2013 Hockey Prognosticating #22 (NHL - GRAND SLAM) - Calgary Open Congrats bomber317!

[GirlySports]

Hockey Prognosticating – Calgary Open (GRAND SLAM)

GRAND SLAM!
POINTS DOUBLES
TOURNAMENT IS TWO-WEEKS LONG

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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: Calgary 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]

Post 2

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Post 3

[GirlySports]

Final HPT of the season which will take us to April 18.

You can sign up! :)

[devo22]

I'm in

[OffsideSpecialist]

I'm in

[CofR]

In

[bomber317]

in

[FlamesKickAss]

In

[Hockey]

in

[ineedanother]

I'm in

[GirlySports]

We could use one more :)

But if not 7 will be ok. I'll try to get everything up and running by 3pm this afternoon.

[J epworth]

I'm in! Didn't notice the new post!

Hopefully I'm not too late

[GirlySports]

nope perfect! 8 players, 3 rounds.

Quarterfinals and Semifinals will be 3-parts!

Give me about an hour and I'll put it all together :)

[GirlySports]

Seeding

1. ineedanother
2. devo22
3. OffsideSpecialist
4. bomber317
5. Hockey
6. CofR
7. J epworth kendal
8. FlamesKickAss

Seeded Bracket

[1] ineedanother vs [8] FlamesKickAss
[4] bomber317 vs [5] Hockey

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs [6] CofR
[2] devo22 vs [7] J epworth kendal

For this tournament, there will be margins but there will be no ranking of margins. So the margins will not be numbered and treated equally. In case of same number of wins, number of margins correct will still be the first tiebreaker.

SATURDAY GAMELIST (PART 1 OF 3)

PHILADELPHIA VS WINNIPEG (MA)
EDMONTON VS LA KINGS (MA)
TB LIGHTNING VS NY ISLANDERS (MA)
BOSTON VS MONTREAL (MA)
COLORADO VS PHOENIX (MA)
CHICAGO VS NASHVILLE (MA)
NY RANGERS VS CAROLINA (MA)
TORONTO VS NJ DEVILS (MA)
WASHINGTON VS FLORIDA (MA)
CALGARY VS VANCOUVER (MA)

PM picks to GirlySports by Sat April 6 @ 1:00pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

only 3 player sent picks so tonight is cancelled, we'll move on to tuesday and hope it's better :)

[J epworth]

Oh god, I'm terrible this week. The cancelled tournament a few weeks ago totally has me not thinking about this anymore. Sorry!

[GirlySports]

It's ok, we can start on Tuesday. It doesn't affect anything since it's a 2-weeker.

[GirlySports]

sorry I forgot :(

I'll put something together for Thursday.

[GirlySports]

ok we can begin!

QUARTERFINAL GAMELIST (THURSDAY, PART 1 OF 2)

NY ISLANDERS vs BOSTON MA
MONTREAL vs BUFFALO MA
OTTAWA vs PHILADELPHIA MA
CAROLINA vs WASHINGTON MA
SJ SHARKS vs DETROIT MA
PITTSBURGH vs TB LIGHTNING MA
FLORIDA vs WINNIPEG MA
ST BLUES vs MINNESOTA MA
COLORADO vs LA KINGS MA

PM picks to GirlySports by THU April 11 @ 5pm Mountain :)

[Hockey]

Fingers crossed that we can get this one in.

[J epworth]

Remembered this time, hopefully everyone remembers this time around!

[GirlySports]

Everyone has sent! I'll do my best to post the differences on time.. maybe 5:30 at the latest.

[GirlySports]

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/degenerasian/CALGARY-QF1_zpsa25402c0.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/degenerasian/media/CALGARY-QF1_zpsa25402c0.jpg.html)

[GirlySports]

I will do an update this evening. Part 2 will be Saturday's game NOT including the 2 afternoon games so that's a 5pm deadline.

