2013 Hockey Prognosticating #15 (NHL) - Anaheim Open - Congrats ineedanother!

[GirlySports]

Hockey Prognosticating – Anaheim 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. Beat your opponent and move onto to the next round. It's easy, all you have to do is predict the winner of the match, the margin, and sometimes the score for a set of games listed.

Note:

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


How to Sign-Up:

Just post here that you would like to play ("Im IN"). Entries will be based on The HPT rankings from two weeks prior. If you don't have a ranking, you can begin one! Anyone can enter! :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: Phoenix 1st Round]. Picks must be sent in by the deadline stated in the GAME LIST.

How the GAME LIST Works


EXPLANATION:
GAME LIST
VANCOUVER at WINNIPEG MA2
EDMONTON at CALGARY MA1 PTS
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 correct score (Ex: CALGARY 6-3)

[GirlySports]

Fact Sheet


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Location: Anaheim, California
Type: National Hockey League (NHL)
Date: January 26-31, 2013
League website: http://www.nhl.com (http://www.nhl.com/)

Entry Deadline: Friday January 25 @ 1:59pm Mountain Time
Draw size: 16

HPT RANKING POINTS
Winner....625
Finalist....350
Semifinalist...210
Quarterfinalist....110
First Round....60

[GirlySports]

Post #3

[GirlySports]

Post #4!

[GirlySports]

You can sign up! :)

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I'm in!

[OffsideSpecialist]

I'm in

[bomber317]

in

[devo22]

I'm in!

[FlamesKickAss]

In

[ineedanother]

I'm in

[Hockey]

im in

[J epworth]

I'm in

[CofR]

In!

[3thirty]

in

[PlayfulGenius]

yes please

[Mazrim]

I'm in!

[GirlySports]

same 12 as last tournament.

Any newbies want to give it a shot!? :)

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I enjoy Hockey Prognosticating. Glad I got started with it and thanks GirlySports for hosting it.

Will the game list be released tomorrow?

[ineedanother]

Now I have a title to defend

[Hockey]

Now I have a title to defend



You could say you need another title...

[GirlySports]

I enjoy Hockey Prognosticating. Glad I got started with it and thanks GirlySports for hosting it.

Will the game list be released tomorrow?

yup! We'll try to establish a pattern. Draws and first Gamelist on Friday, games Sat/Sun semis in tuesday and final on thursday.

see if you can enlist 4 more players :)

[RedCoffee]

I'm back, and I'm in!

[GirlySports]

Here are the new rankings, ineedanother's win moves him up to 3rd.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ApYfEGd-QhSodGJGdXEzLVBqM0dpLWo5dno3VGdaWXc&output=html

Draw and Gamelist will be published at 2pm.

[GirlySports]

here we go, with 13 players top 3 teams get a bye, the rest of the players will be slotted in.

DRAW

[1]devo22 vs BYE
vs

vs
vs [4]PlayfulGenius

[3]ineedanother vs BYE
vs

vs
BYE vs [2]OffsideSpecialist

[GirlySports]

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
Mazrim
FlamesKickAss
J epworth kendal
bomber317
Pierre "Monster" McGuire
CofR
RedCoffee
3thirty
Hockey
Timestamp: 2013-01-25 21:00:24 UTC

DRAW

[1]devo22 vs BYE
Mazrim vs FlamesKickAss

J epworth kendal vs bomber317
Pierre "Monster" McGuire vs [4]PlayfulGenius

[3]ineedanother vs BYE
CofR vs RedCoffee

3thirty vs Hockey
BYE vs [2]OffsideSpecialist

[GirlySports]

ROUND OF 16 GAMELIST (SATURDAY)
COLORADO vs SJ SHARKS MA8
CHICAGO vs COLUMBUS MA7
PHILADELPHIA vs FLORIDA MA6
NASHVILLE vs ANAHEIM MA5
ST BLUES vs DALLAS MA4
TORONTO vs NY RANGERS MA3
EDMONTON vs CALGARY MA2
LA KINGS vs PHOENIX PTS1

PM picks to Girlysports by SAT JAN 26 @ 2pm

QUARTERFINAL GAMELIST (SUNDAY)
PHILADELPHIA vs TB LIGHTNING MA8
DETROIT vs CHICAGO MA7
NJ DEVILS vs MONTREAL MA6
BUFFALO vs WASHINGTON MA5
PITTSBURGH vs OTTAWA MA4
NY ISLANDERS vs WINNIPEG MA3
VANCOUVER vs SJ SHARKS MA2
MINNESOTA vs ST BLUES PTS1

PM picks to Girlysports by SUN JAN 27 @ 1pm

Everyone accept devo22, OffsideSpecialist and ineedanother should send for both days.

