College Hockey Update:  Thanks for being in the pool.  Wow — 50 — this is the most we’ve ever had, four more than last year, and two more than our previous high-water mark of 48 participants in 2016.  With a couple of upsets, half of the bracket was just bombed over the weekend, but I’m sure that the folks who’ve lost their teams will still be thrilled to watch the Frozen Four coming up, and will be thrilled for the eventual winner of the pool.  So who’s done oh so well so far in the pool?  Here we go; participants are ranked by the number of correct picks, with the highest number possible at this point being twelve:

9 MBettendorf, Ryan

8 BBettendorf, Krajan, O’Brien, Olson, WRoth

7 Allen, Breen, Esposito, Fong, Kriesel, Nguyen, Mattson, Schwictenberg, ORoth, GnSchreader, Sempere, MShymanski, Thorson

6 Cattermole, Fairbrother, Rugani, Oswald, GgScheader, JSchreader, Sell, DShymanski, TShymanski, JnSlaughter, Wienbar

5 Bogosian, Cook, Kramer, Michela, Schmidt, Reichel, Shimshock, JmSlaughter

4 Bricknell, Gallus, O’Connell, MacIver, Naughton, Pastor, Peterson, Ramsey, Speare

3 Erdman, Rarden

And what’s it all about?  The wearable trophy, of course!  Has anyone in Chicago seen Oliva S. Roth sporting hers around town?

That’s all for now.  Stay tuned, and go Terriers!

— Tom