastly, Augustana and Northern Michigan have each scored 4 goals in a CCHA league game which, as of now, is the max. The scoreboard column "Team/Goal Bonus : Pts" shows the bonus points for each contestant, however, these points are currently for display purposes only and are not reflected in any totals.

Week 5 picks
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The week 5 co-winners with 20 points each are SectionP and Tommiealum93 so congratulations! You may notice a major shuffling of the leaderboard with SectionP's win catapulting them to the top of the heap while LakerChum's 18-point performance now has them in second. Our previous leader (since week 2), puckdude40, hit the proverbial wall and struggled to keep the mojo going by posting only 1 correct pick for the week and is now in 3rd place. Stick taps to Redridge who was the only contestant to correctly pick the Lakers to sweep the Beavers. Eight contestants correctly picked the Tommies to sweep the Wildcats.

The bonus is back for week 6.

Week 6 picks
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Stick taps to Redridge who was the only contestant to correctly pick the Lakers to sweep the Beavers.
I also had the Lakers sweeping.
 
How anyone picks reliably in this league is beyond me. Just look at LSSU, everyone picked them last so now they are doing great and you gotta ask yourself, is this really LSSU?
 
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How anyone picks reliably in this league is beyond me. Just look at LSSU, everyone picked them last so now they are doing great and you gotta ask yourself, is this really LSSU?
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Average pick percentage is WAY down from historical averages. Through week 6 only 2 contestants have a pick % over .600. Usually there's a couple folks over .700 at this point.
 
Week 6 is now in the books and it was MTUHuskyGold who rode strong picking and solid bonus guessing to a win this week with 30 points. Stick taps to GIWAN, GoNanooks, and TUPD who each were only one pick away from pick 'em perfection this week (sans bonus, of course). Speaking of the bonus, there were 143 penalty minutes across the 10 games this weekend. Leave it to puckdude40 to lead all comers picking up 9 bonus points and reclaiming the lead in the race for the MacNaughton by one point over Lakerchum and 3 points over last weeks leader SectionP. Only 6 contestants picked up bonus point this week, here's how it went:
Code: 
Contestant        Bonus
puckdude40          9
Footballguy51       7
Lakerchum           7
MTUHuskyGold        7
giwan               5
Critical Thinker    2

A reminder that there's lots of hardware to bring home and the races for both the Bill Beagan and Jeff Sauer trophies are starting to heat up. SectionP leads in the Battle for the Beagan over GoNanooks while LakerChum is the current Sauer leader.

Bill Beagan Trophy (Best Pick Percentage, No Bonus)
Code: 
Contestant     Points %
SectionP        .649
GoNanooks       .611
Redridge        .584
Puck Master     .584

Jeff Sauer Trophy (Most Bonus Points)
Code: 
Contestant     Bonus
Lakerchum        18
puckdude40       17
MTUHuskyGold     14
Footballguy51    12

Lastly, Tech, St. Thomas, Minnesota State , Bemidji, and Northern are each tied for the maximum number of goals scored in a league game at 6. The column Team/Goal Bonus : Pts show the bonus points that will be added for each contestant at the end of the season.

The bonus this week is penalties called, not minutes. Good luck!

Week 7 picks
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The week 7 winner with 26 points is our Miami State representative, SweeneyHawksHockey. I mean this with all the Love and Honor I can muster...congrats! Stick taps to John J. MacInnes who went with his head and not his heart and was the only contestant to correctly pick Ferris to beat Tech on Friday. Special shout out to beaverhockeyfan and mikeeddy19 who each were 100% on the anti-picks Friday, and Scrum Bucket who achieved the same feat on Saturday.

There were 58 penalties called across all 8 CCHA games this past weekend. puckdude40 lead the way picking up 9 bonus points which has helped him open up an eight point lead on MTUHuskyGold. SweeneyHawksHockey has played himself into third place tie with Redridge with his weekly win. SectionP has faded a bit from their perch atop the week 5 standings.

Back to the bonus. Bemidji's comeback performance of 7 goals on Saturday against the Mavs now sees them atop the yearlong team/bonus goal. Right now soulbeaver is the only contestant who would pick up the full 5 bonus points (awarded at the end of the season, not included in scores today). Lastly, fourteen contestants picked up at least one bonus point this week. Here's how the bonus played out:
Code: 
Contestant          Bonus
puckdude40            9
Footballguy51         8
SweeneyHawksHockey    8
Bronco Hockey Fan     7
Hockey John           7
MTUHuskyGold          7
Redridge              7
giwan                 6
beaverhockeyfan       4
SectionP              4
Manurespreader        3
Critical Thinker      2
GoNanooks             2
Icd80                 1

In the race for the Sauer, puckdude40 maintains a 5 point lead over MTUHuskyGold. The bonus is in play again this week.
Code: 
Contestant      Bonus
puckdude40        26
MTUHuskyGold      21
Footballguy51     20
Lakerchum         18

In the Battle for the Beagan, SectionP maintains their lead by 4 points over Puck Master and 6 points (2 full games) over SweeneyHawksHockey and Redridge. A reminder that to be eligible to win the Beagan you have to participate in 3/4 of the season.
Code: 
Contestant        Points %    Games
SectionP           .609        75
Puck Master        .584        67
SweeneyHawksHockey .580        75
Redridge           .580        75
Soulbeaver         .575        75
GoNanooks          .575        75

For this year's crop of Pick 'Em rookies, this week's bonus may be confusing. Feel free to post your questions here, I'll answer pronto. Good luck!

Week 8 picks
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Looking forward to attending the BG/NMU series this weekend. Not sure how/why, but I was able to get GA tickets for $1 apiece for Friday's game on the BG ticket site. $8 for Saturday night.
 
