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WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020

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What a weekend for mbenecke! First off, his beloved Falcons completed their men's basketball sweep of those despised Toledo Rockets. Then this Bleacher Creature's hockey team had a reasonably successful home stretch. Then he not only wins week 18 with a whopping 30 of 33 points, he storms his way back into first place in the race for the MacNaughton opening up an 11 point lead over MTUHuskyGold. And, along with mikeeddy19, also picked up 10 bonus points by predicting 72 penalties called over the weekend. One piece of advice: buy a Powerball ticket before your luck runs out.

But that's not the only newsworthy item this week. sonofcrossjcek was a perfect 8-for-8 this weekend and has opened up a 3 game lead over MavHockey14 in the race for the Mason Cup. Does everyone realize we are getting smoked by a kid?

Here are the bonus and Mason Cup numbers:
Code: 
Week 18 Bonus                        Mason Cup
Player                 Points        Player              Pick %
mbenecke                   10        sonofcrossjcek       0.705
mikeeddy19                 10        MavHockey14          0.687
Hatch_man                   8        Stauber1             0.683
puckdude40                  8        MTUHuskyGold         0.681
Soulbeaver                  8        mbenecke             0.679
Wi.HuskiesFan               8        TalonsUpPuckDown     0.674
Critical Thinker            6        Hatch_man            0.674
Stauber1                    5        Scrum Bucket         0.673
SweeneyHawksHockey          5        Bronco Hockey Fan    0.667
GIWAN                       4        Drumstix             0.663
crossjcek                   3        puckdude40           0.661
MavHockey14                 3        MissThundercat       0.656
hawerchuck                  2        IceKnight81          0.655
TalonsUpPuckDown            2        potternmu            0.652
Hockey John                 1        Icd80                0.652

This week's bonus focuses on the final OOC games for the season, and there should be lots of points available.

Week 19 picks
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<img src="https://jefffrederick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Week-18.png" alt="WCHA Pick Em Standings";">
 
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It will be a couple of days before the leaderboard is back online. Switching ISPs is more challenging than I thought. We'll have to go old school this week. But enough of the Techno-Beaver stuff (Howard Stern reference, not to be confused with BSU), there are lots of week 19 updates. First off, congrats to our co-winners, Icd80 and mikeeddy19 who each posted 31 out of a possible 32 points. WOW! As for the bonus, well DOUBLE WOW as not only were there 9 players who correctly picked 12 total out-of-conference goals, the entire field picked up at least 1 bonus point. That's the first time this has ever happened, so yeah us!

Code: 
Player              Bonus
Critical Thinker       5
crossjcek              5
gochiefs               5
Icd80                  5
NHBEAVERFAN            5
potternmu              5
puckdude40             5
Scrum Bucket           5
Wi.HuskiesFan          5
beaverhockeyfan        4
Bronco Hockey Fan      4
geezer                 4
Hockey John            4
John J. MacInnes       4
kckrieg84              4
klbaum1077             4
Laker Dude             4
MavHockey14            4
mbenecke               4
mikeeddy19             4
MSUMaverickFan         4
MTUHuskyGold           4
Soulbeaver             4
SweeneyHawksHockey     4
walktheline            4
Drumstix               3
Footballguy51          3
GIWAN                  3
GoNanooks              3
hawerchuck             3
Manurespreader         3
MissThundercat         3
TalonsUpPuckDown       3
<3_Blizzard            2
Hatch_man              2
sonofcrossjcek         2
Stauber1               2
BGSURICK               1

mbenecke still maintains a 10-point lead over MTUHuskyGold and sonofcrosscjek still holds on to his 3-game lead over MavHockey14 (they both picked identically this week) for the Mason Cup. Turning to playoffs, there's a 5-for-2 race between Soulbeaver, Stauber1, Wi.HuskiesFan, Hatch_man, and puckdude40 for the the last two first-round byes. While not out of it, Footballguy51 and LakerDude will need to make up some ground these next two weeks.

For the second bonus question, we're looking ONLY for power-play or short handed goals. Extra attacker and empty netters don't factor in. Good luck!

