Hockey Prognosticating #1 (QMJHL) - Quebec Open - Congrats HalifaxDrunk

[GirlySports]

Intro - Seeing the success of picking games in all sports on this board, I thought we should have a year-round hockey prognosticating competition. It'll be modelled similar to tennis where you, the player, can sign-up for any tournament you want, commit for that week, and accumulate points throughout the year. One tournament could have 16,32 or 64 players and a champion would be crowned and points awarded. There will be tournaments larger than others and we'll try to have Four Grand Slams as well. This will be called the HPT (Hockey Prognosticating Tour)

The hockey season in general runs from September to April (the end of the 1st round of Stanley Cup Playoffs which would be our year-end championships for the top ranked 32).

I want to find out who the best hockey prognosticator on CP really is. Is it you?
I know it's a bit confusing at first but do not fear, if you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread or sent me a PM.

We will start in the Q! A couple of warm-up weeks before the NHL starts. The QMJHL season starts on September 9. Think you know junior hockey? Enter this tournament. It's a good opportunity to score some early points before the NHL season starts.

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Hockey Prognosticating – Quebec Open

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What is Hockey Prognosticating?

In the game, participants pick the winners of a set of hockey games in a particular week and are placed in a knock-out system. That means each participant plays a different participant and whoever predicted the winner of most matches correctly, moves on to the next round.

Note:

- In case of a tie, a tie-breaker featuring winning margins will decide who moves on to the next round.


How to Sign-Up:

Just post here that you would like to play ("Im IN"). You can only play one tournament per week (in the case we one day have more than one tournament per week). Entries will be based on ranking starting in Week 4 for this opening season. The first three weeks will be blind draw free-for-alls. Anyone can commit. :D

How to send in picks:

Picks can be sent in as soon as the "GAME LIST" is ready. Remember, you pick a winner in every game on the list! Picks should be sent by PM, so that your opponent does not know your picks. Picks should be titled: [HPT: Quebec 1st Round]. Picks must be sent in by the deadline stated in the GAME LIST.

How the GAME LIST Works

EXPLANATION:

GAME LIST
EDMONTON at CALGARY MA1 PTS
VANCOUVER at WINNIPEG MA2

Game with MA after it's name - Pick the winner and the margin (Ex: WINNIPEG 2)
Game with PTS after it's name - Pick the whole score (Ex: CALGARY 6-3)

[GirlySports]

Fact Sheet

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Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Type: Ligue De Hockey Junior Majeur Du Quebec (QMJHL)
Date: September 9th-16th, 2011
League website: http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/ (http://en.khl.ru/)

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, September 7 @ 9:59pm Mountain Time (or when there's 16 entries)
Draw size: 16

HPT RANKING POINTS
Winner....250
Finalist....150
Semifinalist...90
Quarterfinalist...45
1st Round...20

[GirlySports]

Entry Lists



1. CofR
2. MattyC
3. ineedanother
4. MrMike
5. Hockey
6. Drake
7. Bonded
8. Street Pharmacist
9. PlayfulGenius
10. Aeneas
11. HalifaxDrunk

[GirlySports]

Tournament Draw

Final

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 7

00:00 | Hockey vs HalifaxDrunk

Semi Finals

Games Counted: 5
Games Remaining: 0

01:02 | Aeneas vs [LL] Hockey #MAs: 0-0
00:02 | PlayfulGenius vs HalifaxDrunk #MAs:0-1

Quarter Finals

Games Counted: 5
Games Remaining: 0

00:04 | [1] MattyC vs Aeneas #MAs: 0-0
03:04 | [4] ineedanother vs [LL] Drake #MAs: 0-0
02:03 | [3] Hockey vs PlayfulGenius #MAs: 0-0
03:01 | HalifaxDrunk vs [2] CofR #MAs: 0-0

First Round

Games Counted: 8
Games Remaining: 0

00:00 | [1] MattyC vs BYE
01:04 | Drake vs Aeneas #MAs: 0-1
00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs BYE
00:00 | [5] MrMike vs BYE

03:00 | [3] Hockey vs BYE #MAs: 0-0
01:00 | PlayfulGenius vs Bonded #MAs: 0-0
04:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs Street Pharmacist MAs: 0-0
00:00 | [2] CofR vs BYE

[GirlySports]

Schedule of Play

HPT SCHEDULE

Sept 9 ~ 1st Round
Sept 10 ~ Quarterfinals
Sept 11, 13, 14 - Semifinals
Sept 16 ~ Final

[CofR]

I'm in, looks like a lot of fun!

[MattyC]

im in too. Hopefully I can understand this before the game starts haha

[GirlySports]

I'll try my best to lead you through it as we go.