Thanks!

[GirlySports]

no picks from FlamesKickAss or PlayfulGenius, so freebies Mazrim and Pierre "Monster" McGuire.

There are 3 remaining games.

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[GirlySports]

J epworth kendal, CofR and 3thirty advance to the quarters.

CofR got all 8 games correct! 3thirty won on the last overtime goal by Anahiem :)

[GirlySports]

QUARTERFINAL DIFFERENCES

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Wow! 6 differences in the first game, 0 differences in the 3rd game. Even PTS is the same!
So if ineedanother and CofR tie (as in the Pens don't win by 1 or 2) There will be a Monday tiebreaker :)

[Hockey]

Early season struggles for me.

[ineedanother]

I hope Pittsburg goes to OT, then I can't lose

[GirlySports]

yup and probably more than 50/50 chance of winning on OT or shootout :)

[CofR]

Wow, this is gonna be close.

[J epworth]

J epworth kendal, CofR and 3thirty advance to the quarters.

CofR got all 8 games correct! 3thirty won on the last overtime goal by Anahiem :)

Haha wow, I totally thought I lost, completely thought Dallas ended up beating St. Louis.

[GirlySports]

So Malkin wins it in the shootout, ineedanother is on a roll!

also 3thirty has advanced

[GirlySports]

semifinals are set

Mazrim vs Pierre "Monster" McGuire
[3]ineedanother vs3thirty

SEMIFINAL GAMELIST (Tuesday)

NJ DEVILS vs BOSTON MA10
TORONTO vs BUFFALO MA9
FLORIDA vs TB LIGHTNING MA8
NY ISLANDERS vs PITTSBURGH MA7
WASHINGTON vs OTTAWA MA6
WINNIPEG vs MONTREAL MA5
COLUMBUS vs MINNESOTA MA4
PHILADELPHIA vs NY RANGERS MA3
ANAHEIM vs SJ SHARKS MA2
DALLAS vs DETROIT PTS1

Send picks to GirlySports by TUE JAN 29 @ 4:30pm Mountain

[3thirty]

Time to take down the current champ. Hopefully I have time to do some picks and not just shoot them off quick when the reminder pm comes lol

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I'm just on my way to class. I'll have my picks in this afternoon before your deadline.

[FlamesKickAss]

son of a ***** i keep forgetting to check this.

[GirlySports]

SEMIFINAL DIFFERENCES

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ineedanother has identical PTS again! There could be a tiebreaker tomorrow!

ooops, that should say DAL 3-1, not LA 3-1.. my copy/pasting sucks!

[GirlySports]

ineedanother has won both his differences (BOS, TOR) and is in the final.

The other semifinal has split differences TOR for Mazrim and OTT for Monster. So we look at margins. Mazrim got an incredible 4 margins correct compared to Monster getting 1 correct.

Mazrim advances to the Final!

Mazrim:
MA9 TOR 1
MA8 TB 3
MA4 MIN 1
MA3 NYR 1

Monster:
MA10 BOS 1

[Mazrim]

Woo! Thanks for continually bugging me, GirlySports. Finally made it past the the early rounds. :)

[GirlySports]

FINAL

Mazrim vs [3]ineedanother

FINAL GAMELIST (Thursday)

NY ISLANDERS vs NJ DEVILS MA9
WASHINGTON vs TORONTO MA8
BUFFALO vs BOSTON MA7
PITTSBURGH vs NY RANGERS MA6
WINNIPEG vs FLORIDA MA5
ST BLUES vs COLUMBUS MA4
EDMONTON vs SJ SHARKS MA3
NASHVILLE vs LA KINGS MA2
COLORADO vs CALGARY PTS1

Send picks to GirlySports by THU JAN 31 @ 4:30pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

Here we go!

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Best-of-5! Good luck!

[ineedanother]

Good Luck Mazrim

[ineedanother]

With Tor, Flo and Pit wins, Woohoo another win for me.

[GirlySports]

On Fire!

[Mazrim]

Congrats ineedanother! My intuition was way off this time.