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CCHA Pick ‘Em 2023-24: Augie's In!
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Apologies. I'd noticed the issue earlier and uploaded a new page to the web server. Not to get too technical, but there were "issues." The web page is rendering correctly now, should be good to go. Thanks for letting me know.
Edit: all the calculations were correct, it was a web page problem. Thanks again.
John J. MacInnes
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That feeling when you arrive back at your computer on Monday and see your open picks page from last week...unsubmitted.
Argh!
Argh!
TalonsUpPuckDown
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I was wondering...
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The week 10 winner is Critical Thinker who brought it home with 16 points. Congrats! For the third week in a row a new name appears at the top of the leaderboard: with a solid 15-point performance, SweeneyHawksHockey and SectionP are now tied with GoNanooks lurking one point behind. MTUHuskyGold, our leader as of week 9, is only 3 points back. At the halfway point of the season it's anybody's ball game! A special shout out goes to potternmu and SweeneyHawksHockey who were the only two contestants to correctly pick RPI's Friday night win over the Mavs.
Moving on to the bonus, there were 15 special teams goals on the weekend. Only 5 contestants picked up points on that one. With less than three minutes remaining in the contest, the Lakers scored the 6th goal of the game bringing the 21 contestants who bet the over much holiday joy. When you add it all up, SweeneyHawksHockey led the way with 4 total bonus points (it's a SweeneyHawksHockey kind of week!). Here are the details:
There was not a lot of movement in the Race for the Sauer. MTUHuskyGold remains our leader.
SectionP maintains their lead in the Battle for the Beagan by 6 points/2 games, but after this week there is some scrambling of the contestants in the 2-5 spots.
It's holiday tournament time! For the GLI and Ledyard Bank Classic, we will go with the standard NCAA tie after 65 minutes option as it's difficult to discern how each tournament determines who advances. Also, you'll see that matchups for the second day include all possibilities. Pick each game, I'll use only the actual games played.
Lastly, the staff here at the CCHA Pick 'Em wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. See you next year!
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Moving on to the bonus, there were 15 special teams goals on the weekend. Only 5 contestants picked up points on that one. With less than three minutes remaining in the contest, the Lakers scored the 6th goal of the game bringing the 21 contestants who bet the over much holiday joy. When you add it all up, SweeneyHawksHockey led the way with 4 total bonus points (it's a SweeneyHawksHockey kind of week!). Here are the details:
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Contestant ST O/U Total
SweeneyHawksHockey 4 0 4
Critical Thinker 3 0 3
beaverhockeyfan 1 2 3
BGSURICK 1 2 3
Scrum Bucket 1 2 3
AgentClass 0 2 2
Bronco Hockey Fan 0 2 2
Footballguy51 0 2 2
giwan 0 2 2
Icd80 0 2 2
iwearpurple 0 2 2
John J. MacInnes 0 2 2
Lakerchum 0 2 2
Manurespreader 0 2 2
mbenecke 0 2 2
mikeeddy19 0 2 2
MTUHuskyGold 0 2 2
potternmu 0 2 2
puckdude40 0 2 2
Redridge 0 2 2
SectionP 0 2 2
Soulbeaver 0 2 2
Tommiealum93 0 2 2There was not a lot of movement in the Race for the Sauer. MTUHuskyGold remains our leader.
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Contestant Bonus
MTUHuskyGold 33
puckdude40 28
Footballguy51 27
Lakerchum 26
giwan 22
SweeneyHawksHockey 20
Redridge 20SectionP maintains their lead in the Battle for the Beagan by 6 points/2 games, but after this week there is some scrambling of the contestants in the 2-5 spots.
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Contestant Points % Games
SectionP .649 104
GoNanooks .628 104
SweeneyHawksHockey .618 104
Soulbeaver .615 104
Hockey John .608 104It's holiday tournament time! For the GLI and Ledyard Bank Classic, we will go with the standard NCAA tie after 65 minutes option as it's difficult to discern how each tournament determines who advances. Also, you'll see that matchups for the second day include all possibilities. Pick each game, I'll use only the actual games played.
