Hockey Prognosticating #19 (NHL-GRAND SLAM) - Congrats devo22

[GirlySports]

Intro - Grand Slam

- tournament is two weeks
- rounds are 2-parters points double

1250 points to the champion, will it be you?


Hockey Prognosticating – Los Angeles




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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: LA 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: Los Angeles, California
Type: National Hockey League (NHL)
Date: March 3 - 15
League website: http://www.nhl.com (http://www.nhl.com/)

Entry Deadline: Friday March 2 @ noon Mountain Time
Draw size: 16

HPT RANKING POINTS
Winner....1250
Finalist....700
Semifinalist...420
Quarterfinalist....220
First Round....120

[GirlySports]

Entry List


1. PlayfulGenius
2. CofR
3. OffsideSpecialist
4. Hockey
5. Montana Moe
6. ineedanother
7. J epworth kendal
8. devo22
9. bomber317
10. RedCoffee

[GirlySports]

Post 4

[GirlySports]

Third Grand Slam of the year.

You know what to do :)

Deadline for sign-up is 11;59pm Thursday

Tournament will start Saturday afternoon.

[Hockey]

PG is going down.

[CofR]

In!!!!!!

I've gotta get back on track... Not doing so well the past few weeks.

[devo22]

I'm in

[Montana Moe]

Ah, what the hell. Can't lose forever...

[ineedanother]

I'm in

[J epworth]

I'm in

[bomber317]

Count me in. I'll see how long my beginner's luck goes on for.

[OffsideSpecialist]

I'm in. I really need to stop sucking at this.

[PlayfulGenius]

Yes please...Hockey has been talkin' trash in the media, I'm here to defend my Honor (or, at least pretend that I have some).

[RedCoffee]

In Please

[GirlySports]

Looks like we've got 10.. draw will be made at 11:00.

[GirlySports]

DRAW

[1]PlayfulGenius vs BYE
vs

vs
vs

vs
vs

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BYE vs [2] CofR




There were 2 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
Hockey
OffsideSpecialist
Timestamp: 2012-03-02 18:39:46 UTC

[1]PlayfulGenius vs BYE
vs

vs
BYE vs [4] Hockey

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs BYE
vs

vs
BYE vs [2] CofR



There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
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ineedanother
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Montana Moe
Timestamp: 2012-03-02 18:41:08 UTC

[1]PlayfulGenius vs BYE
vs

[6] ineedanother vs BYE
BYE vs [4] Hockey

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs BYE
vs

[5] Montana Moe vs BYE
BYE vs [2] CofR


There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
devo22
J epworth kendal
bomber317
RedCoffee
Timestamp: 2012-03-02 18:43:13 UTC

[1]PlayfulGenius vs BYE
devo 22 vs J epworth kendal

[6] ineedanother vs BYE
BYE vs [4] Hockey

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs BYE
bomber317 vs RedCoffee

[5] Montana Moe vs BYE
BYE vs [2] CofR

[GirlySports]

First Round

devo22 vs J epworth kendal
bomber317 vs RedCoffee

FIRST ROUND GAMELIST PART 1 (Saturday 8 games)
TB LIGHTNING VS CAROLINA MA18
NASHVILLE VS FLORIDA MA17
TORONTO VS MONTREAL MA16
COLUMBUS VS PHOENIX MA15
PITTSBURGH VS COLORADO MA14
BUFFALO VS VANCOUVER MA13
ANAHEIM VS LA KINGS MA12
ST LOUIS VS SJ SHARKS MA11

Picks to GirlySports by SAT MAR 3 @ 5pm Mountain

FIRST ROUND GAMELIST PART 2 (Sunday/Monday 10 games)
NJ DEVILS VS NY ISLANDERS MA10
BOSTON VS NY RANGERS MA9
CHICAGO VS DETROIT MA8
OTTAWA VS FLORIDA MA7
DALLAS VS CALGARY MA6
PHILADELPHIA VS WASHINGTON MA5
COLORADO VS MINNESOTA MA4
PHOENIX VS PITTSBURGH MA3
EDMONTON VS ANAHEIM MA2
BUFFALO VS WINNIPEG MA1 PTS

Picks to GirlySports by SUN MAR 4 @ 10:30am Mountain

You can send both parts together or seperate, it's up to you :)

[GirlySports]

No picks from J epworth kendal so we have one 1st round matchup.