Week 20 picks
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WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020 Leaderboard
Rank Contestant (W/L/SOW/SOL)         This Wk  Points  Bonus   Total  Points % Games  Pts Behi
  1  mbenecke (125-55-10-5)              27     400      52     452    0.684    195      -
  2  MTUHuskyGold (126-54-9-6)           28     402      40     442    0.687    195      -
  3  Soulbeaver (120-60-7-8)             26     382      47     429    0.653    195      -
  4  Stauber1 (126-54-9-6)               25     402      25     427    0.687    195      -
  5  Wi.HuskiesFan (119-61-8-7)          29     380      44     424    0.650    195      -
  5  Hatch_man (125-55-10-5)             28     400      24     424    0.684    195      -
  7  puckdude40 (121-59-9-6)             25     387      33     420    0.662    195      -
  8  MavHockey14 (127-52-9-6)            30     405      8      413    0.696    194      -
  9  TalonsUpPuckDown (123-57-10-5)      23     394      17     411    0.674    195      -
 10  SweeneyHawksHockey (119-61-11-4)    27     383      25     408    0.655    195      -
 11  Icd80 (121-59-10-5)                 31     388      16     404    0.663    195      -
 12  Bronco Hockey Fan (123-57-8-7)      26     392      10     402    0.670    195      -
 13  geezer (114-65-8-7)                 21     365      35     400    0.627    194      -
 14  walktheline (115-65-10-5)           27     370      29     399    0.632    195      -
 14  sonofcrossjcek (121-49-12-3)        22     390      9      399    0.703    185      -
 16  hawerchuck (117-63-10-5)            23     376      22     398    0.643    195      -
 16  gochiefs (116-64-9-6)               26     372      26     398    0.636    195      -
 18  Drumstix (121-59-10-5)              23     388      9      397    0.663    195      -
 19  potternmu (119-61-8-7)              23     380      12     392    0.650    195      -
 19  MissThundercat (120-60-9-6)         23     384      8      392    0.656    195      -
 21  Critical Thinker (115-65-7-8)       25     367      23     390    0.627    195      -
 21  beaverhockeyfan (119-61-8-7)        28     380      10     390    0.650    195      -
 23  MSUMaverickFan (115-58-8-6)         28     367      22     389    0.654    187      -
 24  GoNanooks (115-65-9-6)              22     369      19     388    0.631    195      -
 25  klbaum1077 (113-67-9-6)             28     363      20     383    0.621    195      -
 26  NHBEAVERFAN (117-63-7-8)            25     373      8      381    0.638    195      -
 26  GIWAN (112-57-6-7)                  24     355      26     381    0.650    182      -
 28  John J. MacInnes (115-65-8-7)       25     368      9      377    0.629    195      -
 29  mikeeddy19 (109-70-11-4)            31     353      21     374    0.607    194      -
 30  Manurespreader (112-68-7-8)         26     358      15     373    0.612    195      -
 31  Scrum Bucket (107-47-9-6)           29     345      26     371    0.680    169      -
 32  kckrieg84 (107-64-9-5)              24     344      24     368    0.620    185      -
 32  crossjcek (109-62-6-9)              27     348      20     368    0.624    186      -
 34  BGSURICK (107-72-11-4)              22     347      7      354    0.596    194      -
 35  Hockey John (107-73-6-9)            22     342      11     353    0.585    195      -
 36  <3_Blizzard (104-63-8-7)            24     335      4      339    0.614    182      -
 37  Footballguy51 (89-65-9-6)           15     291      17     308    0.574    169      31
 38  Laker Dude (89-43-8-3)              25     286      19     305    0.667    143      34
 
Re: WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020

OK. Figured it out. Complete and utter brain fart on my end. No scores for the week were affected. The standings and total points weren't affected so the leaderboard is correct. Thank you for catching this MTUHuskyGold and MavHockey14. I simply couldn't compare two numbers properly. SOC's Mason Cup lead is indeed now less than one game.
 
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Bracketology time, WCHA Pick 'Em style. Here's how the field sets up if the playoffs started today:

<img src="https://jefffrederick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Bracketology-20.png" alt="WCHA Pick Em Playoff Bracketology Week 20";">
 
Re: WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020

The penultimate week is in the rear view mirror with Hockey John capturing the honors scoring 27 out of a possible 33 points. This week there were 15 away team goals (Mankato beat that number by themselves), 14 power play and short handed goals, and zero 1-goal games with the bonus breakout as follows:

Code: 
Player			Away	PP/SH	1-Goal	Total
<3_Blizzard		5	0	0	5
crossjcek		5	0	0	5
GoNanooks		3	2	0	5
Hockey John		3	2	0	5
Laker Dude		3	2	0	5
Footballguy51		0	3	1	4
geezer			3	1	0	4
John J. MacInnes	4	0	0	4
MTUHuskyGold		1	3	0	4
TalonsUpPuckDown	1	3	0	4
sonofcrossjcek		2	0	1	3
Wi.HuskiesFan		0	3	0	3
gochiefs		0	2	0	2
MavHockey14		0	2	0	2
puckdude40		2	0	0	2
Scrum Bucket		0	2	0	2
Stauber1		2	0	0	2
Icd80			0	1	0	1
potternmu		0	1	0	1
walktheline		0	1	0	1

MTUHuskyGold is the only player within striking distance of mbenecke for the MacNaughton but will have to overcome 9 points to do it. There is a 5-for-2 fight for the final two first round byes between Stauber1, Soulbeaver, Hatch_man, Wi,HuskiesFan and puckdude40 with MavHockey14 and TUPD likely gearing up for the first round. The fight for the 20th spot (and avoiding the play-in game) is too complicated to figure out with as many as 9 players in contention. With BGSURICK going absent this week, it's still possible for Footballguy51 and Laker Dude to climb their way into the playoff picture.

No blood this week in the fight for the Mason Cup. sonofcrossjcek and MavHockey14 posted identical picks.

Last week. Do or die. Gut check time. Leave it all on the field. Git 'r done!

Week 21 picks
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<img src="https://jefffrederick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Week-20.png" alt="WCHA Pick Em Standings";">
 
Re: WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020

Me three. I only wish I would not have missed the first three weeks.....I look at it like I have 30 games in hand :)
 
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Scrum Bucket said:
Me three. I only wish I would not have missed the first three weeks.....I look at it like I have 30 games in hand :)
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Assuming your current pick % held consistent, with your bonus points you'd be in 3rd place if you'd been playing since week 1. That's good enough for a first round bye in the playoffs.
 
Re: WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020

Bracketology update. Here's how the field sets up if the playoffs started today:

<img src="https://jefffrederick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Bracketology-20-1.png" alt="WCHA Pick Em Playoff Bracketology Week 21";">
 
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