Lastly, the staff here at the CCHA Pick 'Em wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. See you next year!
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Bump. Here are a couple of charts showing the frequency with which each CCHA team has been picked so far along with the most popular days contestants fill out their picks.
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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The second half of the season begins with 6 games next weekend. Shake off the holiday hangover and start the second half of the season fresh.
Week 12 results will be posted on Monday.
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Week 12 results will be posted on Monday.
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Congratulations to the week 12 quad winners: GoNanooks, MTUHuskyGold, puckdude40, and SweeneyHawksHockey who each posted 25 points. Interestingly enough, the top 4 contestants on the leaderboard just so happen to be our 4 week 12 winners. I can't remember that ever happening before. SweeneyHawksHockey now leads by one point over GoNanooks and two points over MTUHuskyGold
In another twist, the field either collectively correctly picked a team to win...or collectively didn't.
Note that according to the Pick 'Em rules, "Tie" was the winner of the GLI.
We do have some changes in the Battle for the Beagan as GoNanooks and SweeneyHawksHockey have overtaken SectionP with GoNanooks now in the lead by 1 game/3 points.
There are 6 games scheduled for week 13. No bonus this week.
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In another twist, the field either collectively correctly picked a team to win...or collectively didn't.
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Winning Team # Times Picked
Michigan State 21
Michigan Tech 15
St. Cloud State 10
Vermont 7
Alaska 21
Tie 0
Dartmouth 4
Vermont 4
RIT 8
Notre Dame 22
St. Cloud State 21
Notre Dame 20Note that according to the Pick 'Em rules, "Tie" was the winner of the GLI.
We do have some changes in the Battle for the Beagan as GoNanooks and SweeneyHawksHockey have overtaken SectionP with GoNanooks now in the lead by 1 game/3 points.
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Contestant Points %
GoNanooks .640
SweeneyHawksHockey .630
SectionP .621
Hockey John .612
Soulbeaver .606There are 6 games scheduled for week 13. No bonus this week.
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Nope. I apparently screwed up. Apologies to the field.
Edit: Looks like Duluth at St. Thomas on Saturday is an exhibition game. Tech at Northern on Saturday is also an exhibition game.
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Another week, another group of quad winners, with SweeneyHawksHockey joined by our very own Critical Thinker and mbenecke along with Lakerchum. These four contestants picked up 16 out of 17 possible points missing only Augustana's Friday night shootout win over the Mavs. Well played folks, well played. And with this win, SweeneyHawksHockey now finds himself not only seven points ahead of GoNanooks for first in the race for the MacNaughton but also in first in the Battle for the Beagan! What a juggernaut, can anyone keep pace? Stick taps to beaverhockeyfan, Hockey John, Mikeeddy19, and PokeCheck who exhibited perfect picking on Friday going 3-for-3. Congrats. Here are the standings in the Battle for the Beagan:
With the changing of the calendars comes talk of the playoffs and the race for the Mason Cup. The playoff format will be the same as previous years; head-to-head matchups based on snake seeding from the regular season. Counting the "casual" contestants it looks like there are 26 spots taken which means as many as 6 first round byes. More details will be coming shortly. The best way to ensure your spot is to keep submitting those picks!
REMINDER: There is a Thursday game this week so get those picks in early. And...the bonus is back!
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Contestant Points % Games
SweeneyHawksHockey .646 122
GoNanooks .637 122
Hockey John .622 122
SectionP .619 122
Soulbeaver .608 122
iwearpurple .605 122With the changing of the calendars comes talk of the playoffs and the race for the Mason Cup. The playoff format will be the same as previous years; head-to-head matchups based on snake seeding from the regular season. Counting the "casual" contestants it looks like there are 26 spots taken which means as many as 6 first round byes. More details will be coming shortly. The best way to ensure your spot is to keep submitting those picks!
