CCHA Pick ‘Em 2025-26: 8.5 Arrivederci Rico!

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Our lone week 6 winner with a total of 31 points (missing only BG's SO win over the Mavs on Saturday) is Tommiealum93 who was a full 3 points clear of our second place finisher this week! Jeers go out to the three folks who missed one pick on Friday while the rest of the field went a perfect 4-for-4 (no need to mention names, you know who you are). Not much in the way of stick taps to celebrate this week. However, we do have a new name atop the leaderboard. MTUHuskyGold becomes the latest contestant to stake their claim to the MacNaughton. That's 6 different leaders through 6 weeks. Wow, this thing is wide open this year!

There were a total of 45 goals scored this weekend. Congratulations to iowabasedtraveler who was the only contestant to claim all 10 bonus points. Nineteen contestants picked up at least one bonus point this week, here's how it went:

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Contestant          Bonus
iowabasedtraveler     10
Manurespreader         9
GA_Husky               8
SectionP               8
StevieYnot             8
Tommiealum93           8
mbenecke               7
MTUHuskyGold           6
SweeneyHawksHockey     6
iwearpurple            4
TalonsUpPuckDown       4
AgentClass             3
beaverhockeyfan        3
giwan                  3
puckdude40             3
Icd80                  2
NoClue                 2
BGSURICK               1
CFBHome                1

We also have a new leader in the Race for the Sauer. iowabasedtraveler's monster performance has put them in the driver's seat with 16 points. Manurespreader is one point back with 15 and Tommiealum93 is two back. Here's how this one stacks up:

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Contestant          Bonus
iowabasedtraveler     16
Manurespreader        15
Tommiealum93          14
mbenecke              13
StevieYnot            11
SectionP              11
GA_Husky              11
iwearpurple           10

While we're on the bonus, I haven't mentioned that in the yearly bonus Michigan Tech has scored 5 goals in a CCHA match this year which is the currently the most. Four 4 contestants are currently looking at an additional 3 bonus points at the end of the year. This can be found in the standings in the "Team/Goal Bonus : Pts" column. These bonus points are not included in the Sauer calculation until the end of the year.

Lastly, we have a new leader in the Battle for the Beagan with MTUHuskyGold now two points ahead of GoNanooks and 4 points ahead of Puckdude40.

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Contesetant     Points %   Games
MTUHuskyGold     .668        72
GoNanooks        .663        62
puckdude40       .649        72
NoClue           .644        72
SectionP         .635        72

Week 7
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mbenecke gets some stick taps for being the only active contestant to pick BGSU/9 for the yearly bonus goals. If that holds it's +5 on the bonus. Cross your fingers.

[mbenecke]

mbenecke gets some stick taps for being the only active contestant to pick BGSU/9 for the yearly bonus goals. If that holds it's +5 on the bonus. Cross your fingers.

Fingers and toes are crossed, TUPD.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

mbenecke gets some stick taps for being the only active contestant to pick BGSU/9 for the yearly bonus goals. If that holds it's +5 on the bonus. Cross your fingers.

Fingers and toes are crossed, TUPD.

Sorry mbenecke, my math sucks. Turns out there are 5 guys with BGSU/9 including our very own BillyLP and BGSURICK. I feel good about that sort of mistake.

[mbenecke]

mbenecke gets some stick taps for being the only active contestant to pick BGSU/9 for the yearly bonus goals. If that holds it's +5 on the bonus. Cross your fingers.

Fingers and toes are crossed, TUPD.

Sorry mbenecke, my math sucks. Turns out there are 5 guys with BGSU/9 including our very own BillyLP and BGSURICK. I feel good about that sort of mistake.

I’m rooting hard for the BG fans like I do every year. I’ll forgive you.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Lots to get to this week so let's get after it. Congratulations to SweeneyHawksHockey for besting the entire field this week with a total of 26 points. Considering that the second most points this week was 22 and the field average was only 16 that's a pretty good haul. Stick taps to CFBHome who was the only contestant to go a perfect 7-for-7 on picks.

Another week means another contestant atop the leaderboard. Give it up for StevieYNot who is now looking down at the rest of the field. Will he be able to maintain his tenuous grip on the MacNaughton for more than one week? He'd be the first to do so!

