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Avalanche Complete Sweep • Penguins Nearly There • Panthers & Flames Draw Even

May 9, 2022

Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, left, celebrates with Mikko Rantanen after scoring an empty-net goal during Colorado’s 5-3 win over the Predators in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night in Nashville. (Mark Humphrey/The Associated Press)

Our game

Series completed Monday:

COL 4 NSH 0
20 players had series winner correct
4 players (Ed, Joel, John Lo, Terry Smoker) had series score correct

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 First Round 05-08

Standings

First Round
Eastern		Western
FLA 2-2 WSH		COL 4-0 NSH
TOR 2-2 TBL		MIN 2-2 STL
CAR 2-2 BOS		CGY 2-2 DAL
NYR 1-3 PIT		EDM 2-2 LAK

1	Ed Mick	51
2	Terry Smoker	50
3	Tyler Owens	44
4	Chris Lewtas	42
5	Kyle Armour	41
	Bob Routhier	41
7	Amy Roach	40
8	John Lo	35
9	Joel Palmer	33
10	Pete McCarthy	27
	Richard Owens	27
12	Wes Zetaruk	26
	Terry Appleby	26
14	Mel Tacoma	25
	Doug Wansbrough	25
16	John Woycheshin	24
	Kelly Chaplin	24
18	Karen McKinley	23
	Michael Poplawski	23
20	Glen Seredynski	22
21	Petr Havlik	16

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Bruins, Lightning, Blues and Kings Each Draw Level

May 8, 2022

Lightning forward Corey Perry (10) is congratulated by teammates after scoring during the second period of Tampa Bay’s dominant 7-3 win over Toronto on Sunday night in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 First Round 05-07

Standings

First Round
Eastern		Western
FLA 1-2 WSH		COL 3-0 NSH
TOR 2-2 TBL		MIN 2-2 STL
CAR 2-2 BOS		CGY 1-2 DAL
NYR 1-2 PIT		EDM 2-2 LAK

1	Amy Roach	51
2	Tyler Owens	40
3	Chris Lewtas	38
4	Ed Mick	37
	Kyle Armour	37
	Bob Routhier	37
7	Terry Smoker	36
	Karen McKinley	36
9	Glen Seredynski	35
10	Wes Zetaruk	34
	Terry Appleby	34
12	John Lo	33
	Pete McCarthy	33
	Richard Owens	33
15	John Woycheshin	32
	Kelly Chaplin	32
17	Michael Poplawski	31
	Mel Tacoma	31
	Joel Palmer	31
	Doug Wansbrough	31
21	Petr Havlik	25

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Avalanche One Win Away • Capitals, Penguins, Stars With Home Ice Advantages

May 8, 2022

Stars centre Joe Pavelski (16) is congratulated after scoring his first of two goals in a 4-2 game three win over the Flames in their Stanley Cup first-round playoff series on Saturday in Dallas. (Tony Gutierrez/The Associated Press)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 First Round 05-06

Standings

First Round
Eastern		Western
FLA 1-2 WSH		COL 3-0 NSH
TOR 2-1 TBL		MIN 2-1 STL
CAR 2-1 BOS		CGY 1-2 DAL
NYR 1-2 PIT		EDM 2-1 LAK

1	Amy Roach	64
2	Ed Mick	50
	Kyle Armour	50
4	Terry Smoker	49
	Chris Lewtas	49
6	Tyler Owens	46
7	Wes Zetaruk	45
	Terry Appleby	45
9	John Lo	44
10	Glen Seredynski	43
11	Michael Poplawski	42
12	John Woycheshin	40
	Kelly Chaplin	40
14	Pete McCarthy	39
	Mel Tacoma	39
	Richard Owens	39
17	Joel Palmer	37
	Doug Wansbrough	37
	Karen McKinley	37
20	Bob Routhier	33
21	Petr Havlik	26

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Top Seeds Own 2-1 Series Leads as Leafs, Bruins, Wild and Oilers Win Friday

May 6, 2022

Toronto Maple Leafs players celebrate a goal during a 5-2 road win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday in Game 3 of their opening-round playoff series. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals 05-06

Standings

First Round
Eastern		Western
FLA 1-1 WSH		COL 2-0 NSH
TOR 2-1 TBL		MIN 2-1 STL
CAR 2-1 BOS		CGY 1-1 DAL
NYR 1-1 PIT		EDM 2-1 LAK