REMINDER: There is a Thursday game this week so get those picks in early. And...the bonus is back!
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Grrrr. Fixed. Over the years I've automated lots of the calculations. Having Augustana not officially part of the league this year is causing issues. Apologies.
I've gone through everyone's scores and there were no other issues. We're good. Thanks for the catch.
TalonsUpPuckDown
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All hail our week 14 winner, Tommiealum93 who was 100% perfect on picks this week (picked all 6 home teams to win) and also added 2 bonus points for a total score of 20 points. This is one of the most impressive weekly performances of the year, so congratulations! Shout out to Puck Master who came in second with 19 points missing only the Tommie's win on Saturday but picking up 4 bonus points. Turing our attention to the MacNaughton, the leaderboard has tightened considerably this week with 5 contestants now within 10 points of our leader, SweeneyHawksHockey.
Now, back to the bonus. Wow. The away teams really stunk it up this week scoring 9 measly goals in 6 games. While only 3 contestants picked up Away bonus points, there was a lot more action on the Home side with 10 contestants picking up at least one bonus point. mikeeddy19 and Soulbeaver lead the way, each correctly picking 25 goals scored by the home team. Interestingly enough, the three contestants who picked up away points did not pick up any home points. Here's how the bonus paid out:
Here's another interesting tidbit...in the Race for the Sauer, only Lakerchum picked up points this week; the rest of the leaderboard whiffed. Here are the Sauer standings:
Lastly, there is now a tie in the Battle for the Beagan with GoNanooks now tied with SweeneyHawksHockey, each with a .639 pick %.
Playoff info will be posted later in the week.
With 10 games on tap for this week the bonus is taking a break.
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Now, back to the bonus. Wow. The away teams really stunk it up this week scoring 9 measly goals in 6 games. While only 3 contestants picked up Away bonus points, there was a lot more action on the Home side with 10 contestants picking up at least one bonus point. mikeeddy19 and Soulbeaver lead the way, each correctly picking 25 goals scored by the home team. Interestingly enough, the three contestants who picked up away points did not pick up any home points. Here's how the bonus paid out:
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Contestant Away Home Total
mikeeddy19 0 5 5
Soulbeaver 0 5 5
AgentClass 0 4 4
beaverhockeyfan 0 4 4
Puck Master 0 4 4
SectionP 0 4 4
Bronco Hockey Fan 0 3 3
iwearpurple 3 0 3
potternmu 0 2 2
Tommiealum93 2 0 2
GoNanooks 0 1 1
Lakerchum 1 0 1
PokeCheck 0 1 1Here's another interesting tidbit...in the Race for the Sauer, only Lakerchum picked up points this week; the rest of the leaderboard whiffed. Here are the Sauer standings:
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Contestant Bonus
MTUHuskyGold 33
puckdude40 28
Lakerchum 27
Footballguy51 27
giwan 22
SweeneyHawksHockey 20
Redridge 20Lastly, there is now a tie in the Battle for the Beagan with GoNanooks now tied with SweeneyHawksHockey, each with a .639 pick %.
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Contestant Pick % Games
SweeneyHawksHockey .639 128
GoNanooks .639 128
SectionP .625 128
Hockey John .625 128
Soulbeaver .611 128Playoff info will be posted later in the week.
With 10 games on tap for this week the bonus is taking a break.
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CCHA Pick 'Em Playoffs
Before we get to the playoff details, here are the links for this week's picks:
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Now that we’re into the second half of the season it’s time to start thinking about bringin' home the hardware. As mentioned at the beginning of the season there are 4 awards:
o MacNaughton Cup - Awarded to the regular season champion as determined by total points
o Bill Beagan Trophy - Awarded to the contestant with the highest points percentage (based solely on picks, no bonus) during the regular season (must participate in 75% of the games to be eligible)
o Jeff Sauer Trophy - Awarded to the contestant with the most bonus points
o Mason Cup - Awarded to the playoff champion
Playoff Eligibility
This year all contestants will make the playoffs. Additionally, a contestant has to have been reasonably active in making weekly picks throughout most of the season, especially during the second half. I'm trying to keep this fair for contestants who've been involved all year while keeping it open for late arrivals who are showing a commitment without writing down a ton of rules. Final decisions are at the discretion of the commissioner. So far, everyone who has been submitting picks the past couple of weeks is currently in.
