CCHA Pick 'Em 2022-23 - The Last Augie-Free Edition

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The second round of the 2022-23 CCHA Pick 'Em is now in the books. Let's see who makes up the Elite 8.

In the Mankato bracket, our MacNaughton Cup champion Icd80 outlasted Hockey John 11-8 while 9th seed Bronco Hockey Fan pulled away from 8th seed MTUHuskyGold 9-6. Over in the Houghton bracket, top seed ClassyC tied their way to a win over our Jeff Sauer winner beaverhockeyfan 9-9 and TUPD came out ahead of SectionP 11-5.

Moving on to the Marquette bracket we find top seed Critical Thinker tying their way to the next round by a score of 9-9 over giwan. In the other matchup, potternmu sent manurespreader home by a score of 11-5. Interesting that the Houghton and Marquette brackets had the exact same scores for both matches.

In the Bowling Green bracket, top seed LGHR put an end to Atanarjuat's hope for another Cinderella run 9-7. UPSET ALERT! Our highest remaining seed, #12 mikeeddy19 keeps his hopes alive squeeking out a 10-9 win over the Bill Beagan winner mbenecke.

The quarterfinal round will be based on the Ferris-Mankato matchup and the semifinal round will be based on the Northern-Tech matchup. The four winners of the quarterfinal round will automatically fight it out for the right to play in the championship game. Once again, picks will be released at the end of the week (I have confirmed the permissions are set properly...).

As for our contest, Critical Thinker maintains his lead. Be sure to fill out an entry form this week!

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Contestant        Points
Critical Thinker    25
TUPD                22
Hockey John         20
mbenecke            20
BGSURICK            17
Footballguy51       17

Quarterfinal and Semifinal Rounds

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All picks are in. May the odds be forever in your favor.

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The quarterfinal matchup saw a ton of action, let's get to it. Right out of the blocks we have an UPSET ALERT! as the 9th seed Bronco Hockey Fan upset our MacNaughtion Cup winner and top seed Icd80 by a score of 6-5. ClassyC continued their streak by tying their way to victory over last year's Mason Cup winner TUPD 5-5 which sets up a clash of the titans in the semifinal round as Critical Thinker also tied their way over potternmu 6-6. In our last bracket, 12th seed mikeeddy19's Cinderella run for glory came crashing to a halt at the hands of 4th seed LGRH by a score of 6-1.

In the semifinals we have three of the top 4 seeds in the tournament (#2 ClassyC, #3 Critical Thinker, and #4 LGRH along with #9 Bronco Hockey Fan) in what will likely be the toughest semifinal round ever. As for the results, well, to start with, LGRH outlasted Bronco Hockey Fan and made it to the championship match via a 1-1 tie. So much for pumping up the greatness of the semifinal field. In the other matchup, ClassyC bested Critical Thinker 5-1 and was the only contestant to correctly pick Northern Michigan's upset of Michigan Tech.

So, after 4,858 picks (you had to know I'd add them up) it comes down to this: #2 ClassyC vs. #4 LGRH for the Mason Cup and pick 'em immortality. Picks will be posted as soon as both contestants entries are in. GOOD LUCK!

In our side contest, the field creeps a little closer to Critical Thinker who still holds the lead.

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Contestant        Score
Critical Thinker   32
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mbenecke           27
Footballguy51      24
Hockey John        20
BGSURICK           17

Pick ‘Em Championship

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Championship picks are in. Good luck!

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For those who care, here's how the championship match lines up:

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Contestant   Winner             Away Goals   Home Goals   Time of GWG
LGRH         Northern Michigan      4             3            71
ClassyC      Minnesota State        3             5            44

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For those who care, here's how the championship match lines up:

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Contestant   Winner             Away Goals   Home Goals   Time of GWG
LGRH         Northern Michigan      4             3            71
ClassyC      Minnesota State        3             5            44

Shouldn’t be a tie here. Interesting split of choices.

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Congratulations to ClassyC, our 2022-23 Mason Cup winner!

ClassyC capped off a strong season by outlasting LGRG 4-2. Based on the picks, with 58 seconds left in regulation LGRH was looking to clear some space on their trophy case for the Mason Cup but what happened one second later had to sting as the game went into OT. The game winning goal was subsequently scored at the 61 minute mark. One more observation - had LGRH gone with Mankato instead of Northern they would have won 5-4 as they correctly picked Mankato to score 3 goals.  Double ouch.

It's been a great season, thanks to everyone who played. See you next year.

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Team, I completely forgot to update the standings in our side contest. Doh!

Congratulations to Critical Thinker! Based on the uber successful season you had it was pre-ordained that you'd be the odds on favorite to take home the AZZ Falcon Feather trophy.

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Contestant         Points
Critical Thinker     37
TUPD                 35
mbenecke             31
Footballguy51        29
Hockey John          20
BGSURICK             17

That'll do it for this year.

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Team, I completely forgot to update the standings in our side contest. Doh!

Congratulations to Critical Thinker! Based on the uber successful season you had it was pre-ordained that you'd be the odds on favorite to take home the AZZ Falcon Feather trophy.

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Contestant         Points
Critical Thinker     37
TUPD                 35
mbenecke             31
Footballguy51        29
Hockey John          20
BGSURICK             17

That'll do it for this year.

Not last!!!