POTY Challenge

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Ladies and gents, may I present the inaugural POTY challenge for the SportsHoopla board. For those of you familiar with this challenge from the swamp, there's really nothing new. Enter your choice(s) for each of the categories below and we'll tally up the points at the end of the season.

A couple of points to clarify:

a) For the "first" categories (hat trick, shutout, coach to be fired, and first player suspended), the category remains open until at least one participant has the winner (e.g. if Daniel Sedin records the first hat trick and no participant entered Daniel Sedin, then the hat trick category remains open until a player records a hat trick and a POTY participant has entered that player.

b) The "first" is determined at the end of the day - For example, if The Miller records the first shutout in Buffalo in one of the early games and Bossman has The Miller , we have to wait until the later games have completed before making that declaration (as Bobby Lou may record a shutout at Rogers Arena and then both Bossman and puckhead win the shutout category)

c) As far as suspensions are concerned, all suspensions "earned" in the pre-season and not considered for the POTY. Only suspensions from October 7, 2010 forward are eligible.

Entries will be accepted until noon Pacific time Thursday October 7th. Once all the entries have been received, I will post everyone's entries in a separate thread and you can verify/correct any entries I may have fouled up.

Good luck to all and the categories are as follows:

1. First hat trick (1 player) - 3 points
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - 3 points
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - 5 points
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - 5 points
5. Hart winner (3 players) - 5 points
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - 5 points
7. Norris winner (3 players) - 5 points
8. Calder winner (3 players) - 5 points
9. Selke winner (3 players) - 5 points
10. Team that scores most goals - 2 points
11. Team that scores fewest goals - 2 points
12. Team with most penalty minutes - 2 points
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - 2 points
14. First coach to be fired - 2 points
15. First player to be suspended - 2 points
16. Six division winners - 6 points
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - 8 points
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - 8 points
19. East/West Conference champions - 10 points
20. Stanley Cup champion - 15 points

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Good, I have five days to pick my winning team.

 

[Destroydacre]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Heatley
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Bryzgalov
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, D Sedin, Crosby
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, H Sedin, Crosby
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, Crosby, Thornton
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Brodeur, Ward, Varlamov
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Chara, Lidstrom, Boyle
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Hall, Seguin, Eberle
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Datsyuk, Datsyuk, Datsyuk
10. Team that scores most goals - Washington
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Florida
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Anaheims
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Pittsburgh
14. First coach to be fired - Dallas (forget who it is)
15. First player to be suspended - Ott
16. Six division winners - New Jersey, Boston, Washington, Detroit, Vancouver, San Jose
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - Washington, New Jersey, Boston, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Atlanta, Philly, Ottawa
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - San Jose, Detroit, Vancouver, St. Louis, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, Colorado
19. East/West Conference champions - Washington, San Jose
20. Stanley Cup champion - San Jose

 

[elocomotive]

3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - 5 points
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - 5 points
5. Hart winner (3 players) - 5 points
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - 5 points
7. Norris winner (3 players) - 5 points
8. Calder winner (3 players) - 5 points
9. Selke winner (3 players) - 5 points

Quick question - are we supposed to pick 3 players who we think will be the nominees AND select a winner? Or are we just given 3 chances to pick the person that wins? Thanks for doing this, Dash.

 

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Quick question - are we supposed to pick 3 players who we think will be the nominees AND select a winner? Or are we just given 3 chances to pick the person that wins? Thanks for doing this, Dash.

Everybody is given three chances to select the player that wins (obviously if you select all three nominees, you've picked the winner).

 

[quoipourquoi]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Rick Nash
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Martin Brodeur
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Teemu Selanne
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Drew Doughty, Mike Green, Duncan Keith
8. Calder winner (3 players) - John Carlson, Taylor Hall, P.K. Subban
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Pavel Datsyuk, Ryan Kesler, Mike Richards
10. Team that scores most goals - Washington Capitals
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Toronto Maple Leafs
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Philadelphia Flyers
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Detroit Red Wings
14. First coach to be fired - Randy Carlyle
15. First player to be suspended - Alexander Ovechkin
16. Six division winners - CHI, VAN, SJ, PIT, BUF, WAS
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - PIT, BUF, WAS, PHI, BOS, NJ, NYR, CAR
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - CHI, VAN, SJ, DET, PHO, CAL, ANA, COL
19. East/West Conference champions - PIT, CHI
20. Stanley Cup champion - Pittsburgh Penguins

 

[elocomotive]

Here are my picks...