Playoff Seeding
Matches are head-to-head, single elimination with snake seeding for bracket pairings (1 vs. 32, 2 vs. 31, etc.). Seeding and tie breakers are determined in the following manner based on regular season results:
1) Total Points (including bonus)
2) Points (excluding bonus)
3) Total Points earned during the final 2 (or 3, or 4, or…) weeks of the CCHA regular season including bonuses until the tie is broken. Basically the “hotter” player down the stretch is favored
4) Based on the total number of playoff contestants, the top seeds may earn a bye in the first round (as of today the top 6ish seeds may qualify for a first round bye)
Playoff Rounds
o The first round will be based on the Friday, March 8th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced to 16).
o The second round will be based on the Saturday, March 9th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced from 16 to 8)
o Quarterfinals will be based on the first CCHA Semifinal playoff game with bonuses listed on CCHA.com held on Saturday, March 16th (1 game, field reduced from 8 to 4).
o Semifinals will be based on the second CCHA Semifinal playoff game with bonuses listed on CCHA.com held on Saturday, March 16th (1 game, field reduced from 4 to 2).
o The championship matchup will be based on the CCHA Championship game on March 22nd plus bonuses.
Scoring
o 3 pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss.
o 2-3 bonus questions for each round worth 1-5 points.
o In all cases, ties go to the higher seed.
Good luck!
Before we get to the playoff details, here are the links for this week's picks:
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Now that we’re into the second half of the season it’s time to start thinking about bringin' home the hardware. As mentioned at the beginning of the season there are 4 awards:
o MacNaughton Cup - Awarded to the regular season champion as determined by total points
o Bill Beagan Trophy - Awarded to the contestant with the highest points percentage (based solely on picks, no bonus) during the regular season (must participate in 75% of the games to be eligible)
o Jeff Sauer Trophy - Awarded to the contestant with the most bonus points
o Mason Cup - Awarded to the playoff champion
Playoff Eligibility
This year all contestants will make the playoffs. Additionally, a contestant has to have been reasonably active in making weekly picks throughout most of the season, especially during the second half. I'm trying to keep this fair for contestants who've been involved all year while keeping it open for late arrivals who are showing a commitment without writing down a ton of rules. Final decisions are at the discretion of the commissioner. So far, everyone who has been submitting picks the past couple of weeks is currently in.
Playoff Seeding
Matches are head-to-head, single elimination with snake seeding for bracket pairings (1 vs. 32, 2 vs. 31, etc.). Seeding and tie breakers are determined in the following manner based on regular season results:
1) Total Points (including bonus)
2) Points (excluding bonus)
3) Total Points earned during the final 2 (or 3, or 4, or…) weeks of the CCHA regular season including bonuses until the tie is broken. Basically the “hotter” player down the stretch is favored
4) Based on the total number of playoff contestants, the top seeds may earn a bye in the first round (as of today the top 6ish seeds may qualify for a first round bye)
Playoff Rounds
o The first round will be based on the Friday, March 8th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced to 16).
o The second round will be based on the Saturday, March 9th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced from 16 to 8)
o Quarterfinals will be based on the first CCHA Semifinal playoff game with bonuses listed on CCHA.com held on Saturday, March 16th (1 game, field reduced from 8 to 4).
o Semifinals will be based on the second CCHA Semifinal playoff game with bonuses listed on CCHA.com held on Saturday, March 16th (1 game, field reduced from 4 to 2).
o The championship matchup will be based on the CCHA Championship game on March 22nd plus bonuses.
