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.

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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.

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.

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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.