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Anze Kopitar
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Roberto Luongo
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Mike Miller, Tuuka Rask, Ilya Bryzgalov
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Drew Doughty, Duncan Keith, Zdano Chara
8. Calder winner (3 players) - John Carlson, Taylor Hall, PK Subban
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Datsyuk, Kesler, J. Staal
10. Team that scores most goals - Washington Capitals, duh
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Florida Panthers
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Anaheim Ducks
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Detroit Red Wings
14. First coach to be fired - Craig Ramsay, ATL
15. First player to be suspended - Steve Downie, TB
16. Six division winners - WAS, BUF, PIT & DET, VAN, SJ
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - WAS, PIT, BUF, NJ, BOS, PHI, NYR, CAR
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - VAN, SJ, DET, LA, CHI, PHX, NASH, STL
19. East/West Conference champions - WAS, VAN
20. Stanley Cup champion - Washington Capitals

 

[ritari330]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Mike Richards
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Henrik Ludqvist
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, H. Sedin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Nicklas Backstrom(washington)
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Ryan Miller, Martin Brodeur, Tuuka Rask
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Mike Green, Duncan Keith, Drew Doughty
8. Calder winner (3 players) - John Carlson, PK Subban, Taylor Hall
9. Selke winner (3 players) -Pavel Datsyuk, Ryan Kesler, Jordan Staal
10. Team that scores most goals - Washington Capitals
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Toronto Maple Leafs
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Philadelphia Flyers
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Detroit Red Wings
14. First coach to be fired - Peter DeBoer, FLA
15. First player to be suspended - Matt Cooke
16. Six division winners - Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Detroit, San jose, Vancouver
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, New Jersey, Philidelphia, Buffalo, Carolina, Ottawa
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Vancouver, Detroit, San Jose, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, St. Louis, Colorado
19. East/West Conference champions - Washington/Vancouver
20. Stanley Cup champion - 15 points Washington Capitals

 

[The Q stache]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Stamkos
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Pekka Rinne
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, Crosby, Stamkos
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Crosby, Kane, Malkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Crosby, Toews, Ovechkin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - The Miller, brodeur, halak
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Duncan Keith, doughty, lidstrom
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Kyle Beach, hall, seguin
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Datsyuk
10. Team that scores most goals - L.A.
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Blue Jackets
12. Team with most penalty minutes - NY Rangers
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Blackhawks
14. First coach to be fired - todd richards
15. First player to be suspended - Nick Boynton ( Does this count?:p) if not then Avery
16. Six division winners - Vancouver, San Jose, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, Boston
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - pitt, washington, boston, philly, tampa bay, buffalo, nj, ottawa
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Vancouver, chicago, san jose, detroit, st. louis, nashville, la, colorado
19. East/West Conference champions - Chicago, Boston
20. Stanley Cup champion - Chicago

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - 3 points Ovechkin
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - 3 points Miller
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - 5 points Ovechkin, Crosby, Stamkos
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - 5 points Ovechkin, Crosby, Datsyuk
5. Hart winner (3 players) - 5 points Ovechkin, THE Miller, Crosby
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - 5 points THE Miller, THE Howard, Brodeur
7. Norris winner (3 players) - 5 points Lidstrom, Keith, Chara
8. Calder winner (3 players) - 5 points Fuck if I know
9. Selke winner (3 players) - 5 points Datsyuk, Kesler, Zetterberg
10. Team that scores most goals - 2 points Washington
11. Team that scores fewest goals - 2 points Florida
12. Team with most penalty minutes - 2 points Philly
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - 2 points Detroit
14. First coach to be fired - 2 points Barry Melrose. Kidding. Pat Quinn.
15. First player to be suspended - 2 points Perry the fairy.
16. Six division winners - 6 points Detroit, Vancouver, San Jose, Washington, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - 8 points Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Carolina, Philly, New Jersey, New York Rangers, Buffalo
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - 8 points Detroit, Chicago, Vancouver, L.A., San Jose, Nashville, Calgary, Phoenix
19. East/West Conference champions - 10 points Pittsburgh / Detroit
20. Stanley Cup champion - 15 points DETROIT REDWINGS! BOOK IT!