In general think of it like tennis. Pretend you are a tennis player going around from city to city signing up for tournaments. You enter a tournament and get drawn into a bracket.

Day 1: I give you a list of games, for example 6 games, and you play one opponent


NHL:
Calgary at Edmonton MA1 PTS
Vancouver at Winnipeg MA2
Montreal at Toronto MA3
Ottawa at Los Angeles MA4
NY Rangers at New Jersey MA5
Dallas at Colorado MA6

send me who you think will win in the 6 games and by how much. for the first game where it says PTS send me the correct score

in this example you'd send something like:
Calgary 6-3
Winnipeg 2
Toronto 1
Los Angeles 2
NY Rangers 1
Colorado 1

Winner is determined by:
Player who gets most winners correct.
if tied: player who gets most margins correct.
if tied: shootout, first person to get margins right starting with MA1

and so on...but don't worry bout that, that's for me to worry about.
You just have to send a list of picks and beat your opponent.


if you win you move onto the next day and the next game list and gain more HPT points... if you lose you are knocked out and have to wait for the next tournament to start.



Also if you're used to being in games that I run, you will know that the thread title changes constantly. Keep an eye on that so see where we all.

[ineedanother]

I'm in.

[MrMike]

I'm in

[Hockey]

Im in

[Drake]

I'm in.

[Cheerio]

I'm in

[Bonded]

Sure, why the hello not I am in.

[Street Pharmacist]

I'm in!

[Cheerio]

EDIT: I probably won't have time to actively participate in this too much once school starts so I'm going to have to drop out! sorry guys!

[GirlySports]

When does school start? This is week to week. You can play anytime, don't have to commit for the whole year, just one week at a time.

[PlayfulGenius]

OK, sounds really great.

[Aeneas]

I'm in, Girly.
Understood if I have to wait for next tournament.

[GirlySports]

I'm in, Girly.
Understood if I have to wait for next tournament.

Plenty of room, still looking for players in this first week
Deadline is Wednesday night.

Target is 16 players, everyone is guaranteed 20 points :)

[GirlySports]

bump..

48 hours til deadline, still 6 open spots.

[HalifaxDrunk]

You are too much for me Girly, you sonofawhoreson b!t(h! I wish I knew how to quit you.

I'm in.

[GirlySports]

bout 24 hours or so to go, last call for this week :)

[GirlySports]

THE DRAW

Since we have 11 players, the first 5 who signed up will get a bye to the quarters (unless anyone else signs up)

There were 5 items in your list. Here they are in random order

1. MattyC
2. CofR
3. Hockey
4. ineedanother
5. MrMike

Timestamp: 2011-09-07 02:06:22 UTC


So these teams now get placed in as follows.


[1] MattyC vs BYE
vs

[4] ineedanother vs BYE
[5] MrMike vs BYE

[3] Hockey vs BYE
vs

vs
[2] CofR vs BYE

Now we fill in the 6 other teams.

There were 6 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


Drake
Aeneas
PlayfulGenius
Bonded
HalifaxDrunk
Street Pharmacist

Timestamp: 2011-09-07 02:09:20 UTC




So the draw is:

First Round

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 8

00:00 | [1] MattyC vs BYE
00:00 | Drake vs Aeneas
00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs BYE
00:00 | [5] MrMike vs BYE

00:00 | [3] Hockey vs BYE
00:00 | PlayfulGenius vs Bonded
00:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs Street Pharmacist
00:00 | [2] CofR vs BYE

If more people sign up by tomorrow, they will fill in the BYEs in inverse order 5,4,3,2,1

[CofR]

One question,

Is the "game list" going to to be posted, or do we just go off the schedule on the league site?

Thanks Girlysports!

[GirlySports]

The Game List will be posted in a certain order due to possible tiebreakers and a deadline specified.

I may or may not use all the games in the actual schedule.

You'll see tomorrow :)

[GirlySports]

Doesn't look like there will be anymore so we'll close off this week and start now.

