WCHA Pick 'Em 2018-2019

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Lots of updates, let’s get to it. GIWAN was the week 20 winner posting 28 points and rode this week’s victory into sole possession of first place in the race for the Mason Cup by .001 percentage points over Bronco Hockey Fan and TalonsUpPuckDown and .005 percentage points over SweeneyHawksHockey and gochiefs.

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Player                Points %     Games Behind
GIWAN                  .688            -
Bronco Hockey Fan      .687            1
TalonsUpPuckDown       .687            1
SweeneyHawksHockey     .683            2
gochiefs               .683            2

While the field crept a little closer, it appears Bronco Hockey Fan’s 19-point lead for the McNaughton Cup is insurmountable (unless for some reason picks don’t get entered this week). There were 105 penalties called over the weekend. gochiefs and Soulbeaver lead the bonus picking this week picking up 9 points each. The bonus had a big impact on some of the players as GIWAN moved into sole possession of a #1 playoff seed and mikeeddy19 appears to be locked into a playoff spot.

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Name                  Bonus
gochiefs                9
Soulbeaver              9
SweeneyHawksHockey      8
GIWAN                   8
Icd80                   8
beaverhockeyfan         7
puckdude40              7
Bronco Hockey Fan       6
mikeeddy19              6
hawerchuck              5
Wi.HuskiesFan           3
SectionP                1 

There is a 5-for-3 battle for the remaining playoff spots between SectionP, cajunuahfan, Hatch_man, Mavsfan19, and Hockey John. This week's bonus will likely determine these final playoff spots. Speaking of bonus, it's one we recently saw. Good luck!

Week 21 picks
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Here's a look at the current playoff brackets based on week 20 results:

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The 21st and final week of the WCHA Pick 'Em regular season was no less compelling than the previous 20 as Bronco Hockey Fan was not only the weekly winner with 33 points, but also the McNaughton Cup champion and come from behind Mason Cup champion! You have to go all the way back to last year to find a player who swept both regular season awards (SweeneyHawksHockey). Congratulations Bronco Hockey Fan! Sidebar: the previous two champions are fans of Nacho teams which is not a good look for the rest of us...

Here are the final Mason Cup standings:

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Player                Points %     W/L/SOW/SOL
Bronco Hockey Fan      .692        139-57-6-9
gochiefs               .689        138-58-7-8
TalonsUpPuckDown       .687        138-58-6-9
SweeneyHawksHockey     .684        137-59-7-8
GIWAN                  .683        129-56-8-7

This week saw the second most bonus points awarded all season (123) with mbeneke correctly picking 98 shots on goal in the final series of the Alaska Governor's Cup (congrats to UA).

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Player                  Bonus
mbenecke                 10
Bronco Hockey Fan         9
cajunuahfan               9
GoNanooks                 9
Hockey John               9
Laker Dude                9
SectionP                  9
Deejpuck                  8
hawerchuck                8
TalonsUpPuckDown          8
gochiefs                  7
Soulbeaver                6
kckrieg84                 5
crossjcek                 4
BGFan                     3
GIWAN                     3
Wi.HuskiesFan             3
Hatch_man                 2
mikeeddy19                1
SweeneyHawksHockey        1

The playoff field is set. Hockey John nearly picked off Jbakerifm but even with a rock solid performance this week the gap was too large.

It's been a great regular season, thanks for playing...now on to the playoffs!

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

The field of 32 is set. You know what to do, win or go home.

Select games/bonus for both the first and second rounds. I'll try to post results after Friday night's contests so the field can see who advances to the Saturday night games.

Since we are now mano-a-mano I will only be posting a link to the response summaries, not the response details. Good luck!

Playoff Rounds 1 and 2 Picks
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Bump. Playoff time, missing two entries.

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Looks like I'm going to be short some players so if you missed the playoffs and still want to submit picks, feel free. I will slot you in wherever there's in opening in the field.