Moving on to the bonus, there were 77 assists this weekend helped in a large part by the wild west shootout that took place at the Slate with the scoreboard showing a total of 21 goals. Congratulations to SweeneyHawksHockey who was the only contestant to pick up all 10 bonus points. In total, seven contestants picked up at least one bonus point:

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Contestant           Bonus
SweeneyHawksHockey     10
iwearpurple             6
StevieYnot              6
TalonsUpPuckDown        5
SectionP                4
Berger21                3
puckdude40              1

And with this win our new leader in the Race for the Sauer is none other than SweeneyHawksHockey who has a 2 point lead over StevieYNot and 3 over iwearpurple and iowabasedtraveler. Here's how the race stacks up:

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Contestant           Bonus
SweeneyHawksHockey     19
StevieYnot             17
iwearpurple            16
iowabasedtraveler      16
SectionP               15
Manurespreader         15

Speaking of the Shootout at the Slate (TM), there's a new combination on the yearly bonus goals. Bowling Green is the team and 9 goals is the mark. There are now 5 contestants looking to pick up an additional 5 bonus points at the end of the year.

Lastly, looking at the Battle for the Began we see GoNanooks back in the drivers seat with MTUHuskyGold lurking a couple of points back.

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Contestant     Points %    Games
GoNanooks       .677        69
MTUHuskyGold    .671        79
puckdude40      .662        79
NoClue          .662        79

The bonus is back again this week along with an added kicker. Picking Northern Michigan to win over the Beavers in Bemidji is worth double points (6 points for a Wildcat regulation win, 4 points for an OT/SO win, 2 points for an OT/SO loss, 0 points for a regulation loss). If you think this is the weekend the Wildcats get off the schneid, pick 'em and win!

By the way, the 2025-26 season is officially 1/3 in the books. Time flies.

Week 8
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Week 8 is now in the books and congratulations go out to our weekly winner giwan who posted 23 points this week which was one ahead of iowabasedtraveller. Well done, sir! Apologies go out to the 7 contestants who took a gamble on the extra Northern Michigan points this week. I guess the Wildcats didn't set the tone. Eight contestants went 7-for-8 on the picks this week. Stick taps to StevieYNot who is the first contestant this season to stay atop the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks. Remember that it takes three in a row for it to be considered a streak. Question: any relation to BG's Brandon Whynott? Brother? Cousin?

Turning to the bonus, there were 102 penalty minutes this weekend. This bonus turned out to be a lot tougher than imagined as only 3 contestants picked up bonus points. beaverhockeyfan and iowabasedtraveler led the way with 4 bonus points each while giwan picked up 2 bonus points.

We have a new leader in the Race for the Sauer with iowabasedtraveler now claiming the top spot over SweeneyHawksHockey by one bonus point.

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Contestant          Bonus
iowabasedtraveler    20
SweeneyHawksHockey   19
StevieYnot           17
iwearpurple          16
SectionP             15
Manurespreader       15

In the Battle for the Beagan, NoClue had a great week missing only one pick and posting 21 points. However, our leader, GoNanooks, missed the same pick and posted the same 21 points so there are no changes at the top of the leaderboard.

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Contestant    Points %   Games
GoNanooks      .705       77
NoClue         .688       87
Icd80          .672       87
StevieYnot     .664       87
MTUHuskyGold   .660       87

The bonus is back again this week along with the usual NMU kicker. Picking Northern Michigan to win at home over Mankato is worth double points (6 points for a Wildcat regulation win, 4 points for an OT/SO win, 2 points for an OT/SO loss, 0 points for a regulation loss). If you though last weekend was the weekend, then surely it'll happen this weekend. Right? Gotta set the tone, though.