1	Ed Mick	55
	Wes Zetaruk	55
3	Terry Smoker	54
	Chris Lewtas	54
	John Lo	54
6	Kyle Armour	53
7	Michael Poplawski	52
8	Terry Appleby	51
9	Amy Roach	50
10	Joel Palmer	39
11	John Woycheshin	38
	Kelly Chaplin	38
13	Tyler Owens	37
	Pete McCarthy	37
15	Glen Seredynski	36
16	Mel Tacoma	35
	Richard Owens	35
	Doug Wansbrough	35
19	Karen McKinley	28
20	Bob Routhier	26
21	Petr Havlik	23

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Avalanche Win Again • Rangers, Panthers and Stars Strike Back

May 6, 2022

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar is swarmed by teammates after scoring against the Nashville Predators during overtime in Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series on Thursday. (Jack Dempsey/The Associated Press)

Kirill Kaprizov scored three goals to lift the Wild to a 6-2 win over the visiting Blues on Wednesday and even their first-round NHL playoff series at 1-1. (David Berding/Getty Images)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals 05-05

Standings

First Round

1	Ed Mick	41
	Wes Zetaruk	41
3	Terry Smoker	40
	Chris Lewtas	40
	John Lo	40
6	Kyle Armour	39
	John Woycheshin	39
8	Tyler Owens	38
	Michael Poplawski	38
10	Terry Appleby	37
11	Amy Roach	36
	Mel Tacoma	36
	Richard Owens	36
14	Joel Palmer	25
15	Kelly Chaplin	24
16	Pete McCarthy	23
17	Glen Seredynski	22
	Bob Routhier	22
19	Doug Wansbrough	21
20	Karen McKinley	19
21	Petr Havlik	14

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Hurricanes Take 2-0 Lead • Wild, Lightning and Oilers Answer Back

May 4, 2022

Kirill Kaprizov scored three goals to lift the Wild to a 6-2 win over the visiting Blues on Wednesday and even their first-round NHL playoff series at 1-1. (David Berding/Getty Images)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals 05-04

Standings

First Round

1	Amy Roach	49
2	Ed Mick	38
3	Terry Smoker	37
4	Kyle Armour	36
	Chris Lewtas	36
6	Tyler Owens	34
7	Wes Zetaruk	32
8	John Lo	31
9	John Woycheshin	30
	Michael Poplawski	30
11	Glen Seredynski	29
12	Bob Routhier	28
	Mel Tacoma	28
	Richard Owens	28
	Terry Appleby	28
16	Karen McKinley	26
	Joel Palmer	26
18	Pete McCarthy	25
	Kelly Chaplin	25
20	Doug Wansbrough	23
21	Petr Havlik	18

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Penguins, Capitals Take Road Wins, Flames and Avalanche Win

May 3, 2022

Penguins centre Evgeni Malkin (71) scored on a deflection 5:58 into the third overtime of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 game one win over the Rangers in first round Stanley Cup playoff action on Tuesday in New York. (Adam Hunger/The Associated Press)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals 05-03

Standings

First Round

1	Amy Roach	56
2	Kyle Armour	43
3	Chris Lewtas	42
4	John Lo	39
5	Glen Seredynski	37
	Bob Routhier	37
7	Tyler Owens	36
8	Ed Mick	35
	Terry Smoker	35
10	John Woycheshin	33
11	Mel Tacoma	31
	Karen McKinley	31
13	Richard Owens	30
14	Wes Zetaruk	28
15	Michael Poplawski	27
16	Terry Appleby	25
17	Joel Palmer	24
18	Pete McCarthy	23
	Kelly Chaplin	23
20	Petr Havlik	22
21	Doug Wansbrough	21

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Leafs, Canes Take Home Openers, Blues and Kings Play Spoiler

May 2, 2022

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews carries the puck during a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Monday. (Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals 05-02

Standings

First Round

1	Kyle Armour	36
	Amy Roach	36
3	Chris Lewtas	35
	John Lo	35
5	Glen Seredynski	21
	John Woycheshin	21
	Mel Tacoma	21
8	Richard Owens	20
	Tyler Owens	20
	Bob Routhier	20
11	Petr Havlik	16
	Ed Mick	16
	Terry Smoker	16
14	Michael Poplawski	15
	Terry Appleby	15
	Wes Zetaruk	15
	Karen McKinley	15
18	Pete McCarthy	11
	Kelly Chaplin	11
20	Doug Wansbrough	10
	Joel Palmer	10

Prizes
🥇 $94.50 🥈 $52.50 🥉 $31.50 🍍 21.00 🍍 10.50

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Conference Quarterfinals Predictions

May 2, 2022

It’s here! Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs!