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[J epworth]

Ahhh I'm so sorry! I was in the stupid library all day, forgot totally to put my picks in :(

[J epworth]

Can I put my second half picks in, maybe have an epic comeback?

[GirlySports]

sure, here were devo's part 1 picks.

CAROLINA 1
NASHVILLE 2
TORONTO 1
PHOENIX 2
PITTSBURGH 2
VANCOUVER 1
LA KINGS 1
ST LOUIS 2

nashville, toronto and pittsburgh

if la and stl win, you'll be down 5 :(

[GirlySports]

after yesterday, Devo22 is up 5, the other 1st round matchup is tied.

[GirlySports]

1st Round Differences Part 2

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devo22 can't lose, only 2 differences.

bomber317-RedCoffee have 5 differences which will decide that game :)

[GirlySports]

I made an error, there were actually 6 differences bomber picked COL 1 not MIN 1

They split the 2 differences today, with 2 more to go tomorrow

[GirlySports]

QUARTERFINALS

[1]PlayfulGenius vs devo 22
[6] ineedanother vs [4] Hockey

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs bomber317 OR RedCoffee
[5] Montana Moe vs [2] CofR

QUARTERFINAL GAMELIST PART 1 (Tuesday 12 games)

NY RANGERS VS NJ DEVILS MA24
BOSTON VS TORONTO MA23
PHOENIX VS COLUMBUS MA22
DETROIT VS PHILADELPHIA MA21
CAROLINA VS WASHINGTON MA20
OTTAWA VS TB LIGHTNING MA19
CHICAGO VS ST LOUIS MA18
LA KINGS VS NASHVILLE MA17
EDMONTON VS SJ SHARKS MA16
MONTREAL VS CALGARY MA15
DALLAS VS VANCOUVER MA14
MINNESOTA VS COLORADO MA13

Picks to GirlySports by TUE MAR 6 @ 5pm Mountain

*bomber317/RedCoffee if you need to send before you know the outcome of tonight, then go ahead.

[GirlySports]

anaheim and winnipeg wins, RedCoffee wins.

Onto the Quarters!

[bomber317]

RedCoffee stole my beginner's luck!

Good luck in the next round.

[GirlySports]

Quarterfinal Differences Part 1!

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[CofR]

Looking forward to this match-up against Montana Moe... A nice NFC South division rivalry ;)

[GirlySports]

QUARTERFINALS AFTER PART 1

06:07 | [1] PlayfulGenius vs devo22 MAs: 1-3
07:06 | [6] ineedanother vs [4] Hockey MAs: 2-1

06:05 | [3] OffsideSpecialist vs RedCoffee MAs: 0-0
06:07 | [5] Montana Moe vs [2] CofR MAs: 2-2

QUARTERFINAL GAMELIST PART 2 (Thursday, 12 games)

BUFFALO VS BOSTON MA12
FLORIDA VS PHILADELPHIA MA11
NY ISLANDERS VS NJ DEVILS MA10
LA KINGS VS COLUMBUS MA9
TB LIGHTNING VS WASHINGTON MA8
NY RANGERS VS OTTAWA MA7
COLORADO VS NASHVILLE MA6
ANAHEIM VS ST LOUIS MA5
MINNESOTA VS PHOENIX MA4
WINNIPEG VS VANCOUVER MA3
MONTREAL VS EDMONTON MA2
SJ SHARKS VS DALLAS MA1 PTS

Picks to GirlySports by THU MAR 8 @ 5pm Mountain

All games are close, tomorrow will be alot of fun :)

[GirlySports]

Wow, 3 differences for everyone!