Week 9
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There is a slight adjustment to the scoreboard as one contestant was late with their entries and should not have been given credit for the Friday games. Updated standings below:

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  Rank  Contestant (W/L/SOW/SOL)      This Wk  Points  Bonus   Total  Points % Games  Team/Goal B
   1    StevieYnot (48-25-6-8)           18     164      17     181     .664     87    UST/8 : 1
   2    NoClue (50-23-6-8)               21     170      8      178     .688     87   MNSU/9 : 2
   3    iowabasedtraveler (45-28-6-8)    22     155      20     175     .628     87    UST/9 : 2
   4    SweeneyHawksHockey (44-29-9-5)   16     155      19     174     .628     87    UST/8 : 1
   4    SectionP (46-27-7-7)             15     159      15     174     .644     87    UST/9 : 2
   4    Icd80 (49-24-5-9)                21     166      8      174     .672     87   MNSU/7 : 0
   7    MTUHuskyGold (47-26-8-6)         12     163      9      172     .660     87   MNSU/7 : 0
   8    mbenecke (45-28-9-5)             19     158      13     171     .640     87   BGSU/9 : 5
   9    puckdude40 (47-26-5-9)           11     160      10     170     .648     87    MTU/8 : 1
   10   AgentClass (45-28-9-5)           19     158      9      167     .640     87   BGSU/7 : 3
   11   beaverhockeyfan (43-30-10-4)     17     153      13     166     .619     87   MNSU/8 : 1
   12   TalonsUpPuckDown (44-29-9-5)     18     155      9      164     .628     87   BGSU/7 : 3
   13   Berger21 (44-29-7-7)             19     153      9      162     .619     87    MTU/8 : 1
   14   Bronco Hockey Fan (45-27-6-8)    17     155      6      161     .635     86   BGSU/9 : 5
   15   BGSURICK (45-28-7-7)             12     156      4      160     .632     87   BGSU/9 : 5
   16   BillyLP (44-29-7-7)              15     153      6      159     .619     87   BGSU/9 : 5
   17   GA_Husky (42-31-7-7)             12     147      11     158     .595     87   MNSU/9 : 2
   18   giwan (43-30-6-8)                23     149      8      157     .603     87   UST/10 : 1
   19   Soulbeaver (42-31-10-4)          15     150      6      156     .607     87   BGSU/8 : 4
   20   Tommiealum93 (39-23-8-6)         21     139      14     153     .650     76
   21   Hockey John (41-32-8-6)          16     145      6      151     .587     87   BGSU/7 : 3
   21   GoNanooks (43-20-6-4)            11     145      6      151     .694     73    BSU/8 : 1
   23   iwearpurple (37-25-7-7)          15     132      16     148     .617     76
   24   CFBHome (35-27-11-3)             19     130      4      134     .607     76
   25   Puck Master (32-35-6-5)          18     113      6      119     .507     78   MNSU/8 : 1
   25   Manurespreader (29-38-5-7)       0      104      15     119     .462     79    MTU/9 : 2
   27   John J. MacInnes (33-29-6-7)     8      118      0      118     .557     75    MTU/9 : 2
   28   Footballguy51 (29-44-6-8)        9      107      0      107     .433     87   MNSU/9 : 2

There are no changes to the Sauer or Beagan standings as GoNanooks still meets the minimum number of games to compete in those two contests.

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There are a lot of post-Thanksgiving updates so let's get after it. Congratulations to our week 9 winner, Tommiealum92, who posted 27 points on the week! Stick taps to Puck Master and Tommiealum92 who were the only two contestants to correctly pick the Tommies to sweep the Huskies. Finally, stick taps to, who else, Tommiealum92 for being the only contestant to correctly pick the Lakers to upset the Vikings on Friday.

StevieYnot's two week run at the top of the leaderboard comes to an end as NoClue now assumes the top spot by 2 points with MTUHuskyGold and mbenecke tied for third. While we're at it, GoNanooks recent reign atop the leaderboard in the Battle for the Began has ended as none other that NoClue now boasts the highest pick percentage. Here is how that race currently stacks up:

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Contestant    Points %   Games
NoClue          .698      97
Tommiealum93    .678      86
GoNanooks       .675      83
MTUHuskyGold    .669      97
puckdude40      .662      97

As for the bonus this week, there were four 1-goal games at the end of regulation, 1 game tied at regulation, one game ending in a shutout, and one game going to a shootout. If you add all this up and take the square root, you find that GA_Husky and iowabasedtraveler led the way with 5 bonus points each. Everyone in the field picked up at least 1 bonus point.

