2013 Hockey Prognosticating #14 (NHL) - Phoenix Open - Congrats ineedanother!

[GirlySports]

Hockey Prognosticating – Phoenix Open

HOCKEY IS BACK!


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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: Phoenix, Arizona
Type: National Hockey League (NHL)
Date: January 19-24, 2013
League website: http://www.nhl.com (http://www.nhl.com/)

Entry Deadline: Friday January 18 @ 5:59pm 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]

Welcome back!

You can sign-up!

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I'm most certainly in. I hope I do this right lol.

[CofR]

In!

[Hockey]

I am in

[devo22]

I'm in!

[bomber317]

in

[ineedanother]

I'm in

[PlayfulGenius]

I'm in...I have a title to defend!! :)

[J epworth]

Oh I am definitely in. Not going to start behind the 8-ball this season.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Quick question. I'm new at this. We'd send in our picks as follows?

For example, say it's:

Vancouver at Calgary MA

I would send my PM saying something like:

Calgary MA1

or would I type something like:

Vancouver at Calgary MA (Calgary MA1)

Or does it even matter? haha

[GirlySports]

Calgary 3

[3thirty]

In

[FlamesKickAss]

In

[Mazrim]

I'm in! (I promise to be better at keeping up this time!)

[OffsideSpecialist]

Ok, I'll play :)

[GirlySports]

4 more spots, let's see if we can fill them by Friday :)

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Hey GirlySports, when you do expect the Game List to be out?

[GirlySports]

very soon, I'm just working on it now (within the next couple of hours).

We'll close the entry list at 12, it's a nice number.

[GirlySports]

Welcome to the Phoenix Open!

There are 12 entrants in the tournament, they are


01 - devo22
02 - OffsideSpecialist
03 - PlayfulGenius
04 - ineedanother
05 - Hockey
06 - bomber317
07 - CofR
08 - J epworth kendal
NR - Pierre "Monster" McGuire
NR - 3thirty
NR - Mazrim
NR - FlamesKickAss
The top 4 seeds get a BYE into the quarterfinals

DRAW

[1] devo22 vs BYE
vs

vs
BYE vs [4] ineedanother

[3] PlayfulGenius vs BYE
vs

vs
BYE vs [2] OffsideSpecialist

[GirlySports]

Placement of the remaining non-seeded players

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


FlamesKickAss
3thirty
Hockey
Pierre "Monster" McGuire
bomber317
CofR
Mazrim
J epworth kendal

Timestamp: 2013-01-18 02:58:21 UTC

DRAW

[1] devo22 vs BYE
FlamesKickAss vs 3thirty

Hockey vs Pierre "Monster" McGuire
BYE vs [4] ineedanother

[3] PlayfulGenius vs BYE
bomber317 vs CofR

Mazrim vs J epworth kendal
BYE vs [2] OffsideSpecialist

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

[PlayfulGenius]

I'm using as bulletin board material that the defending Champ isn't ranked #1:no:

[GirlySports]

FIRST ROUND GAMELIST (SATURDAY)
TORONTO vs MONTREAL PTS1
OTTAWA vs WINNIPEG MA2
PITTSBURGH vs PHILADELPHIA MA3
PHOENIX vs DALLAS MA4
NY RANGERS vs BOSTON MA5
CAROLINA vs FLORIDA MA6
DETROIT vs ST BLUES MA7
WASHINGTON vs TB LIGHTNING MA8
NJ DEVILS vs NY ISLANDERS MA9
CHICAGO vs LA KINGS MA10

PM picks to GirlySports by Saturday Jan 19 at noon mountain time.

QUARTERFINAL GAMELIST (SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY)
SJ SHARKS vs CALGARY PTS1
PHILADELPHIA vs BUFFALO MA2
WINNIPEG vs BOSTON MA3
TB LIGHTNING vs NY ISLANDERS MA4
PITTSBURGH vs NY RANGERS MA5
ST BLUES vs NASHVILLE MA6
ANAHIEM vs VANCOUVER MA7
COLORADO vs MINNESOTA MA8
CHICAGO vs PHOENIX MA9

PM picks to GirlySports by Saturday Jan 19 at 6pm Mountain

If you are devo22, OffsideSpecialist, PlayfulGenius or ineedanother, you only have to send for the Quarterfinals. Everyone else must send for both First Round and Quarterfinal Gamelist in case you advance.

[Hockey]

So the PTS one goes like this right?

MONTREAL 9 Toronto 0

And the other is

Ottawa 8???

[CofR]

So the PTS one goes like this right?

MONTREAL 9 Toronto 0

And the other is

Ottawa 8???
Yep, PTS means that we pick the score of the game. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it was.

[GirlySports]

yup, just send. If it's wrong I'll send you back.

[GirlySports]

why didn't any of you goofballs tell me I put Carolina vs Florida twice! Obviously that game only counts once :P

[GirlySports]

I've got 6 submissions so far..

need 6 more :)

[Hockey]

I'll be sending mine in soon.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I'm sending my ASAP.

[GirlySports]

bout an hour to go, still missing 2 for the first round

3thirty, Mazrim

[GirlySports]

heeeere we go!

