Brain Crowned the Winner as Penguins win cup!

Following a thrilling game 7 victory, the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the 2009 Stanley Cup! Perhaps more importantly, Brain has won the 1st ever "Drummer John's NHL Playoff Pool"! Had it not been for a complete collapse from Shane, it may have been a tighter finish, but Brain managed to pull off a convincing win with a 25 point cushion on 2nd place. Rajwinda and Buck made it interesting bringing in a Stanley Cup round best 85 points each after both predicting a Penguins game 7 win, along with each winning one of the bonuses. Rajwinda predicted 28 goals scored and had the closest prediction to 31 without going over. Buck was the only one to predict Malkin to win the Conn Smyth trophy as playoff MVP. Yours truly managed to win the game 7 bonus with a prediction of 10, and Maxim Talbot's game winning goal coming at 10:07 of the 2nd period. I rule.

Here is the final leaderboard for you to view, savor, bookmark and revisit over and over and perhaps show your grandchildren:

Handle	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Brain	85	70	65	60	280
Rajwinda	90	40	40	85	255
Buck	80	30	50	85	245
Huggylicious	90	30	85	35	240
Jds308	70	80	25	60	235
Shane	45	110	65	0	220
Wildeman	75	80	40	25	220
Red	90	50	50	0	190

This will remain on this web site permanently at this location, where as the leaderboard on the side bar will eventually be replaced with a new one.

Thanks to everyone for participating in this 2009 NHL playoffs pool, it made following hockey without my beloved Oilers still interesting and worth watching. I hope you will all join again next season. I plan on doing something a little more advanced for the regular season, perhaps picking fantasy teams or maybe even more of an NFL style game(s) of the week system. I will think about it and find something that I can manage without spending my life doing it, and that is not to much of a commitment for the participants involved. Let me know if you have any suggestions, feedback or ideas.

GO OILERS!

Game 7 - Stanley Cup Final

Oh yeah! What better way to end the playoffs and crown this years Stanley Cup Champions than with a game 7! So here we go:

Choose 1 number between 0-20, this number will represent the minute on the score clock that the game winning goal is scored at. You don't need to choose a period, only a minute. Your minute will count in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and all overtime periods. For example, if I were to pick "19" and the game winning goal is scored at 19:21 of the 2nd period I would win the game 7 bonus. If the game winning goal is scored at 19:11 of the 1st, or 19:33 of the 3rd, or even if it's scored at 19:00 of the 2nd OT period I would win the bonus. You do not need to predict the period, or the seconds, only the whole minute. Make sense? Good.

Let's have your predictions in no later than this Friday, June 12 by 6:00pm ET.

NHL Playoff Hockey Pool 2009 - Round 4, Stanley Cups Finals

So, this is it! The Wings vs the Pens for the second straight year for Lord Stanley's Cup. 2 somewhat short series's completed round 3 to set up the back to back Pit vs Det Final. This round there will be 2 Bonus predictions. So let's do this: Enter your predictions and let's determine the winner of the first ever Drummer John's NHL Playoff Hockey Pool! Predictions must be in by this Saturday, May 30th no later than 6:00pm ET. I still have to finish updating the leaderboard following last nights game, I will get to it sometime today. Good Luck!

Round 4

Stanley Cup Final

Series 'O' - #2 Detroit Red Wings vs. #4 Pittsburgh Penguins

Bonus 1

Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2009 Playoff MVP?

Bonus 2

Predict the total amount of goals scored in the Stanley Cup Final.

Closest prediction without going over the total amount of goals scored wins.

NHL Playoff Hockey Pool 2009 - Round 3, Conference Finals

The Conference Semi Finals are all set and here we go! Please make your predictions in the usual ways, by Sunday May 17th, 1:00pm. Good Luck!

Round 3

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Series 'M' - #4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. #6 Carolina Hurricanes

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Series 'N' - #2 Detroit Red Wings vs. #4 Chicago Blackhawks

Bonus

Who will be leading the league in points for Defenseman following the Conference Finals?

* Tie will be broken in the following order: goals, assists, powerplay goals, +/-.

Round 2 Done

With the Hurricane's o.t. win tonight, along with the Wings knocking off the Ducks, the 2nd round is done. Shane has completed his worst to first run on the leaderboard after jumping from last place following the 1st round, into a 3 way tie for the lead at the conclusion of round 2 tonight. Brain, also tied for 1st place, won the round 2 Bonus by guessing the closest total amount of goals scored in the Western Conference without going over. Total goals scored were 81, Brain had picked 76.

Each series in the next round is worth more points and the leaderboard is pretty tight. Still anyone's to win!