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Contestant         1-Goal    Tied    Shutout Shootout   Total
GA_Husky              2        1        1        1        5
iowabasedtraveler     1        2        1        1        5
giwan                 1        1        1        1        4
Hockey John           1        2        0        1        4
Manurespreader        1        1        1        1        4
mbenecke              1        1        1        1        4
AgentClass            0        2        0        1        3
beaverhockeyfan       0        2        1        0        3
Bronco Hockey Fan     0        2        1        0        3
GoNanooks             0        2        0        1        3
MTUHuskyGold          0        2        1        0        3
SectionP              0        2        1        0        3
Soulbeaver            0        1        1        1        3
StevieYnot            0        2        1        0        3
SweeneyHawksHockey    1        2        0        0        3
BillyLP               0        1        0        1        2
CFBHome               0        2        0        0        2
Icd80                 0        1        1        0        2
John J. MacInnes      0        1        1        0        2
NoClue                0        2        0        0        2
Puck Master           1        0        0        1        2
puckdude40            1        0        0        1        2
TalonsUpPuckDown      0        1        1        0        2
Tommiealum93          0        1        0        1        2
Footballguy51         0        1        0        0        1

For another week no blood was drawn in the "When will Northern Michigan pick up their first point?" sweepstakes. We'll give them a break for week 10. As for the Race for the Sauer, iowabasedtraveller leads the way by 3 over SweeneyHawksHockey.

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Contestant          Bonus
iowabasedtraveler     25
SweeneyHawksHockey    22
StevieYnot            20
Manurespreader        19
SectionP              18

Week 10
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All hail Footballguy51 who is our week 9 winner posting a total of 22 points. Congratulations! We had to wait a bit longer for the results as it turns out when you spend $700 million (or whatever the number was) on a brand new facility in the middle of South Dakota you probably have to do a quality check on the ice plant. But putting that behind us, there are some overperformers this week worthy of some stick taps. So, stick taps to SectionP who correctly picked the Lakers to win on Friday and to CFBHome who correctly picked the Bulldogs to upset the Mavs on Saturday. But let's rise to our feet and give a standing ovation to Footballguy51 who for the fourth straight year will have the pick of the season. He threw the proverbial Hail Mary by correctly picking Northern to upset BG on Friday, the Lakers to upset the Tommies on Friday, and the Bulldogs to upset the Mavs on Saturday.

NoClue remains atop the leaderboard for the second straight week with a 3-point lead over StevieYNot. Will they be the first to post three in a row and make it our first streak of the season? Once again there is not much change in the Battle for the Beagan with NoClue remaining in the lead:

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Contestant   Points %   Games
NoClue        .687       105
GoNanooks     .668        91
MTUHuskyGold  .660       105
Tommiealum93  .655        94
SectionP      .643       105

Now on to the bonus. The staff at Pick 'Em HQ tallied 57 penalties called over the weekend including two game misconducts. There were two contestants who picked up the full 10 points. Shout out to Icd80 who was spot on with the penalty picking. As for the second, if you guessed Footballguy51 you did better picking the winner than picking the number of penalties called. WHAT A WEEK FOR FOOTBALLGUY51!!

There was some slight movement amongst the leaders in the Race for the Sauer but not enough action to knock iowabasedtraveler from their perch at the top.

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Contestant         Bonus
iowabasedtraveler    25
SweeneyHawksHockey   23
StevieYnot           22
beaverhockeyfan      21
Icd80                20

Week 11 is up with 6 games and a bonus. Week 12, which is the holiday tournaments, will be posted at the end of week 11. Note there are two games the following weekend then the holiday tournaments.

Week 11
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I just realized I forgot to post this past week's bonus results. Here you go:

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Contestant        Bonus
Footballguy51      10
Icd80              10
Bronco Hockey Fan   6
Hockey John         6
John J. MacInnes    6
beaverhockeyfan     5
Soulbeaver          3
StevieYnot          2
BillyLP             1
mbenecke            1
SweeneyHawksHockey  1

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Congratulations to our week 11 tri-winners iowabasedtraveler, iwearpurple, and Soulbeaver who walked away with the honors by posting 18 points! There were 5 contestants who correctly picked all 3 games on Friday; there was one contestant who incorrectly picked all three games on Friday (you know who you are) and there were 6 contestants who correctly picked all three games on Saturday. However, there was only one contestant who correctly picked all 6 games on the week so give it up to iowabasedtraveler for their week 11 picking prowess! There was only one contestant who correctly picked Augustana to sweep the Mavs and based on the previous sentence you should be able to figure out it was none other than iowabasedtraveler so congrats again.

