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Re: WCHA Pick 'Em 2019-2020
We’ll close with the Fairbanks bracket (but first, the links):
Rounds 1 and 2
View response summaries
puckdude40 (3) – Bye: This has been a breakout year for puckdude40. 43 bonus points and a .670 pick percentage is huge jump in performance for this 3-year veteran. A strong finish the last week saw him jump from 6th into the 4th seed. But it wasn’t just a strong showing in week 21 as he maintained a top-7 standing through the last 16 weeks of the season. Two weekly wins (weeks 3 and 9) show the talent depth at play here.
Play-In Game - hawerchuck started out slowly but with a week 9 win appeared to shift into high gear through the middle part of the season. However there was some regression to the mean during the critical final weeks which resulted in falling one point short of escaping the play-in game. A .643 pick percentage and 22 bonus points is right at the field average. Despite a solid week 12 win, Critical Thinker posted weekly results in the 15-20 range. A .621 pick percentage and 14 bonus points makes for plenty of upside. As the 2018 Jeff Sauer runner up, you would expect crossjcek to be a force in this contest. However, missing out on the week 1 bonanza of available points dug a hole that was challenging to climb out of. A .638 pick percentage and 23 bonus points would have been vastly improved upon had sonofcrossjcek shared his homework. Our final play-in competitor is 3-year veteran Hockey John who, as first alternate in last year’s playoffs, pulled off two stunning upsets before falling to fellow Falcon mbenecke in the quarterfinals. Don’t let a .588 pick percentage and 25 bonus points fool you…when it’s game time, Hockey John shows up. This is Vegas’ sleeper pick.
SweeneyHawksHockey (12) vs. Bronco Hockey Fan (13) – Two former champions, the 2018 MacNaughton and Jeff Sauer winner and the 2019 MacNaughton, Mason, and Jeff Sauer winner find themselves head-to-head in a matchup for the ages. How’d we get here? First, this has to be considered a down year for SweeneyHawksHockey. Even though his bonus picking is very consistent year-to-year (24, 24, 25), his pick percentage is down (.684, .684, .659). Couple this with the increase in pro’s signing up for the contest year and you have what amounts to a rather pedestrian performance for this all-star of the USCHO pick ‘em boards. Bronco Hockey Fan started out red hot and looked on pace to repeat last year’s sweep of the hardware after wins in weeks 1 and 2. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep the mojo going ending up with a solid.678 pick percentage but only 10 bonus points.
Hatch_man (5) vs. potternmu (20) – Hatch_man stayed solidly locked into the 5th place spot for the last 4 weeks of the season based on 24 bonus points and a rock solid .695 pick percentage (fourth best in the Mason Cup race). A week 1 win and 10 top-10 finishes helps in this improvement over last year’s 31st place finish. The other side of the coin sees 3-year veteran potternum struggling to keep pace with last year’s 7th place finish posting a .659 vs. .662 pick percentage and 13 vs 18 bonus points and barely escaping the play-in game. Uncharacteristically there were no weekly wins and only 7 top-10 finishes. The performance of these players the past two seasons are mirror images of each other.
First Alternate – There is only one reason Laker Dude finds himself as an alternate…missing 5 weeks is impossible to overcome. Despite this, he posted a pick percentage of .683 and 24 bonus points which is easily a top quartile performance.
Second Alternate – Though one might think footballguy51 has his sports confused, missing the first and second round points bonanza is also nearly impossible to overcome. However, a late charge nearly saw him sneak into the playoff field.
That's it, everyone. Good luck and game on!
We’ll close with the Fairbanks bracket (but first, the links):
Rounds 1 and 2
View response summaries
puckdude40 (3) – Bye: This has been a breakout year for puckdude40. 43 bonus points and a .670 pick percentage is huge jump in performance for this 3-year veteran. A strong finish the last week saw him jump from 6th into the 4th seed. But it wasn’t just a strong showing in week 21 as he maintained a top-7 standing through the last 16 weeks of the season. Two weekly wins (weeks 3 and 9) show the talent depth at play here.
Play-In Game - hawerchuck started out slowly but with a week 9 win appeared to shift into high gear through the middle part of the season. However there was some regression to the mean during the critical final weeks which resulted in falling one point short of escaping the play-in game. A .643 pick percentage and 22 bonus points is right at the field average. Despite a solid week 12 win, Critical Thinker posted weekly results in the 15-20 range. A .621 pick percentage and 14 bonus points makes for plenty of upside. As the 2018 Jeff Sauer runner up, you would expect crossjcek to be a force in this contest. However, missing out on the week 1 bonanza of available points dug a hole that was challenging to climb out of. A .638 pick percentage and 23 bonus points would have been vastly improved upon had sonofcrossjcek shared his homework. Our final play-in competitor is 3-year veteran Hockey John who, as first alternate in last year’s playoffs, pulled off two stunning upsets before falling to fellow Falcon mbenecke in the quarterfinals. Don’t let a .588 pick percentage and 25 bonus points fool you…when it’s game time, Hockey John shows up. This is Vegas’ sleeper pick.
SweeneyHawksHockey (12) vs. Bronco Hockey Fan (13) – Two former champions, the 2018 MacNaughton and Jeff Sauer winner and the 2019 MacNaughton, Mason, and Jeff Sauer winner find themselves head-to-head in a matchup for the ages. How’d we get here? First, this has to be considered a down year for SweeneyHawksHockey. Even though his bonus picking is very consistent year-to-year (24, 24, 25), his pick percentage is down (.684, .684, .659). Couple this with the increase in pro’s signing up for the contest year and you have what amounts to a rather pedestrian performance for this all-star of the USCHO pick ‘em boards. Bronco Hockey Fan started out red hot and looked on pace to repeat last year’s sweep of the hardware after wins in weeks 1 and 2. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep the mojo going ending up with a solid.678 pick percentage but only 10 bonus points.
Hatch_man (5) vs. potternmu (20) – Hatch_man stayed solidly locked into the 5th place spot for the last 4 weeks of the season based on 24 bonus points and a rock solid .695 pick percentage (fourth best in the Mason Cup race). A week 1 win and 10 top-10 finishes helps in this improvement over last year’s 31st place finish. The other side of the coin sees 3-year veteran potternum struggling to keep pace with last year’s 7th place finish posting a .659 vs. .662 pick percentage and 13 vs 18 bonus points and barely escaping the play-in game. Uncharacteristically there were no weekly wins and only 7 top-10 finishes. The performance of these players the past two seasons are mirror images of each other.
First Alternate – There is only one reason Laker Dude finds himself as an alternate…missing 5 weeks is impossible to overcome. Despite this, he posted a pick percentage of .683 and 24 bonus points which is easily a top quartile performance.
Second Alternate – Though one might think footballguy51 has his sports confused, missing the first and second round points bonanza is also nearly impossible to overcome. However, a late charge nearly saw him sneak into the playoff field.
That's it, everyone. Good luck and game on!