How to follow the Prediction Challenge!

Please look for (near-)daily updates on our game throughout the playoffs at the Prediction Challenges Web site under the Stanley Cup Playoffs menu. Forms for each round and Rules information can also be found under the menu.

After six great years, MailChimp is, unfortunately, no longer an option for me for sending automated email messages to players and I have not found a replacement.

I will continue to send emails to all players at the beginning and end of each round and when the forms are published as a courtesy; please remember that everything you need to play and follow your progress can be found at the web site.

If you still wish to have game updates delivered to you, I’m pleased that you have the following options:

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Our Game

With 21 players, we’re playing for a top prize of $94.50 and subsidiary prizes down to fifty place.

We have unanimous pick, and one nearly so, in the West, in the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche, respectively. The series to watch is the seeming toss-up between the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, with the Carolina Hurricanes-Boston Bruins series looking to be the closest matchup in the East.

Our predictions are summarized below.

Series Picks		Average # of Games
FLA 18	WSH 3	5.76
TOR 5	TBL 16	6.43
CAR 13	BOS 8	6.19
NYR 14	PIT 7	6.19
COL 20	NSH 1	5.24
MIN 10	STL 11	6.57
CGY 21	DAL 0	5.52
EDM 19	LAK 2	5.81

Please ensure that I have transcribed your predictions correctly, and enjoy the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs!

Game on!

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge! 2022 Conference Quarterfinals Predictions

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Lightning Close Out Stars, Win First Stanley Cup Since 2004

September 28, 2020

Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos skates with the Stanley Cup following the series-winning 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Congratulations to Bob, who won his first Prediction Challenge game! Mel finished a strong second, while Guy earned a third place prize in his first Prediction Challenge! game. Michael earned the final cash prize in fourth place.

I hope all players enjoyed this Stanley Cup Prediction Challenge! and the chance to match wits with other hockey fans! Thank you for playing! ~ Michael

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Standings

Overall

🥇	Bob Routhier	280
🥈	Mel Tacoma	268
🥉	Guy Hatchard	243
🍍	Michael Poplawski	238
5	Pete McCarthy	208
6	John Eastaugh	204
	Doug Wansbrough	204
8	Adam Pilotte	185
9	Logan Zetaruk	182
10	Amy Roach	156
11	Joel Palmer	149
12	John Woycheshin	147
13	Chris Lewtas	146
14	John Lo	133
15	Wes Zetaruk	112

Final

TBL 4-2 DAL

1	John Eastaugh	100
2	Michael Poplawski	90
	Bob Routhier	90
	Mel Tacoma	90
	Guy Hatchard	90
	Pete McCarthy	90
	Amy Roach	90
8	Adam Pilotte	20
	John Lo	20
10	Doug Wansbrough	10
	Logan Zetaruk	10
	John Woycheshin	10
	Chris Lewtas	10
14	Joel Palmer	0
	Wes Zetaruk	0

Conference Finals
Eastern	Western
TBL 4-2 NYI	VEG 1-4 DAL

1	Doug Wansbrough	96
2	Bob Routhier	92
3	Mel Tacoma	50
	Logan Zetaruk	50
	John Woycheshin	50
	John Lo	50
	Michael Poplawski	50
8	Wes Zetaruk	40
	Adam Pilotte	40
	Guy Hatchard	40
	Joel Palmer	40
	Chris Lewtas	40
13	John Eastaugh	12
14	Pete McCarthy	4
	Amy Roach	4

Second Round

1	Mel Tacoma	80
2	Doug Wansbrough	76
3	Joel Palmer	68
4	Logan Zetaruk	66
5	Michael Poplawski	58
	Adam Pilotte	58
	Guy Hatchard	58
	Bob Routhier	58
9	John Woycheshin	44
10	Chris Lewtas	40
	John Eastaugh	40
12	Pete McCarthy	38
13	John Lo	28
14	Wes Zetaruk	24
	Amy Roach	24

First Round

1	Pete McCarthy	76
2	Adam Pilotte	67
3	Logan Zetaruk	56
	Chris Lewtas	56
5	Guy Hatchard	55
6	John Eastaugh	52
7	Wes Zetaruk	48
	Mel Tacoma	48
9	John Woycheshin	43
10	Joel Palmer	41
11	Michael Poplawski	40
	Bob Routhier	40
13	Amy Roach	38
14	John Lo	35
15	Doug Wansbrough	22

Prizes
🥇 $75.00 🥈 $37.50 🥉 $22.50 🍍 $15.00

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