GAME LIST

Sept 9 Round 1
CAPE BRETON AT MONCTON MA1 PTS
HALIFAX AT PEI MA2
VICTORIAVILLE AT QUEBEC MA3
DRUMMONDVILLE AT BAIE-COMMEAU MA4
VAL D'OR AT GATINEAU MA5
BLAINEVILLE-BOISBRIAND AT RIMOUSKI MA6
ROUYN-NORANDA AT SHAWINIGAN MA7
SAINT JOHN AT ACADIE-BATHURST MA8

Sept 10 Quarterfinals
VAL D'OR AT SHAWINIGAN MA1 PTS
DRUMMONDVILLE AT CHICOUTIMI MA2
HALIFAX AT ACADIE-BATHURST MA3
CAPRE BRETON AT PEI MA4
ROUYN-NORANDA AT GATINEAU MA5

All picks PM'd to GirlySports by FRI Sept 9 15:00 MDT / 17:00 EDT


**If you're drawn into the first round, send all THIRTEEN games, if you lose in the first round, your quarterfinal picks will be discarded**

**IF you have a bye to the Quarters just send the last FIVE games**

**If in doubt, send them all**

Remember if the Game has MA# behind it send winner and margin (RIMOUSKI BY 100). If Game has PTS behind it, send correct score (MONCTON 11-5)

MA stands for Margin
PTS stands for Predict The Score

Any questions let me know!
Good luck to all!

[GirlySports]

90 minutes to go... still missing 1st round picks from

PlayfulGenius
Bonded
Street Pharmacist

[GirlySports]

1st round deadline closed.

1st Round Differences

Opponents selected the same winners except for these differences.

00:00 | Drake vs Aeneas : PEI, Quebec, Saint John VS Halifax, Victoriaville, Acadie-Bathurst
00:00 | PlayfulGenius vs Bonded : missing picks from Bonded
00:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs Street Pharmacist : missing picks from Street Pharmacist

So PlayfulGenius and HalifaxDrunk advance to quarterfinals.
Drake and Aeneas essentially play a best-of-3 (no MA# tiebreakers needed)





MrMike and MattyC still need to send in their quarterfinal picks.
Deadline for that is Saturday Sept 10 at 1pm Mountain.

[GirlySports]

1st Round is done. Total Carnage.

First Round

Games Counted: 8
Games Remaining: 0

Team in RED advances

00:00 | [1] MattyC vs BYE
01:04 | Drake vs Aeneas #MAs: 0-1
00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs BYE
00:00 | [5] MrMike vs BYE

03:00 | [3] Hockey vs BYE #MAs: 0-0
01:00 | PlayfulGenius vs Bonded #MAs: 0-0
04:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs Street Pharmacist MAs: 0-0
00:00 | [2] CofR vs BYE

Aeneas won all 3 of the differences and wins 4-1 over Drake and got the only correct margin, Halifax by 1.

HalifaxDrunk also got 4. And awesomely ineedanother sent in the first round and got all 8 games wrong. But he got the bye so that's ok :)

Quarter Finals (Saturday)

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 5

00:00 | [1] MattyC vs Aeneas
00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs [5] MrMike
00:00 | [3] Hockey vs PlayfulGenius
00:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs [2] CofR

[GirlySports]

Still nothing from MattyC or MrMike. If this holds at 1pm..Drake will come back in as Lucky Loser! to play ineedanother and Aeneas will get a bye to the semifinals.

Can't think of any other way to do it.

[GirlySports]

Quarterfinal deadline has passed.

Quarter Finals Differences

00:00 | [1] MattyC vs Aeneas - no picks from MattyC
00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs [LL] Drake: Chicoutimi, Halifax, Cape Breton vs Drummondville, Acadie-Bathurst, PEI
00:00 | [3] Hockey vs PlayfulGenius: Rouyn-Noranda vs Gatineau
00:00 | HalifaxDrunk vs [2] CofR: Shawinigan, PEI vs Val D'Or, Cape Breton. MA Differences: MA1: Shawinigan 1 vs Val D'Or 2, MA2: Drummondville 1 vs Drummondville 2, MA4: PEI 2 vs Cape Breton 2

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Also since the Q schedule is a bit wacky, the semifinals will take place over 3 days starting early tomorrow. Here is the Semifinal Game List so you can get a head start. Even if you lose in the quarters, you may be a lucky loser.

Semifinals GAME LIST (3 games on Sunday, 1 on Tuesday, 1 on Wednesday)
BLAINEVILLE-BOISBRIAND at QUEBEC MA1 PTS
CHICOUTIMI AT BAIE-COMMEAU MA2
VICTORIAVILLE AT RIMOUSKI MA3
ACADIE-BATHURST AT MONCTON MA4
RIMOUSKI AT GATINEAU MA5

Please PM picks to GirlySports by SUNDAY Sep 11 noon MT / 2pm ET

[GirlySports]

From the scores coming in Aeneas, HalifaxDrunk and the Lucky Loser Drake are into the semifinals!

Hockey vs PlayfulGenius had only one different pick and it was Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau and they're deadlocked at 4-4 with 14 minutes to go in the 3rd.

[GirlySports]

Gatineau scored with 2 minutes left to win 5-4. PlayfulGenius into the semis.