3 differences is usually good except when every game is a 1 point lead.

After Part 1

06:07 | [1] PlayfulGenius vs devo22 MAs: 1-3
07:06 | [6] ineedanother vs [4] Hockey MAs: 2-1

06:05 | [3] OffsideSpecialist vs RedCoffee MAs: 0-0
06:07 | [5] Montana Moe vs [2] CofR MAs: 2-2

So all games have a possibility of going to margins. The player trailing will need at least 2 out of 3.

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[GirlySports]

devo22 has broken PG's grand slam bid.

Everyone who was leading going into tonight won 2-1 on the 3 differences tonight.

devo22 def. PlayfulGenius
ineedanother def. Hockey
OffsideSpecialist def. RedCoffee
CofR def. Montana Moe

[GirlySports]

SEMIFINAL

devo22 vs [6] ineedanother
[3] OffsideSpecialist vs [2] CofR


SEMIFINAL PART 1 (Saturday, 11 games)

WASHINGTON VS BOSTON MA23
EDMONTON VS COLORADO MA22
PHILADELPHIA VS TORONTO MA21
BUFFALO VS OTTAWA MA20
NJ DEVILS VS NY ISLANDERS MA19
CAROLINA VS TB LIGHTNING MA18
COLUMBUS VS ST LOUIS MA17
MONTREAL VS VANCOUVER MA16
DETROIT VS NASHVILLE MA15
ANAHEIM VS DALLAS MA14
SJ SHARKS VS PHOENIX MA13

Picks to GirlySports by SAT MAR 10 @ 11am Mountain

SEMIFINAL PART 2 (Sunday-Monday, 12 games)

BOSTON VS PITTSBURGH MA12
TORONTO VS WASHINGTON MA11
CAROLINA VS FLORIDA MA10
ST LOUIS VS COLUMBUS MA9
PHILADELPHIA VS NJ DEVILS MA8
CALGARY VS MINNESOTA MA7
NY ISLANDERS VS NY RANGERS MA6
LA KINGS VS CHICAGO MA5
MONTREAL VS BUFFALO MA4
ANAHEIM VS COLORADO MA3
SJ SHARKS VS EDMONTON MA2
NASHVILLE VS PHOENIX MA1 PTS

Picks to GirlySports by SUN MAR 11 @ 10:30am Mountain

You can send both parts at once or seperately. These are two very early deadlines.

[PlayfulGenius]

devo22 has broken PG's grand slam bid.

Everyone who was leading going into tonight won 2-1 on the 3 differences tonight.

devo22 def. PlayfulGenius
ineedanother def. Hockey
OffsideSpecialist def. RedCoffee
CofR def. Montana Moe

I'm in total shock and disbelief... I trained so hard for this... to show up and perform like this is heart-breaking... just heart-breaking.

[GirlySports]

sorry for the lateness, was out and about.

SEMIFINAL DIFFERENCES PART 1

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Same differences in both matchups :)

[GirlySports]

Nashville and Phoenix won last night so devo22 and OffsideSpecialist are both up by 2.

SEMIFINAL DIFFERENCES PART 2

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ineedanother needs both differences to force tiebreaker.

CofR can advance by winning all 4, 3 out of 4 will also force a tiebreaker.

[GirlySports]

devo22 and OffsideSpecialist are in the final!

FINAL GAMELIST PART 1 (Tuesday 9 games)

WASHINGTON VS NY ISLANDERS MA17
NJ DEVILS VS PHILADELPHIA MA16
CAROLINA VS NY RANGERS MA15
BOSTON VS TB LIGHTNING MA14
TORONTO VS FLORIDA MA13
DALLAS VS MINNESOTA MA12
STLOUIS VS CHICAGO MA11
SJ SHARKS VS CALGARY MA10
DETROIT VS LA KINGS MA9

Picks to GirlySports by TUE MAR 13 @ 5pm Mountain

[OffsideSpecialist]

This feels rather familiar for some reason...