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Looking forward to attending the BG/NMU series this weekend. Not sure how/why, but I was able to get GA tickets for $1 apiece for Friday's game on the BG ticket site. $8 for Saturday night.
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Friday is dollar day. I'll be there as well, look for me...I'll be the one wearing orange.
 
We'll be lucky to have 1,500 people in attendance so sit wherever you want. What sucks is that as a season ticket holder I paid full price for my two seats.

I'm guessing attendance across the global college hockey ecosystem will be low on Black Friday.
 
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We'll be lucky to have 1,500 people in attendance so sit wherever you want. What sucks is that as a season ticket holder I paid full price for my two seats.

I'm guessing attendance across the global college hockey ecosystem will be low on Black Friday.
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Good crowd 2610 at BG tonight saw a very entertaining game.
 
We travel all the way to The Last Frontier to find our week 8 winner. Congrats to GoNanooks who, with 22 points, bested all comers. Well done. Also, stick taps to GoNanooks and MTUHuskyGold who were each perfect pickers on Saturday. In a testament to how far St. Thomas has come since joining the D1 ranks, only 8 contestants correctly picked the Lakers to upset the Tommies on Saturday. Not to be totally outdone, MTUHuskyGold had a solid 21-point week and now finds themselves in first place ahead of puckdude40 with SweeneyHawksHockey and Redridge tied for third.

Now, on to the bonus and what a whacky bonus it was. Fifty seconds into overtime on Friday, North Dakota's Blake Jackson scored the GWG off of a very questionable non-offsides call. Doing the math, that rounds up to the 61 minute mark. On Saturday, North Dakota's Dane Montgomery scored the GWG at the 4:37 mark of the first period in a 5-0 shutout of the Beavers. Doing the math, that rounds up to 5:00. Averaging the two together we end up with 33 minutes. Ten contestants picked up at least one bonus point, but Footballguy51 and mikeeddy19 were both spot on and picked up the full 5 bonus points. Here's how the bonus paid out:
Code: 
Contestant        Bonus
Footballguy51       5
mikeeddy19          5
GoNanooks           4
Icd80               4
Critical Thinker    3
MTUHuskyGold        3
Redridge            3
SweeneyHawksHockey  2
mbenecke            1
TalonsUpPuckDown    1

In the Race for the Sauer, puckdude40's lead has been hacked down to 1 point over footballguy51 with MTUHuskyGold closeby.
Code: 
Contestant     Bonus
puckdude40      26
Footballguy51   25
MTUHuskyGold    24
Lakerchum       18
Redridge        14

In the Battle for the Beagan, GoNanooks' stellar week now has them 3 points (1 game) behind SectionP with SweeneyHawksHockey lurking only 4 points behind.
Code: 
Contestant          Points %
SectionP             .611
GoNanooks            .598
SweeneyHawksHockey   .594
Redridge             .590
Hockey John          .590

Week 9 picks
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The week 9 co-winners with 23 points each were Hockey John and GoNanooks which makes 2 wins in a row for our contestant from the Last Frontier. Congratulations to the both of you! It seems the field is starting to figure out the craziness that is the 2023-24 CCHA as 6 contestants are now within 5 points of our leader MTUHuskyGold. However that's not to say there are some challenges as 3 contestants, beaverhockeyfan, Lakerchum, and Mikeeddy19 were perfect on Friday with the anti-picks. However, both beaverhockeyfan and Mikeeddy19 recovered on Saturday with perfect picking along with GoNanooks, iwearpurple, Redridge, and Soulbeaver.

There were 119 SOGs in the Augie/Northern series (NMU had 73). Hockey John led the pack with 8 bonus points. 13 contestants picked up at least 1 bonus point. Here's how the bonus paid out:
Code: 
Contestant Bonus
Hockey John 8
giwan 7
GoNanooks 7
iwearpurple 7
MTUHuskyGold 7
Lakerchum 6
Tommiealum93 6
Bronco Hockey Fan 5
mikeeddy19 5
SectionP 5
Redridge 4
SweeneyHawksHockey 3
potternmu 1

MTUHuskyGold has taken over first in the Race for the Sauer. Here are the current standings:
Code: 
Contestant     Bonus
MTUHuskyGold    31
puckdude40      26
Footballguy51   25
Lakerchum       24
giwan           20

As mentioned before, the field seems to be figuring the league out. Through week 8 only one contestant has had a pick percentage over .600. This week there are now 4. SectionP maintains their lead in the Battle for the Beagan with GoNanooks 3 points/1 game behind.
Code: 
Contestant        Points %  Games
SectionP            .624      91
GoNanooks           .612      91
Soulbeaver          .608      91
Redridge            .604      91
SweeneyHawksHockey  .596      91

The bonus is tired and will take the week off.

Week10 picks
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There were 4 winners this week with 21 points each: Bronco Hockey Fan, Footballguy51, Hockey John, and SectionP. Well done! And with this win SectionP and Hockey John are now tied for the lead with GoNanooks 2 points behind in second and last week's leader MTUHuskyGold dropping back to third only 3 points back. Wow, what a race! It looks like the field is finally starting to figure this league out as there were 7 contestants with perfect scores after Friday nights games, two contestants were perfect on Saturday, and one contestant was perfect with the anti-picks on Saturday.

Here are the updated standings in the Battle for the Beagan:
Code: 
Contestant         Pick %    Games
SectionP           .646       99
Hockey John        .617       99
GoNanooks          .613       99
SweeneyHawksHockey .609       99
Redridge           .604       91
Soulbeaver         .599       99

NOTE: There is a Thursday game this week so get those picks in early!

The bonus is back this week. Place your bets.

Week11 picks
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