Everyone's in. First Round Differences

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An explanation of the pictures for new players or a refresher for old players.

In the DIFF column, if the differences total an odd number then it's easy, who every wins more differences wins.

If the DIFF column is even then there is a possibility of tied differences, if tied then we go the the MA column and whoever gets more of those wins.

If MA column is tied then the player who got the more important MA wins (for example MA2 correct beats MA6 correct)

IF that is tied then the winner of the PTS game is the winner.

IF that is tied closest to correct score wins.

Got it!?

Good luck :)

[GirlySports]

PIT and OTT have won so FKA and 3thirty will come down to this montreal-toronto game.

[GirlySports]

Three of the First Round has been decided. I'll post official results later.

With Toronto winning FlamesKickAss has won 2 out of 3 of his differences (TOR and OTT)

With Boston and Tampa winning Pierre "Monster" McGuire has won both of his differences.

Bomber317 has won 4 of his 6 differences (TB, STL, FLO and TOR)

Mazrim and J epworth kendal are tied 2-2 (FLO,BOS for Mazrim and CHI,TOR for J)
The Phoenix-Dallas game will decide it all, they are 2-2 after 2!

[GirlySports]

looks like DAL-PHO going down to the wire! 3-3 , 7 minutes left!

EDIT: Dallas has won so J epworth has won!

[GirlySports]

Quarterfinal Differences

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Pretty straightforward except the last one.. identical PTS score! We could have a tie!

[GirlySports]

with Buffalo's win bomber317 and devo22 are into the semifinals. PlayfulGenius gives up the Phoenix Open trophy.

OffsideSpecialist has a 2 difference lead over J epworth kendal.

[GirlySports]

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Winners in RED

00:00 | [1] devo22 vs BYE
05:04 | FlamesKickAss vs 3thirty #MAs: 0-0

04:06 | Hockey vs Pierre "Monster" McGuire #MAs: 2-0
00:00 | BYE vs [4] ineedanother

00:00 | [3] PlayfulGenius vs BYE
07:03 | bomber317 vs CofR #MAs: 3-1

06:07 | Mazrim vs J epworth kendal #MAs:2-0
00:00 | BYE vs [2] OffsideSpecialist

[GirlySports]

with Buffalo's win bomber317 and devo22 are into the semifinals. PlayfulGenius gives up the Phoenix Open trophy.

OffsideSpecialist has a 2 difference lead over J epworth kendal.

OffsideSpecialist has won.

ineedanother is 1UP on Monster and has the PTS advantage (SJ win). The only way Monster can advance now is a TB win by 5 or a TB win + a Boston win by 3

The Semifinal Gamelist for Tuesday will be posted around 5pm.

[GirlySports]

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS

Winners in RED

04:03 | [1] devo22 vs FlamesKickAss #MAs: 0-1
03:05 | Pierre "Monster" McGuire vs [4] ineedanother #MAs: 0-1

02:03 | [3] PlayfulGenius vs bomber317 #0-2
02:06 | J epworth kendal vs [2] OffsideSpecialist #MAs:1-1

[GirlySports]

SEMIFINALS

00:00 | [1] devo22 vs [4] ineedanother
00:00 | bomber317 vs [2] OffsideSpecialist

SEMIFINAL GAMELIST (TUESDAY)

TB LIGHTNING vs CAROLINA MA9
DALLAS vs DETROIT MA8
PHILADELPHIA vs NJ DEVILS MA7
NASHVILLE vs MINNESOTA MA6
FLORIDA vs MONTREAL MA5
WINNIPEG vs WASHINGTON MA4
ST BLUES vs CHICAGO MA3
LA KINGS vs COLORADO MA2
SJ SHARKS vs EDMONTON PTS1

PM picks to GirlySports by TUE JAN 22 @ 5pm!

[GirlySports]

All picks are in, I'll post the chart a bit after 5pm. :)

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Differences

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Looks like Blues at Hawks is the big game tonight!

[OffsideSpecialist]

It's not my night tonight!

[GirlySports]

bomber and ineedanother are in the final!

Gamelist for Thursday will be posted tomorrow :)

[GirlySports]

SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Winners in RED

02:03 | [1] devo22 vs [4] ineedanother #MAs: 0-1
04:02 | bomber317 vs [2] OffsideSpecialist #MAs: 2-0

[GirlySports]

FINAL

00:00 | [4] ineedanother vs bomber317

FINAL GAMELIST (Thursday)

COLUMBUS vs COLORADO MA10
BUFFALO vs CAROLINA MA9
NY ISLANDERS vs TORONTO MA8
MONTREAL vs WASHINGTON MA7
OTTAWA vs FLORIDA MA6
LA KINGS vs EDMONTON MA5
PHOENIX vs SJ SHARKS MA4
NASHVILE vs ST BLUES MA3
CHICAGO vs DALLAS MA2
NY RANGERS vs PHILADELPHIA PTS1

PM picks to GirlySports by THU JAN 24 @ 4:30pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

There are THREE differences!

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Very straight forward, good luck!

[GirlySports]

ineedanother has won! Carolina and NY Islanders.

[ineedanother]

Woohoo, yeah me

[bomber317]

Congrats on the win.