Hockey Prognosticating #10 (NHL) - Minnesota Open - Congrats OffsideSpecialist

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Hockey Prognosticating – Minnesota 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: Minnesota 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)G
ame with PTS after it's name - Pick the correct score (Ex: CALGARY 6-3)

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Fact Sheet





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Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Type: National Hockey League (NHL)
Date: December 2-8, 2011
League website: http://www.nhl.com (http://www.nhl.com/)

Entry Deadline: Thursday December 1 @ 5:59pm Mountain Time
Draw size: 16

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

[GirlySports]

:bag:

[GirlySports]

:w00t:

[GirlySports]

You can sign up :)

[PlayfulGenius]

I'll be away from tech for a few days, back on FRI morning, I'll play if its possible :)

Maybe I'll end up with a 1st round bye anyway.

[GirlySports]

FRI morning is fine, first deadline is FRI at 5pm

and you're the #1 seed :)

[Mazrim]

I'm in!

[OffsideSpecialist]

I'm in!

[J epworth]

I'm in :)

[Cheerio]

I'll try to remember my picks this time, not that it would matter

[Hockey]

I'm in

[CofR]

In!

[Montana Moe]

In

[FlamesKickAss]

I am in, promise this time

[ineedanother]

I'm in

[GirlySports]

10 in, will take entries until 7pm and then will do the draw.

[GirlySports]

Seeded players

1. PlayfulGenius
2. CofR
3. Hockey
4. J epworth kendal
5. Cheerio
6. OffsideSpecialist

Unseeded players

Montana Moe
ineedanother
FlamesKickAss
Mazrim


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Draw for unseeded players first.

There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


FlamesKickAss
Montana Moe
ineedanother
Mazrim

Timestamp: 2011-12-02 02:58:48 UTC


FlamesKickAss vs Montana Moe
ineedanother vs Mazrim




Main Draw

[1]PlayfulGenius vs
vs

vs
vs [2]CofR

Draw to place 3rd and 4th seeds.

There were 2 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


J epworth kendal
Hockey

Timestamp: 2011-12-02 03:00:41 UTC


Main Draw

[1]PlayfulGenius vs
vs [4] J epworth kendal

[3] Hockey vs
vs [2]CofR


Draw for the rest


There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


[6] OffsideSpecialist
FlamesKickAss/Montana Moe
[5] Cheerio
ineedanother/Mazrim

Timestamp: 2011-12-02 03:02:42 UTC




MAIN DRAW


[1]PlayfulGenius vs [6]OffsideSpecialist
FlamesKickAss/Montana Moe vs [4] J epworth kendal

[3] Hockey vs [5] Cheerio
ineedanother/Mazrim vs [2]CofR

[GirlySports]

1st Round Game List (Friday & Sat aft, 7 games)
NEW JERSEY vs MINNESOTA MA7
NY ISLANDERS vs CHICAGO MA6
DETROIT vs BUFFALO MA5
ST LOUIS vs COLORADO MA4
COLUMBUS vs EDMONTON MA3
PHILADELPHIA vs ANAHEIM MA2
MONTREAL vs LOS ANGELES MA1 PTS

Quarterfinal Game List (Saturday 11 games)
OTTAWA vs WASHINGTON MA11
NEW JERSEY vs WINNIPEG MA10
NY RANGERS vs TAMPA BAY MA9
PITTSBURGH vs CAROLINA MA8
TORONTO vs BOSTON MA7
BUFFALO vs NASHVILLE MA6
CHICAGO vs ST LOUIS MA5
PHILADELPHIA vs PHOENIX MA4
NY ISLANDERS vs DALLAS MA3
FLORIDA vs SAN JOSE MA2
CALGARY vs EDMONTON MA1 PTS

FlamesKickAss, Montana Moe, Mazrim and ineedanother need to send for both 1st Round and Quarterfinals, everyone else just Quarterfinals.

1st Round PMs to GirlySports by FRI DEC 2 @ 5:30pm Mountain
Quarterfinal PMs to GirlySports by SAT DEC 3 @ 5:00pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

no picks from FlamesKickAss, Montana Moe into Quarters.

ineedanother vs Mazrim, I'll post differences in about 30 minutes or so.

[GirlySports]

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[PlayfulGenius]

not that its a big deal, but technically I think I should be in the QF against either FlamesKickAss or Montana Moe... and OffsideSpecialist should be up against J epworth kendal.

[GirlySports]

not that its a big deal, but technically I think I should be in the QF against either FlamesKickAss or Montana Moe... and OffsideSpecialist should be up against J epworth kendal.

It's randomized a bit, or else the same people would play each other all the time.

[GirlySports]

Colorado and Edmonton have won.

Philly and Anaheim are in overtime. Down to the wire!

[GirlySports]

Flyers score on a 4 minute Overtime PP!

ineedanother advances.

[ineedanother]

Wow it has been so long since I have won a match.

[PlayfulGenius]

Wow it has been so long since I have won a match.

ugh, brutal luck for you in the ANA/PHI game :(

[CofR]

Wow it has been so long since I have won a match.
One could say that you need another...

