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Wockey Pool X has come and gone as North Dakota wins their first title since 2000 with a 5-1 victory over Quinnipiac.  The Fighting Hawks’ win means we have a new entrant into Wockey’s hallowed hall of Champions -- Jon Brinckerhoff!  In his bracket (aptly titled Brinckerhoff’s Bracket #1), Jon had only two missed picks ...

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Welcome back to Wockey Pool X, or as it’s known to most of you, that stupid pool my friend convinced me to waste ten bucks on!  We are officially down to the end after last night’s semifinals saw Quinnipiac top Boston College 3-2 and North Dakota escape with a 4-2 victory over Denver.  The ...

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The first weekend of Wockey has ended (mercifully for some).  In all, we had four overtime games, two nearly epic comebacks, two 4 seeds beating 1 seeds, and this.     Most of all, we had...normalcy.  In my ten years of doing Wockey, I can never remember a weekend where things went so according to plan.  Sure, two ...

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Day two of the Wockey Pool saw more ups and downs than a Russian bungee jumper including two overtime games, one nearly improbable comeback bid, and the soul-crushing defeat of the official team of Wockey, the St. Cloud State Huskies.     Of course, the Huskies' loss not only hurt those whose hearts were behind the team.  A whopping 104 ...

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Day one is in the books and it’s amazing that we already have a clear picture of who is going to be our winner!  At this point, it’s just simple math -- one of 83 Wockeyites stands the best chance to wear the crown of Wockey Champion.  So there you go!  Good luck everyone! &...

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Welcome!  If you are reading this it means you either are an official entrant into Wockey Pool X OR someone who stumbled across one of the strangest corners of the internet and are now staring at it as one would a car wreck on the freeway.  Either way, you’ve made a horrible mistake, but one you ...

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