[GirlySports]

yup, rematch of Week #16.

But much bigger stakes this time!

[PlayfulGenius]

How have the tv ratings been with the #1 ranked player bowing out so early? I'm hearing rumors of fan apathy.

[GirlySports]

How have the tv ratings been with the #1 ranked player bowing out so early? I'm hearing rumors of fan apathy.

They were a little but the #2 was around and this rematch will be exciting :)

[GirlySports]

Final Differences Part 1

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4 differences, we'll see what happens :)

[devo22]

seems like a good start for me :D Washington, Philly and Dallas all won.

[GirlySports]

yes devo22 is up by 2.

FINAL GAME LIST PART 2 (Thursday 8 games)

PHILADELPHIA VS NY ISLANDERS MA8
COLORADO VS NJ DEVILS MA7
PITTSBURGH VS NY RANGERS MA6
ST LOUIS VS CAROLINA MA5
TORONTO VS TB LIGHTNING MA4
BOSTON VS FLORIDA MA3
PHOENIX VS CALGARY MA2
NASHVILLE VS SJ SHARKS MA1 PTS

Pick to GirlySports by THU MAR 15 @ 5pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

Our dedicated reporter ChaCha Ice caught up with LA Open finalist OffsideSpecialist as he was prepareing for the 2nd half of the Final.

Name : OffsideSpecialist
Age : 20
City/Country : Ottawa ON
How did you choose your username?:
I chose my username because I always tend to go offside when I play hockey somehow.

1. You are in a Grand slam final, what preparations are you making down by 2 games against devo22?

As far as preparations go, I think I just have to stick to my game plan. Things did not as well as I anticipated last night, but other than that I think I have had a very good tournament. With some practice today, I think I should be able to overcome my deficit for the second part of the finals. I have come back from similar deficits, but not on such a large stage. I just need to keep myself focused and work hard out there.


2. Why did you start playing HPT? Which things you like and dislike in HPT and do you have any suggestions to improve the tour?

I started playing HPT because it seemed like it would something fun to take part in, and I was right. I like that it is fairly simple and doesn't require tons of dedication as far as time is concerned, as I am a fairly busy person. I just wish more people would join in some of the tournaments!

3. What are your goals as the season winds down to the year-end?

My goal is to finish at the top of the HPT rankings. It will be quite a challenge, especially with a great guy and top notch prognosticator in PlayfulGenius at the top right now. Regardless, I think I can finish at the top if I work hard for these last couple of weeks.


4. Los Angeles is known for being the center of movie making, have you seen any movie stars in the last 2 weeks here? If you had the choice, who would you like to meet?

I might have seen some movie stars, to be quite honest I wouldn't even recognize most of them if they were to run into me! I think I would like to meet Megan Fox, for obvious reasons. Or else Nicholas Cage, so I could punch him in the face.

Thank you for you time and good luck tonight, OffsideSpecialist!

[GirlySports]

I have bad news.

There's only 1 difference. Not enough for OffsideSpecialist to come back :(

OffsideSpecialist
PHILADELPHIA 2 NJ DEVILS 1 PITTSBURGH 2 STLOUIS 2 TB LIGHTNING 2 BOSTON 3 CALGARY 1 NASHVILLE 2

devo22
PHILADELPHIA 2 NJ DEVILS 1 PITTSBURGH 1 STLOUIS 2 TB LIGHTNING 2 FLORIDA 1 CALGARY 1 NASHVILLE 2


So congrats devo22! The LA Open winner!

[OffsideSpecialist]

Darn!

Congrats devo :yay:

LOL, crazy how similar our picks were. Only difference in margin was the Pittsburgh game.

[devo22]

Woooohoooo! Free beer for everyone!!! :cool:

A great matchup with OffsideSpecialist ... picks were extremely similar in the second part. 6 picks exactly the same :eek: