Today's Scoring Leaders (and who picked 'em)

4 Jagr CZE
3 LeClair USA (JoeinPhilly, petedave)
3 Sundin SWE (Ballbusters)
3 Lang CZE
3 Rucinski CZE
3 Dunham USA [big shutout tonight!]
2 Elias CZE
2 Havlat CZE
2 Dopita CZE (JoeinPhilly)
2 Federov RUS (Adam)
2 Kovalchuk RUS (Ballbusters, JoeinPhilly, sjtexasex, zeno, Seph)
2 Afinogenov RUS
2 Sundstrom SWE (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan, pat125)
2 Alfredsson SWE (Adam)
2 Hull USA (pat125)
2 Tkachuk USA (Adam, petedave, Seph)
2 Weight USA (Seph)

Current Point Standings

11 - Ballbusters
11 - Seph
10 - JoeinPhilly
10 - pat125
8 - Adam
7 - Zeno
7 - sjtexasex
6 - Chip
6 - petedave
3 - Aussie Bomber
2 - George_vikingfan

Next Games
Sat., Feb. 16th
Finland vs. Belarus 6:45 EST
USA vs. Russia 11:30 EST

[quote]Originally posted by Seph:
2 - George_vikingfan

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't say I didn't warn you Seph!

Today's Scoring Leaders (and who picked 'em)

2 Selanne FIN
2 Lehtinen FIN
2 Kallio FIN
2 Jokinen FIN
2 Niinimaa FIN (sjtexasex)
2 Hagman FIN (pat125)

Current Point Standings

14 - pat125
13 - Ballbusters
13 - Seph
12 - Adam
11 - JoeinPhilly
11 - sjtexasex
9 - Zeno
8 - petedave
7 - Chip
4 - Aussie Bomber
3 - George_vikingfan

Next Games
Sun., Feb. 17th
Sweden vs. Czech Republic 6:00 EST
Canada vs. Germany 9:00 EST

Current Point Standings

17 - Ballbusters - back on top!
16 - pat125
15 - Seph
14 - Adam
14 - JoeinPhilly
14 - sjtexasex
11 - Zeno
10 - petedave
8 - Chip
5 - George_vikingfan - movin’ on up!
4 - Aussie Bomber - down under

Today's Scoring (and who picked 'em

1 Johnsson SWE
1 Lidtrom SWE (Ballbusters, sjtexasex)
1 Sundstrom SWE (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan, pat125)
1 Sundin SWE (Ballbusters)
1 Dahlen SWE
1 Alfredsson SWE (Adam)
1 Salo SWE
1 Dopita CZE (JoeinPhilly)
1 Sakic CAN (Adam, Ballbusters, Chip, JoeinPhilly, pat125, petedave, Zeno)
1 Gagné CAN (JoeinPhilly)
1 Kariya CAN (Seph)
1 Nolan CAN (sjtexasex, Seph)
1 Foote CAN
1 Jovanovski CAN
1 Nieuwendyk CAN (George_vikingfan)
1 Brodeur CAN (petedave)

Next Games
Mon., Feb. 18th
Belarus vs. USA 1:00 EST
Russia vs. Finland 3:30 EST
Czech Republic vs. Canada 6:00 EST
Germany vs. Sweden 9:00 EST

[ February 17, 2002: Message edited by: Seph ]

Hey, I'm doing pretty well!

Thanks for your work on this, Seph.

Hey, I'm doing pretty crappy!

Thanks for you work on this, Seph!

Current Point Standings

26 - pat125 - +10 today, to share the lead with...
26 - sjtexasex - biggest gainer today, +12...
25 - Ballbusters - another good day, +8...
21 - JoeinPhilly - hangin’ tough, +7...
17 - Adam
17 - Seph - fading fast...
15 - Zeno
14 - petedave
12 - Chip
12 - George_vikingfan - more than doubling his score today, +7...
9 - Aussie Bomber

Today's Scoring (and who picked 'em)
(I’ll just list the points that count for us, tonight...whew!)

3 Hull USA (pat125)
3 Sundin SWE (Ballbusters)
2 Modano USA (George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
2 Leclair USA (JoeinPhilly, petedave)
2 Guerin USA (Aussie Bomber, petedave, sjtexasex)
2 Roenick USA (Chip, JoeinPhilly)
2 Kapanen FIN (Ballbusters)
2 Lemieux CAN (JoeinPhilly, pat125, sjtexasex)
2 Naslund SWE (Seph, Zeno)
2 Alfredsson SWE (Adam)
2 Lidstrom SWE (Ballbusters, sjtexasex)
1 Amonte USA (Chip, George_vikingfan, pat125, sjtexasex, Zeno)
1 Leetch USA (Chip, pat125)
1 Barrasso USA (Aussie Bomber, George_vikingfan)
1 Eloranta FIN (Adam)
1 Niinimaa FIN (sjtexasex)
1 P. Bure RUS (Aussie Bomber, pat125)
1 Dopita CZE (JoeinPhilly)
1 Nieuwendyk CAN (George_vikingfan, sjtexasex, Zeno)
1 Yzerman CAN (Aussie Bomber, George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
1 Fleury CAN (pat125)
1 Sundstrom SWE (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan, pat125)

Next Games
Quarterfinals - Wed., Feb. 20th (times tba)
Belarus vs. Sweden
Germany vs. USA
Russia vs. Czech Republic
Canada vs. Finland

Current Point Standings

34 - sjtexasex - +8 (only Hasek, Lidstrom & Niinimaa out of Games)
32 - Ballbusters - +7 (bidding Swede-adieu to Sundin, Lidstrom, Sundstrom)
32 - pat125 - +6 (a Hull of a good pick)
29 - JoeinPhilly - +8 (Flyers Leclair, Roenick, Dopita, Gagné representin’!)
21 - petedave - +7 (Gonchar, Shanahan, MacInnes, Iginla, Axelsson a bust)
20 - Chip - +8 (lovin’ the Richter shut-out)
19 - Adam - +2 (Cujo loses a fan; Drury, no RBI’s)
19 - Seph - +2 (gracefully accepting obscurity via Gonchar, Iginla, Kariya, Blake)
18 - Zeno - +3 (what’s the deal with Gonchar, Kovalev & Iginla?)
17 - George_vikingfan - +5 (Shanahan, Pronger, Kovalev, Larionov refuse to put out)
10 - Aussie Bomber - +1 (where’s Lindros when you need him?)

Today's Scoring (and who picked 'em)

3 Richter USA (Chip, petedave)
2 Sundin SWE (Ballbusters)
2 Lidstrom SWE (Ballbusters, sjtexasex)
2 Nylander SWE
2 Modano USA (George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
2 Leclair USA (JoeinPhilly, petedave)
2 Roenick USA (Chip, JoeinPhilly)
1 Johnsson SWE
1 Afinogenov RUS
1 Zhamnov RUS (Chip)
1 Nikolishin RUS
1 Khabibulin RUS (Adam, Ballbusters, JoeinPhilly, pat125, Seph, sjtexasex, zeno)
1 Amonte USA (Chip, George_vikingfan, pat125, sjtexasex, Zeno)
1 Hull USA (pat125)
1 Weight USA (Seph)
1 Chelios USA (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan)
1 Sakic CAN (Adam, Ballbusters, Chip, JoeinPhilly, pat125, petedave, Zeno)
1 Gagné CAN (JoeinPhilly)
1 Yzerman CAN (Aussie Bomber, George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
1 Lemieux CAN (JoeinPhilly, pat125, sjtexasex)
1 Brodeur CAN (petedave)
1 Hagman FIN (pat125)

Next Games
Semifinals - Friday, Feb. 22nd
Belarus vs. Canada
Russia vs. USA

[ February 20, 2002: Message edited by: Seph ]

Thanks for continuing to do all the hard work for us..Now that the Swedes (Alfredsson) are eliminated, you know I'm going to be fading fast. All I can count on now is that the Canadians actually start playing strong hockey.

