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Roll along you BG Warriors!
NOTE: Information and rules about the post season playoffs are after the standings. Scroll like crazy if you want to read them. tl;dr We're continuing the tradition of head-to-head competition found ONLY at the CCHA Pick' Em.
Congratulations to our week 15 winner MTUHuskyGold who killed it this week with a whopping 29 points! There was only one contestant who correctly picked the Lindenwood/Augustana tie on Saturday. Stick taps to Footballguy51 for being that guy. While 10 contestants rolled the dice and picked NMU to upset Bemidji on the weekend, there was only one contestant with the intestinal fortitude, the guts, the cajones to pick Northern Michigan to sweep Bemidji State. That contestant is Footballguy51 who threw the Hail Mary of all Hail Mary's to record what may be the most impressive pick of the season! Wanna hear something really crazy? Footballguy51 pulled this exact same feat two years ago when Ferris State swept the Mavs in Mankato. Congrats, dude!
He-who-shall-go-nameless still sits atop the leaderboard though BroncoHockeyFan's yearly bonus of 4 points would have him in the lead. Not much changed in the Battle for the Beagan, here's where things stand
Moving on to the bonus, there were 131 penalty minutes across the 8 league games aided by 3 game misconduct penalties on Saturday. Congratulations to Icd80 who came away with 9 out of 10 bonus points. Accounting for the NMU bonus, both MTUHuskyGold and StevieYnot each led the way with 10 bonus points on the weekend. Here's how the bonus played out:
Turning to the Race for the Sauer, MTUHuskyGold now has a 10-point lead which with 6 weeks left in the season may be insurmountable.
The bonus is back again this week.
Week 16
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CCHA Pick 'Em Playoffs
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, top seeds may earn a bye in the first round
Playoff Rounds
o The first round will be based on the Friday, March 7th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced to 16).
o The second round will be based on the Saturday, March 8th 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 15th (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 15th (1 game, field reduced from 4 to 2).
o The championship matchup will be based on the CCHA Championship game on March 21st 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!
Congratulations to our week 15 winner MTUHuskyGold who killed it this week with a whopping 29 points! There was only one contestant who correctly picked the Lindenwood/Augustana tie on Saturday. Stick taps to Footballguy51 for being that guy. While 10 contestants rolled the dice and picked NMU to upset Bemidji on the weekend, there was only one contestant with the intestinal fortitude, the guts, the cajones to pick Northern Michigan to sweep Bemidji State. That contestant is Footballguy51 who threw the Hail Mary of all Hail Mary's to record what may be the most impressive pick of the season! Wanna hear something really crazy? Footballguy51 pulled this exact same feat two years ago when Ferris State swept the Mavs in Mankato. Congrats, dude!
He-who-shall-go-nameless still sits atop the leaderboard though BroncoHockeyFan's yearly bonus of 4 points would have him in the lead. Not much changed in the Battle for the Beagan, here's where things stand
Code:
Contestant Points %
TalonsUpPuckDown .666
Bronco Hockey Fan .649
SweeneyHawksHockey .646
mbenecke .641
puckdude40 .634Moving on to the bonus, there were 131 penalty minutes across the 8 league games aided by 3 game misconduct penalties on Saturday. Congratulations to Icd80 who came away with 9 out of 10 bonus points. Accounting for the NMU bonus, both MTUHuskyGold and StevieYnot each led the way with 10 bonus points on the weekend. Here's how the bonus played out:
Code:
Contestant PIM NMU Fri NMU Sat Total
MTUHuskyGold 7 3 10
StevieYnot 7 3 10
Icd80 9 9
SweeneyHawksHockey 7 7
Footballguy51 3 3 6
John J. MacInnes 3 3 6
BillyLP 3 3
GoNanooks 3 3
Hockey John 3 3
Manurespreader 3 3
PokeCheck 3 3
potternmu 3 3
Soulbeaver 1 1Turning to the Race for the Sauer, MTUHuskyGold now has a 10-point lead which with 6 weeks left in the season may be insurmountable.
Code:
Contestant Bonus
MTUHuskyGold 45
John J. MacInnes 35
Bronco Hockey Fan 34
mbenecke 31
Icd80 31The bonus is back again this week.
Week 16
View response summaries
View response details
CCHA Pick 'Em Playoffs
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, top seeds may earn a bye in the first round
Playoff Rounds
o The first round will be based on the Friday, March 7th CCHA Quarterfinal playoff games with bonuses (4 games total, field reduced to 16).
o The second round will be based on the Saturday, March 8th 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 15th (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 15th (1 game, field reduced from 4 to 2).
o The championship matchup will be based on the CCHA Championship game on March 21st 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!