[GirlySports]

After Part 1

06:04 | [1] ineedanother vs [8] FlamesKickAss #MAs: 3-0
08:06 | [4] bomber317 vs [5] Hockey #MAs: 3-1

07:08 | [3] OffsideSpecialist vs [6] CofR #MAs: 1-3
08:06 | [2] devo22 vs [7] J epworth kendal #MAs: 3-0

[GirlySports]

QUARTERFINAL PART 2 GAMELIST (SATURDAY)

TB LIGHTNING vs WASHINGTON MA
NY RANGERS vs NY ISLANDERS MA
PITTSBURGH vs FLORIDA MA
BOSTON vs CAROLINA MA
MONTREAL vs TORONTO MA
SJ SHARKS vs DALLAS MA
COLUMBUS vs MINNESOTA
ANAHEIM vs LA KINGS MA
CALGARY vs EDMONTON PTS

PM picks to GirlySports by SAT APR 13 @ 5pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

no picks from FlamesKickAss. ineedanother advances to the semis.

QUARTERFINAL PART 2

After Part 1

08:06 | [4] bomber317 vs [5] Hockey #MAs: 3-1
07:08 | [3] OffsideSpecialist vs [6] CofR #MAs: 1-3
08:06 | [2] devo22 vs [7] J epworth kendal #MAs: 3-0

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/degenerasian/CALGARY-QF2_zps5badd2cd.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/degenerasian/media/CALGARY-QF2_zps5badd2cd.jpg.html)

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/degenerasian/CALGARY-QF3_zps6211be1d.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/degenerasian/media/CALGARY-QF3_zps6211be1d.jpg.html)

Only 1 difference in the last matchup so devo22 advances since he's leading by 2.

[GirlySports]

SEMIFINALS

[1] ineedanother vs [4] bomber317
[3] OffsideSpecialist vs [2] devo22


SEMIFINAL GAME LIST PART 1 (TUESDAY)

FLORIDA vs NY ISLANDERS MA
CAROLINA vs OTTAWA MA
VANCOUVER vs ST BLUES MA
MINNESOTA vs EDMONTON MA
TORONTO vs WASHINGTON MA
NY RANGERS vs PHILADELPHIA MA
TB LIGHTNING vs WINNIPEG MA
LA KINGS vs SJ SHARKS MA

PM picks to GirlySports by TUE APR 16 @ 5pm Mountain

[OffsideSpecialist]

Hey Girly, I'm not sure how CofR gets in ahead of me. He beat me in differences 2:1 on day 1 but I'm pretty sure on Saturday I got 4 out of 5 differences correct (Washington, Dallas, Toronto, Columbus), which would mean I won a total of 5 of 8 differences overall.

[GirlySports]

I have fixed it. I read my own chart totally backwards :(

[OffsideSpecialist]

Haha, no worries!

[Hockey]

Very very disappointing season for me. Hopefully this game will live on for next year and I can redeem myself.

[GirlySports]

Unfortunately it'll be difficult unless we get more than 6-7 players :(
Perhaps the structure is not great and it can be run in a different way but it's just not gaining any participants on a forum that has hundreds of posters. You guys must be bored playing each other over and over again.

[bomber317]

no, just bored of Ineedanother always winning. :P

[GirlySports]

sorry, there's been an emergency so I can't post anything in detail now. I'll update everything tomorrow. :(

Everyone sent picks so we're ok.