~Adam

Current Point Standings

44 - sjtexasex - +10 today!
40 - pat125 - +8
37 - Ballbusters - +5
36 - JoeinPhilly - +7
28 - Chip - +8
27 - petedave - +6
26 - Seph - +7
25 - Zeno - +7
24 - Adam - +5
23 - George_vikingfan - +6
16 - Aussie Bomber - +6

Today’s Scoring (and who picked ‘em)

3 Yzerman CAN (Aussie Bomber, George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
2 Lemieux CAN (JoeinPhilly, pat125, sjtexasex)
2 Kariya CAN (Seph)
1 Sakic CAN (Adam, Ballbusters, Chip, JoeinPhilly, pat125, petedave, zeno)
1 Blake CAN (Adam, Chip, pat125, Seph, zeno)
1 Gagné CAN (JoeinPhilly)
1 Peca CAN (Ballbusters, Chip)
1 Lindros CAN (Aussie Bomber)
1 Smyth CAN (Aussie Bomber)
1 Nolan CAN (Seph, sjtexasex)
1 Iginla CAN (Adam, Chip, petedave, Seph, zeno)
1 Shanahan CAN (Chip, George_vikingfan, petedave)
1 Brodeur CAN (petedave)
1 Guerin USA (Aussie Bomber, petedave, sjtexasex)
1 Young USA
1 Leetch USA (Chip, pat125)
1 Amonte USA (Chip, George_vikingfan, pat125, sjtexasex, Zeno)
1 Richter (Chip, petedave)
1 Kovalev RUS (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan, JoeinPhilly, zeno)
1 Markov RUS
1 Tverdovsky RUS

Adjustment to Wednesday’s Scoring

+2 Khabibulin RUS (for shut-out win) (Adam, Ballbusters, JoeinPhilly, pat125, Seph, sjtexasex, zeno) (thanks for the heads-up, zeno)

Next (and final) Games
Bronze Medal Game - Belarus vs. Russia - Sat., Feb. 23rd, 2:15 pm
Gold Medal Game - Canada vs. USA - Sun., Feb. 24th, 3:00 pm

Man!! You got these posted fast. Gold medal game should be awesome--it is the match-up most people wanted to see.

~Adam

Sefh

You are doing a great job & I'm holding everybody up being on the bottom. So much for knowing anything about hockey (which is nothing)
I will have wait to next weekend for my final score as I am off to Bali for a week of sun

I'm in 4th place...just like Sarah Hughes was!

The fact that I am mired in 10th place not withstanding, I would like to file a formal protest over the scorekeeping of the obviously biased (French?)Canadian judge running this obviously fixed game!

Seriously, Seph, thanks for the effort. Made the games even more enjoyable!

Hey, George_vf, ya found me out! I’d better hop the next flight to Paris before the newshounds start pounding on my door!

You’ll be pleasantly surprised by tonight’s standings - you were tops today and now in 7th place! Plus, you’ve got 9 players in tomorrow’s Gold Medal game.

But it looks like it’s gonna be a four-man race to the finish line: sjtexasex (with 7 players in tomorrow’s game), pat125 (also with 7), Ballbusters (with 4), and JoeinPhilly (with 6). This one’s going right down to the wire!

Current Point Standings

45 - sjtexasex - zilch today!
42 - pat125 - +1
41 - Ballbusters - +3
40 - JoeinPhilly - +3
30 - Seph - +3
30 - Zeno - +4
29 - George_vikingfan - +6 (doin’ the Russian Leapfrog)
28 - Chip - zip
27 - petedave - goose-egg
26 - Adam - +1
20 - Aussie Bomber - +4

Today’s Scoring (and who picked ‘em)

3 Kovalev RUS (Ballbusters, George_vikingfan, JoeinPhilly, zeno)
3 Larionov RUS (Aussie Bomber, George_vikingfan, Seph)
1 Federov RUS (Adam)
1 P. Bure RUS (Aussie Bomber, pat125)
1 Samsonov RUS (zeno)
1 Tverdovsky RUS
1 Yashin RUS
1 Afinogenov RUS
1 Khabibulin RUS (Adam, Ballbusters, JoeinPhilly, pat125, Seph, sjtexasex, zeno)

Next Game
Do I even need to tell you?

