Wockey Pool 2014 -- Now More Fun Than Identity Theft!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  There'll be trophies a-dusted and brackets a-busted and Puckheads to smear!  It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! 

That's right Ladies and Gentleman, it's time for the 2014 version of the oddest pool this side of Twentynine Palms, California, the Wockey Pool!  For the uninformed, the Wockey Pool aims to honor the national heritage that is the NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament by celebrating in the way so many gluttonous, contemptible Americans celebrate their favorite sports--by gambling on them.  

Now back for our eighth installment of the pool, we've nearly grown too large for the internet.  Therefore, we've had to redesign the website (and, in fact, whole sections of the World Wide Web) all in the name of keeping this thing going.  Head on over to TheWockeyPool.com to see our new design.  In addition to the new look that all the ladies are calling "classy", "tasteful", and "OK, I said classy and tasteful, now give me my lip gloss back", creating and managing your entries will be much easier.  You can also track the leaders (and those in contention for Puckhead) via the home page of the site.  In addition, the first one thousand people to visit the site will receive one of these!  (Fence and window not included).  Also, the dog isn't included.  But while you're there, register to join this year's pool!

Last year we had the most bracket entries and the largest payout to date.  Jason Kuss proved that sometimes going bigger is better.  He submitted five entries in the hopes that one would strike gold, and despite the fact that he didn't even pick the national champion correctly, one of his brackets was able to earn Jason the title of Wockey Champion to go with $816 and a pretty slick mug!

Not picking eventual national champion Yale to win was the theme of the tournament as no brackets had the 15th-seeded Bulldogs taking the title.  Among those brackets was one submitted by Elena Luoto Meister who not only went wrong with Yale, but with every single first-round game--the first bracket in seven years of Wockey to completely whiff on every pick.  For this ultimate example of imbecility, Elena was awarded the title of Wockey Puckhead and a t-shirt that gives the residents of her hometown of Paris even more of a reason to stick up their noses at her.

So what will happen this year?  Will we continue to build on our record number of entries?  Will anyone correctly guess the winner of the tournament?  Will we finally overtake this contest in popularity?  Whatever happens, it will be up to you to make it so.

I preach it every year.  The only way this thing keeps growing is by word of mouth.  With our Facebook and Twitter accounts, it's now easier than ever to Walk with Wockey.  So share it with friends!  Share it with family!  Share it with strangers!  And if being able to share a common bond with someone as obviously desirable as you isn't incentive enough, tell them about this year's wonderful prizes!

Brackets are being accepted now through the drop of the puck on the Union-Vermont game at 1:00 CT on Friday.  But what are you waiting for?  Click the link to join the 2014 Wockey Pool today!

Good luck and good Wockeying!

Your Delighted, Deluded, Delicious Commish,

Alex