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I currently have 29 entries plus an alternate entry from our 33rd place finisher. I will slot Hockey John into one of the following seeds based on final submissions:

Seed 5
Seed 23
Seed 32

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First round results are in. All the home teams won. There were 9 goals scored by the away team, 15 by the home team, and zero shutouts. Here's the breakdown:

o Six matches were decided by 1 point.
o 50% of the matches were won by the higher seed; 50% were won by the lower seed. Each bracket had the same number of upsets (2).
o Hatch_man scored the biggest upset of the night taking down #2 seed gochiefs by one point. All the other top seeds advanced.
o Biggest point differential was SectionP's dismantling of #5 GIWAN 16-9.
o The "Why'd I have to play this guy?" award has to go to klbaum1077. 15 points should have been enough to advance. Somebody got lucky...
o Redemption is in the air for Hockey John who advances over fellow AZZ'er kckrieg84.

Round 2 on Saturday!

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Here's a link to everyone's picks:

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The WCHA is down to 4 teams; the WCHA Pick 'Em is down to 8. Once again, all the home teams won. There were 7 goals scored by the away teams, 17 by the home teams, and zero games decided in overtime.

Three of the four top regional seeds are still in the fight. Bronco Hockey Fan dispatched BGFan while beaverhockeyfan by way of being the higher seed tied their way to a victory over MTUHuskyGold. In the East, SweeneyHawksHockey cross checked crossjcek out of the running while Wi.HuskiesFan also tied his way to a win over mikeeddy19. This quarterfinal matchup pits the 2018 McNaughton/Mason Cup winner against the 2018 Jeff Sauer winner. Two men enter, one man leaves! Out West, TUPD sent fellow Falcon Critical Thinker to the showers while Laker Dude sent SectionP home for the season. This quarterfinal pairing is a rematch of last year's first round which was not won by TUPD. In the Marquette bracket, mbenecke seems to have recaptured his ROY form from last year and hatcheted Hatch_man while Hockey John continued his Cinderella run by edging out potternmu.

Here are the total points scored in each regional:
Midwest - Mankato: 142
West - Sault Ste. Marie: 141
North - Marquette: 133
East - Bowling Green: 124

Links to response details will be posted after everyone's picks are in. Bonus is the same for these two rounds as the previous rounds. Win or go home.

Quarterfinals and Semifinals
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[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Bump. Still need picks from one more player. Not to call anyone out, but Hockey John...you're still in this thing.

[mbenecke]

Bump. Still need picks from one more player. Not to call anyone out, but Hockey John...you're still in this thing.

Shhhhh. I'll take a forfeit to the semifinals.

[Hockey John]

Sorry, mbenecke, my picks are now entered. I missed one week earlier in the season and that really hurt me in the standings.
Good luck to all!

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Here's how your match-up shakes out:

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Player	        mbenecke            Hockey John
LSSU@MSU	      Minnesota State	  Minnesota State
BGSU@NMU	      Bowling Green	    Bowling Green
Away Goals	         5	               5
Home Goals	         7	               5
Shutouts	           0	               0

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If you're scoreboard watching this evening here are the scenarios:

If BG wins: SweeneyHawksHockey, Bronco Hockey Fan, and TUPD advance.

If NMU wins: Wi.HuskiesFan, and Laker Dude advance.

If the home team total goals is 4 or 5, Hockey John advances otherwise mbenecke advances.

Bronco Hockey Fan also advances if NMU wins AND away goals =5 AND home goals =6. beaverhockey fan advances in all other scenarios where NMU wins.


Here are the other match-ups if you're interested:

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Player	  SweeneyHawksHockey  Wi.HuskiesFan
LSSU@MSU	Minnesota State	  Minnesota State
BGSU@NMU	Bowling Green	    Northern Michigan
Away Goals	     5	                5
Home Goals	     6	                7
Shutouts	       0	                0

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Player	  Bronco Hockey Fan  beaverhockeyfan
LSSU@MSU	Minnesota State	 Minnesota State
BGSU@NMU	Bowling Green	   Northern Michigan
Away Goals	     5	               4
Home Goals	     6	               8
Shutouts	       0	               0

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Player	  TalonsUpPuckDown   Laker Dude
LSSU@MSU	Minnesota State	 Minnesota State
BGSU@NMU	Bowling Green	   Northern Michigan
Away Goals	     5	               5
Home Goals	     5	               7
Shutouts	       0	               0