:bag:

[GirlySports]

Quarterfinal Differences

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Good Luck to all :)

[ineedanother]

in my set against CofR we both have the NYR to win not different.

[GirlySports]

oops i'll fix that.. you have 4 differences then :)

[GirlySports]

ineedanother is the first one to advance to the semis winning 3 differences

[GirlySports]

Islanders win, J epworth kendal advances.

PlayfulGenius and Cheerio hanging on by a thread. Need the last two games to go their way plus margins.

[PlayfulGenius]

Islanders win, J epworth kendal advances.

PlayfulGenius and Cheerio hanging on by a thread. Need the last two games to go their way plus margins.

I'm good on margins, I think... but I need FLA to blow their lead against the SJS.

[OffsideSpecialist]

I'm good on margins, I think... but I need FLA to blow their lead against the SJS.

You deserve this fate for picking Edmonton!!! :w00t:

[J epworth]

10 out of 11 games predicted!!! Almost had the perfect game, maybe next round? *knock on wood*

[OffsideSpecialist]

I think you play me next round

FFS, please, not again :whaa:

[GirlySports]

Quarterfinal Results

Winners in Red

05:07 | [1]PlayfulGenius vs [6]OffsideSpecialist #MAs: 2-0
07:10 | Montana Moe vs [4] J epworth kendal #MAs: 2-2

08:08 | [3] Hockey vs [5] Cheerio #MAs: 2-3
09:07 | ineedanother vs [2]CofR #MA: 1-2

Cheerio needed both Florida and Calgary to win and match one of the margins. He matched both!

Semifinals will be on Tuesday.

PS: With these results CofR will retain his #1 ranking.

[PlayfulGenius]

You deserve this fate for picking Edmonton!!! :w00t:

AGREED!!

I bring shame to my family and to this forum :whaa:

[PlayfulGenius]

10 out of 11 games predicted!!! Almost had the perfect game, maybe next round? *knock on wood*

You appear destined for the #1 ranking. CofR is looking over his shoulder :)

[J epworth]

You appear destined for the #1 ranking. CofR is looking over his shoulder :)

Haha it's still beginners luck I think, I'm never good at TSN predictor and don't think I've ever won proline, why am I good at the one that doesn't actually win me anything!?!

[J epworth]

When's the SF picks going to come out?

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Game List (Tuesday, 10 games)

COLUMBUS VS MONTREAL MA10
NEW JERSEY VS TORONTO MA9
TAMPA BAY VS NY ISLANDERS MA8
DETROIT VS ST. LOUIS MA7
COLORADO VS VANCOUVER MA6
BOSTON VS WINNIPEG MA5
CAROLINA VS CALGARY MA4
PHOENIX VS NASHVILLE MA3
MINNESOTA VS SAN JOSE MA2
LOS ANGELES VS ANAHEIM MA1 PTS

PMs to GirlySports by TUE DEC 6 @ 5pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

all semifinalists are in, will post differences around 5pm.

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Differences

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5 differences each :)

[GirlySports]

Islanders, Blues and Coyotes win, OffsideSpecialist (finally) defeats J epworth kendal.

Devils and Blues give Cheerio a 2-0 lead, ineedanother needs all of the last 3 games (Canucks, Wild and Kings). Could go down to the wire.

[J epworth]

Good luck OffsideSpecialist, I guess I had that coming to me.

[Cheerio]

Oh thank you Ducks!

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Results

Winners in Red

09:04 | [6]OffsideSpecialist vs [4] J epworth kendal #MAs: 2-1
04:03 | [5] Cheerio vs ineedanother #MAs: 3-2

[GirlySports]

FINAL GAME LIST (Thursday, 12 games)

FLORIDA VS BOSTON MA12
CHICAGO VS NYISLANDERS MA11
OTTAWA VS NEW JERSEY MA10
TAMPA BAY VS NYRANGERS MA9
VANCOUVER VS MONTREAL MA8
NASHVILLE VS COLUMBUS MA7
PHOENIX VS DETROIT MA6
ANAHEIM VS ST. LOUIS MA5
COLORADO VS CALGARY MA4
MINNESOTA VS LOS ANGELES MA3
DALLAS VS SAN JOSE MA2
PITTSBURGH VS PHILADELPHIA MA1 PTS

PMs to GirlySports by THU Dec 8 @ 5:00pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

Final Differences

Both finalists have submitted.

Sorry I can't make a chart right now, working late :(

There are 5 differences

OffsideSpecialist - Florida, NY Islanders, Columbus, Minnesota, Philadelphia
Cheerio - Boston, Chicago, Nashville, LA Kings, Pittsburgh

Best 3 out of 5! Good Luck!

[OffsideSpecialist]

Looks like it comes down to Minnesota and LA later tonight. Fricken Kostitsyn :mad:

[GirlySports]

Yup you have 2 each!

OffsideSpecialist - Florida, NY Islanders, Columbus, Minnesota, Philadelphia
Cheerio - Boston, Chicago, Nashville, LA Kings, Pittsburgh

One last game for all the marbles! And it doesn't start for another 45 minutes!