Moving Day

Another day, another leader in the Sons of Manitoba hockey pool. Our previous leader made his first misstep (he took Philly) and that allowed none other than Arthur "I'm nowhere near the basement" Casement to move into first. It's been quite a couple of days for Arthur. Not only did his beloved Oilers move into the second round, but he took grabbed sole possession of first.

Of course Arthur has to look in his rearview mirror as none other than the two time defending champion of this very pool is breathing hard down his neck. Chris Chapman picked up eight points tonight, hitting the bonus point in both series. Although Chris is only 5/7 on his picks so far he's got a pool leading four bonus points.

One of these two gentlemen will be leading the pool heading into the second round as they both picked the Calgary/Anaheim series will go the distance. Arthur (a true Oilers fan) has the Ducks and Chris (demonstrating the wisdom that got him two pool titles) has the Flames. Now a first round lead doesn't necessarily translate into a pool win, but it certainly helps.

Up and down the standings there was a lot of movement after tonight's game. These two series had the most variation among the picks, which led to some interesting developments. For instance Paul Todd moved from last to the middle of the pack based on his two correct selections. On the opposite end of the spectrum Andrew Walker dropped from his spot near the top of the standings and fell back to the rest of the pack.