Scoring
o 3 pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss.
o 2-3 bonus questions for each round worth 1-5 points.
o In all cases, ties go to the higher seed.
Good luck!
TalonsUpPuckDown
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First off, playoff info was posted last week. Scroll down for the details.
Congratulations to Hockey John who, with 21 points, was our lone week 15 winner! With this win, Hockey John now finds himself within one point of our leader, SweeneyHawksHockey with GoNanooks only 2 points back in third. With 3/4 of the season in the rear view mirror there are 6 contestants within 10 points of the leader making this one of the most tightly contested Pick 'Em contests in history. It's anyone's hockey game.
Back to week 15...wow. Tough night on Friday as 3 contestants were 4-for-4 on the anti-picks (pocketing zero points). Additionally, zero contestants picked Ferris to upset the Lakers on Saturday, only beaverhockeyfan picked Augustana to upset the Mother Forkers on Friday, and Hockey John, SectionP, and Soulbeaver were the only 3 contestants to correctly pick Bowling Green's stunning and shocking upset of the Mavs on Friday.
Hockey John remains atop the standings in the Battle for the Beagan with a whopping .634 pick percentage. GoNanooks lurks only one point behind while SweeneyHawksHockey is two points back. Here's how the race stacks up:
The bonus is back for week 16.
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Congratulations to Hockey John who, with 21 points, was our lone week 15 winner! With this win, Hockey John now finds himself within one point of our leader, SweeneyHawksHockey with GoNanooks only 2 points back in third. With 3/4 of the season in the rear view mirror there are 6 contestants within 10 points of the leader making this one of the most tightly contested Pick 'Em contests in history. It's anyone's hockey game.
Back to week 15...wow. Tough night on Friday as 3 contestants were 4-for-4 on the anti-picks (pocketing zero points). Additionally, zero contestants picked Ferris to upset the Lakers on Saturday, only beaverhockeyfan picked Augustana to upset the Mother Forkers on Friday, and Hockey John, SectionP, and Soulbeaver were the only 3 contestants to correctly pick Bowling Green's stunning and shocking upset of the Mavs on Friday.
Hockey John remains atop the standings in the Battle for the Beagan with a whopping .634 pick percentage. GoNanooks lurks only one point behind while SweeneyHawksHockey is two points back. Here's how the race stacks up:
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Contestant Points % Games
Hockey John .634 138
GoNanooks .631 138
SweeneyHawksHockey .629 138
SectionP .626 138
Soulbeaver .613 138The bonus is back for week 16.
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TalonsUpPuckDown
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Bump. Here is some added playoff info, but first, the week 16 links:
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It is looking like 26 playoff spots will be filled which at this time means the top 6 contestants will receive a first round bye. Interested in knowing your chances of landing a bye? Well wait no more:
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It is looking like 26 playoff spots will be filled which at this time means the top 6 contestants will receive a first round bye. Interested in knowing your chances of landing a bye? Well wait no more:
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Contestant Top 6 Finish
Hockey John 73%
SweeneyHawksHockey 73%
MTUHuskyGold 71%
GoNanooks 62%
SectionP 52%
puckdude40 51%
Soulbeaver 35%
Footballguy51 26%
iwearpurple 26%
mbenecke 22%
Critical Thinker 20%
Tommiealum93 18%
giwan 15%
mikeeddy19 13%
Manurespreader 11%
AgentClass <10%
beaverhockeyfan <10%
Bronco Hockey Fan <10%
Icd80 <10%
John J. MacInnes <10%
Lakerchum <10%
PokeCheck <10%
potternmu <10%
Puck Master <10%
TalonsUpPuckDown <10%Hockey John
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Talons,
I messed up my bonus pick for this week. I reposted my picks. Please use my second set of picks please.
Thank you ,
Hockey John
TalonsUpPuckDown
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You're good. If anyone makes an error, feel free to resubmit...I always take the latest entry.