(Edited ‘cause - D’OH! - forgot Khabibulin again. Standings and Scoring have been adjusted accordingly. Sorry, fellas! )

(Edited a second time to change G-vf's ranking in paragraph 2. Sorry, man! The conspiracy continues!)

[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Seph ]

[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Seph ]

[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Seph ]

God bless those Russians!

Well since I put all my eggs in the Swede basket I am definitely in trouble..........Would be sweet though to see Michael Peca with a hat trick tomorrow. Aside from being a my only chance to win this thing he is the hottest man on ice in my opinion <G>

BIGTIME PROPS TO SEPH !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks alot man I had alot of fun following this thread. You did an awesome job. Since we are in the spirit of awarding extra gold medals I think you deserve one too.....

Final Point Standings

WE HAVE A TIE FOR THE GOLD MEDAL!
49 - pat125 - +7 today
49 - sjtexasex - +4 today
~~Way to go, guys!~~

SILVER MEDAL
47 - JoeinPhilly - +7 today

BRONZE MEDAL
45 - Ballbusters - +4 today

NO MEDALS, BUT LOTSA HEART!
39 - Zeno - +9
37 - Chip - +9
36 - Seph - +6
35 - petedave - +8
34 - Adam - +8
33 - George_vikingfan - +4
21 - Aussie Bomber - +1

Today’s Scoring (and who picked ‘em)

4 Sakic CAN (Adam, Ballbusters, Chip, JoeinPhilly, pat125, petedave, zeno)
3 Iginla CAN (Adam, Chip, petedave, Seph, zeno)
1 Kariya CAN (Seph)
1 Pronger CAN (George_vikingfan, JoeinPhilly)
1 Lemieux CAN (JoeinPhilly, pat125, sjtexasex)
1 Gagné CAN (JoeinPhilly)
1 Blake CAN (Adam, Chip, pat125, Seph, zeno)
1 Yzerman CAN (Aussie Bomber, george_vikingfan, sjtexasex)
1 Brodeur CAN (petedave)
1 Amonte USA (Chip, George_vikingfan, pat125, sjtexasex, zeno)
1 Weight USA (Seph)
1 Rafalski USA
1 Modano USA (George_vikingfan, sjtexasex)

Congratulations to our expert pickers - you all look great on that podium together! And thanks for playing, everybody! It’s been fun. Hope to see you all in the NHL Play-Offs Pool!

Congrats to Team Canada...and of course with that goes a congrats to Team Seph!!
Thanks for adding a bit of drama to an already drama filled tournament. Wow!!!
And yes, you definitely deserve a gold medal!!

[quote]Originally posted by Joe in Philly:
I'm in 4th place...just like Sarah Hughes was!

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Well, not quite like Sarah Hughes.

Thanks, Seph!

Wow! My first gold medal ever!

Congrats to sjtexasex for his gold medal picks. And thanks to Seph for running the pool and making the Olympic hockey games even more exciting!

[ February 25, 2002: Message edited by: pat125 ]

Congratulations to the medal winners. They all passed the drug test, so it was a fair competition and they fully deserve their medals.

Thanks to our official, Seph. It was sometimes a difficult position to hold during the Olympics and you succeeded in avoiding controversy.

[quote]Originally posted by Zeno:
Congratulations to the medal winners. They all passed the drug test

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That's a relief--I had to drink lots of fluids because I was so dehydrated...

I just thought of something. I was in 4th place like Sarah Hughes, but didn't make it to the gold as she did...but I did get a silver--JUST LIKE JEREMY ROENICK!!!!!

Way to go, Joe! I'm sure JR would be impressed by your "mettle."

And zeno, I enjoyed watching you pee into that cup. You definately "passed the test."

Hey guys, did you bite your medals for the press?

Congrats again, all around, and thanks for the accolades. Hockey, but especially hockey FANS, rock.

Thanks guys. This was a blast. I was lucky enough to be there for the USA/Russia Game. Wow. I wish the NHL would adopt to the rules and big ice of international hockey. The NHL fights are fan favorites, I know, but they sure do slow the game down.

Anyway, I hope I pass the drug test so I can collect my joint-gold! I'll wear it to bed tonight.