Quarter Finals Results

Winners in Red

Games Counted: 5
Games Remaining: 0

00:04 | [1] MattyC vs Aeneas #MAs: 0-0
03:04 | [4] ineedanother vs [LL] Drake #MAs: 0-0
02:03 | [3] Hockey vs PlayfulGenius #MAs: 0-0
03:01 | HalifaxDrunk vs [2] CofR #MAs: 0-0


Semi Finals

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 5

00:00 | Aeneas vs [LL] Drake
00:00 | PlayfulGenius vs HalifaxDrunk


Semifinals GAME LIST (3 games on Sunday, 1 on Tuesday, 1 on Wednesday)
BLAINEVILLE-BOISBRIAND at QUEBEC MA1 PTS
CHICOUTIMI AT BAIE-COMMEAU MA2
VICTORIAVILLE AT RIMOUSKI MA3
ACADIE-BATHURST AT MONCTON MA4
RIMOUSKI AT GATINEAU MA5

Please PM picks to GirlySports by SUNDAY Sep 11 noon MT / 2pm ET

[GirlySports]

Semifinal deadline closed. No picks from Drake so Hockey who did submit picks is the lucky loser. This is as far as lucky losers can go, you cannot luck yourself into the final :)

Semi Final Differences

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 5

00:00 | Aeneas vs [LL] Hockey: Rimouski vs Victoriaville
00:00 | PlayfulGenius vs HalifaxDrunk: Quebec, Gatineau vs Blainville, Rimouski. MA Differences: MA1: Quebec 1 vs Blaineville 1, MA2: Chicoutimi 1 vs Chicoutimi 3, MA3: Rimouski 1 vs Rimouski 3, MA4: same, MA5: Gatineau 1, Rimouski 1. PTS Differences: Quebec 2-1 vs Blaineville 2-1.

So the first semifinal is straight forward and will be decided today whoever wins the Rimouski-Victoriaville game.

The 2nd semifinal could get very very complex. And will go until Wednesday. We'll see where all the numbers fall!

Thanks and good luck! :)

[GirlySports]

Hockey is in the final! Victoriaville crushed Rimouski 8-2

HalifaxDrunk is ahead now in the other Semifinal as Blaineville beat Quebec 4-2. PlayfulGenius is behind on the score but he got part of the PTS right (Quebec scoring 2 goals). So that semifinal comes down to one game. He needs Gatineau to win on Wednesday to advance.

Semi Finals

Games Counted: 3
Games Remaining: 2

00:01 | Aeneas vs [LL] Hockey #MA: 0-0
00:01 | PlayfulGenius vs HalifaxDrunk #MA: 0-0

[GirlySports]

Rimouski have just beaten Gatineau 2-1. HalifaxDrunk gets the winner and the margin correct and defeats PlayfulGenius 2-0


Semi Finals

Winners in red

Games Counted: 5
Games Remaining: 0

01:02 | Aeneas vs [LL] Hockey #MAs: 0-0
00:02 | PlayfulGenius vs HalifaxDrunk #MAs:0-0

So the final is set

Final

Games Counted: 0
Games Remaining: 7

00:00 | Hockey vs HalifaxDrunk

And here is the FRIDAY GAME LIST for the FINAL!
BAIE-COMMEAU AT VICTORIAVILLE MA1 PTS
SAINT JOHN AT CAPE BRETON MA2
ACADIE-BATHURST AT HALIFAX MA3
ROUYN-NORANDA AT DRUMMONDVILLE MA4
CHICOUTIMI AT QUEBEC MA5
GATINEAU AT BLAINEVILLE-BOISBRIAND MA6
RIMOUSKI AT VAL D'OR MA7

Please PM picks to GirlySports by FRIDAY Sep 16 3PM MT / 6PM AT

[GirlySports]

Neither player submitted and it's the weekend so not sure we can go forward.
So the tournament dies here and we do a countback.

In the first 3 rounds, HalifaxDrunk got 9 games right and Hockey 7. Kind of makes sense too that HD never got a bye nor was he a lucky loser.

So I'll declare HalifaxDrunk the winner.

Congrats HD! :)

[PlayfulGenius]

The real Losers are us fans that paid good money to see the Final :(

[GirlySports]

Blame Quebec, they should seperate.

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This was the first run, I knew there would be bumps. Hope the WHL and then the subsequent NHL ones are better.
If you haven't.. remember to sign up for #2 WHL!

[HalifaxDrunk]

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[Hockey]

I meant to make my picks last night, but I fell asleep at like 8. Then was busy all day today.

[GirlySports]

ah well... looks like everyone was busy.

on a friday, that sucks!

2nd place is great, good luck next week :)