[GirlySports]

Tuesday Results


I can't find my fancy chart :(

[1] ineedanother vs [4] bomber317

ineedanother
NYI 2 :)
OTT 3 :)
VAN 1 :(
EDM 1 :(
WAS 1 :)
NYR 1 :(
WIN 2 :)
LAK 1 :(

bomber317
NYI 1 :)
OTT 1 :) :)
STL 1 :) :)
EDM 1 :(
WAS 1 :)
NYR 1 :(
WPG 1 :) :)
LAK 1 :(

bomber317 leads 5-4 + 3-0 in margins

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs [2] devo22

OffsideSpecialist
Islanders 3 :) :)
Ottawa 2 :)
Vancouver 1 :(
Minnesota 2 :) :)
Toronto 1 :(
Philadelphia 2 :) :)
Tampa 2 :(
Los Angeles 1 :(

devo22
NY ISLANDERS 2 :)
OTTAWA 3 :)
ST BLUES 1 :) :)
MINNESOTA 1 :)
WASHINGTON 1 :)
NY RANGERS 2 :(
WINNIPEG 1 :) :)
LA KINGS 1 :(

devo22 leads 5-4 but OffsideSpeclist lead margins 3-2.

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Part 2 Gamelist

NY ISLANDERS vs TORONTO MA
FLORIDA vs NY RANGERS MA
NJ JERSEY vs PHILADELPHIA MA
TB LIGHTNING vs MONTREAL MA
WASHINGTON vs OTTAWA MA
PHOENIX vs ST BLUES MA
CAROLINA vs WINNIPEG MA
VANCOUVER vs DALLAS MA
COLUMBUS vs LA KINGS MA
MINNESOTA vs SJ SHARKS PTS

Send picks to GirlySports by THU APR 18 @ 5pm Mountain

[GirlySports]

Semifinal Differences Part 2

Differences in green!

1] ineedanother vs [4] bomber317

ineedanother
NYI 1
NYR 2
PHI 2
MON 2
WAS 1
STL 1
WIN 3
VAN 1
LAK 1
SJ 3-2

bomber 317
TO 1
NYR 1
PHI 1
MON 1
WAS 1
STL 2
WPG 1
VAN 1
LAK 1
SJ 2-1

1 difference

[3] OffsideSpecialist vs [2] devo22

OffsideSpecialist
Islanders 2
Rangers 4
New Jersey 1
Montreal 2
Washington 1
Phoenix 1
Carolina 2
Vancouver 2
Columbus 1
Minnesota 3-2

devo22
NY ISLANDERS 1
NY RANGERS 2
PHILADELPHIA 1
MONTREAL 1
WASHINGTON 1
ST BLUES 2
WINNIPEG 1
VANCOUVER 2
COLUMBUS 1
SJ SHARKS 3-2

4 differences

[ineedanother]

I believe I picked SJS to win 3-2 not MIN, which would mean there is only 1 difference.

[GirlySports]

ineedanother won his difference but couldn't make up his 3 margins.

devo22 has won 2 differences so he advances.

[GirlySports]

FINAL

ONE BIG FINAL!

[4] bomber317 vs [2] devo22

FINAL GAMELIST (SATURDAY, SUNDAY)

FLORIDA vs NJ DEVILS MA
NY ISLANDERS vs WINNIPEG MA
PHILADELPHIA vs CAROLINA MA
WASHINGTON vs MONTREAL MA
TORONTO vs OTTAWA MA
BUFFALO vs PITTSBURGH MA
PHOENIX vs CHICAGO MA
DETROIT vs VANCOUVER MA
FLORIDA vs BOSTON MA
NJ DEVILS vs NY RANGERS MA
CAROLINA vs TB LIGHTNING MA
CALGARY vs MINNESOTA MA
ST. LOUIS vs COLORADO MA
COLUMBUS vs SJ SHARKS PTS

Send picks to GirlySports by SAT APRIL 20 by 1pm Mountain :)

[GirlySports]

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/degenerasian/CALGARY-FINAL_zpsf858de40.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/degenerasian/media/CALGARY-FINAL_zpsf858de40.jpg.html)

PIT-BUF game removed due to rescheduling.

ONE DIFFERENCE!

The Leafs-Sens game on HNIC will decide everything!
Good luck!

[devo22]

congrats bomber317 :)

[GirlySports]

Congrats bomber317.

And that ends our shortened season! Hope we will be able to continue next fall!