We officially have a streak at the top of the leaderboard with NoClue clocking in for the third straight week as our leader though mbenecke made a statement this week and is now in second only 2 points back.

Moving on to this week's bonus, there were a total of 11 goals scored on Friday and 23 goals scored on Saturday. Interestingly enough, if you picked up bonus points on Friday you missed out on Saturday and vice versa (i.e. no one picked up bonus points from both nights). Stick taps go to iwearpurple who lead everyone with 5 bonus points on the week. Here's how the bonus stacked up:

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Contestant      Fri Goals  Sat Goals   Total
iwearpurple         5          0         5
Puck Master         0          4         4
Footballguy51       0          3         3
John J. MacInnes    0          3         3
TalonsUpPuckDown    3          0         3
BillyLP             0          2         2
Soulbeaver          0          2         2
SectionP            2          0         2
mbenecke            0          1         1
NoClue              0          1         1
Berger21            1          0         1
iowabasedtraveler   1          0         1
Tommiealum93        1          0         1

No change atop the leaderboard in the Race for the Sauer with iowabasedtraveller three points ahead of SweeneyHawksHockey.

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Contestant          Bonus
iowabasedtraveler     26
SweeneyHawksHockey    23
StevieYnot            22
iwearpurple           21
beaverhockeyfan       21
SectionP              20
Icd80                 20

In the Battle for the Beagan, NoClue still leads over GoNanooks and MTUHuskyGold.

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Contestant   Points %   Games
NoClue        .691       111
GoNanooks     .678        97
MTUHuskyGold  .669       111
mbenecke      .659       111
Tommiealum93  .651       100

With the holiday tournaments upon us, note that you'll fill out all the possible game combinations for the second round of the tournaments. The staff here at Pick 'Em HQ will use only the games that are actually played. Fill out the sheet completely and we'll take it from there. As it's unknown how each tournament will settle ties, we will stick to the standard NCAA OOC tie procedure. If the game ends in a tie after OT, it remains a tie for Pick 'Em purposes regardless as to how the tournament decides which team advances.

No bonus this week. Have a happy and healthy holiday season and we'll see you back here next year!

Week 12
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Congrats to John J. MacInnes, Puckdude40, and Soulbeaver who each correctly picked the order of the Augustana/Omaha split. Sad faces for AgentClass, CFBHome, GoNanooks, Hockey John, and StevieYNot who picked the opposite order of the split.

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As we await tonight's tournament results, here are the week 13 forms to get you started.

Week 13
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All hail John J. MacInnes, puckdude40, and Soulbeaver who each celebrated the holiday season with a perfect 1.000 pick percentage and share the top spot for the week(s)! 24 out of 25 correctly picked MSU to beat Ferris, Wisconsin to knock off the Lakers, MSU to top Tech in the GLI final, and BC to come out ahead of the Lakers though that one was a lot closer than anyone would have thought. Not much of a change atop the leaderboard with NoClue still 2 points ahead of mbenecke and iowabasedtraveler lurking 6 points back. puckdude40 has climbed into 4th with his week 12 performance and now has a grip on one of those coveted first round playoff byes.

There is no change in the Battle for the Beagan or the Race for the Sauer.

Speaking of playoff byes, it's looking like there will be 5 or 6 up for grabs. The analytics team at Pick 'Em HQ has run a simulation to determine the probability of each contestant capturing one of those first round byes. No contestant is over 50% so as we get into the second half of the season this thing is wide open.

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Contestant        Finishing Top 5
NoClue                   45%
mbenecke                 45%
iowabasedtraveler        34%
puckdude40               33%
MTUHuskyGold             32%
StevieYnot               25%
SweeneyHawksHockey       23%
SectionP                 20%
Tommiealum93             20%
Bronco Hockey Fan        18%
AgentClass               17%
giwan                    17%
Icd80                    17%
Soulbeaver               17%
Berger21                 15%
BillyLP                  13%
beaverhockeyfan          12%
GoNanooks                12%
TalonsUpPuckDown         11%
Everyone else           <10%

With a ton of games on tap this week there will be no bonus. The same tournament rules apply for this week's Desert Classic.

Week 13
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