 

[anderwho2513]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Selanne
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Steve Mason
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, Crosby, Parise
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Malkin, Crosby, Ovechkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Malkin, Crosby, Ovechkin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Brodeur, Vokoun, Lundqvist
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Doughty, Chara, Keith
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Ennis, Carlson, Bernier
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Datsyuk, Kesler, Fisher
10. Team that scores most goals - Capitals
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Panthers
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Penguins
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Wings
14. First coach to be fired - Randy Carlyle
15. First player to be suspended - Dan Carcillo
16. Six division winners - Devils, Bruins, Capitals, Canucks, Wings, Kings
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - Bruins, Capitals, Devils, Flyers, Penguins, Hurricanes, Senators, Sabres
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Canucks, Wings, Kings, Sharks, Coyotes, Hawks, Blues, Predators
19. East/West Conference champions - Capitals, Wingers
20. Stanley Cup champion - Wings

 

[Automattic]

If Sedin does actually get the first hattrick, can we just move on to the next category?

 

[Darkstone42]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Stamkos
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Price
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, Crosby, Stamkos
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Ovechkin, Stamkos, Sedin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - The Miller, Rask, Brodeur
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Weber, Keith, Doughty
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Hall, Tangradi, Seguin
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Staal, Datsyuk, Hossa
10. Team that scores most goals - Capitals
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Maple Leafs
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Flyers
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Canadiens
14. First coach to be fired - Peter DeBoer
15. First player to be suspended - Steve Ott
16. Six division winners - Capitals, Penguins, Sabres, Red Wings, Canucks, Kings
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - Capitals, Penguins, Sabres, Flyers, Devils, Hurricanes, Senators, Canadiens
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Red Wings, Canucks, Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks, Sharks, Blues, Predators
19. East/West Conference champions - Penguins, Kings
20. Stanley Cup champion - Penguins

 

[sbb122]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Lecavalier
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Fleury
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - Crosby, Stamkos, Heatley
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - Crosby, H.Sedin, Malkin
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Miller, Rask, Bryzgalov
7. Norris winner (3 players) - S. Weber, Doughty, Keith
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Bernier, Paavarji, Hall
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Kesler, J.Staal, Datsyuk
10. Team that scores most goals - Sharks
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Florida
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Maple Leafs
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Predators
14. First coach to be fired - Boudreau
15. First player to be suspended - Carcillo
16. Six division winners - Canucks, Red Wings, Sharks, Hurricanes, Penguins, Bruins
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - Capitals, Penguins, Bruins, Devils, Flyers, Sabres, Hurricanes, Lightning
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Canucks, Kings, Sharks, Red Wings, Blues, Blackhawks, Flames, Coyotes
19. East/West Conference champions - Red Wings, Penguins
20. Stanley Cup champion - Penguins

 

[The Q stache]

Does anderwho relize he put doughty twice

 

[anderwho2513]

I thought he was a safe bet for 1st and 3rd place.

 

[puckhead]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - Ovechkin, though one of them will be an empty netter
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - Luongo
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - OV, Sid, Kovalchuk
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - OV, Sid, H Sedin
5. Hart winner (3 players) - OV, Sid, Miller
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - Miller, Luongo, Rask
7. Norris winner (3 players) - Doughty, Pronger, Lidstrom
8. Calder winner (3 players) - Paajarvi, Hall, Subban
9. Selke winner (3 players) - Datsyuk, Kesler, J Staal
10. Team that scores most goals - Wash
11. Team that scores fewest goals - Florida (changed by dash at puckhead's request)
12. Team with most penalty minutes - Anaheim
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - Detroit
14. First coach to be fired - Peter DeBoer
15. First player to be suspended - Daniel Carcillo (changed by dash via puckhead's request)
16. Six division winners - NJ, Bos, Was, Det, Van, LA
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - NJ, Bos, Was, Buf, Pit, Phi, Ott, Mtl
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - Det, Van, LA, SJ, STL, NSH, CAL, CHI
19. East/West Conference champions - Van, Was
20. Stanley Cup champion - Van (homer alert)

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

I saw that, puckhead! Do I get my bonus point now or at the end of the season?

 

[flyersfan4706]

1. First hat trick (1 player) - 3 points Alex Ovechkin
2. First shutout (1 goalie) - 3 points Martin Brodeur
3. Rocket Richard winner (3 players) - 5 points Alex Ovechkin Sindey Crosby Ilya Kovalchuk
4. Art Ross winner (3 players) - 5 points H Sedin, Ovechkin, Crosby
5. Hart winner (3 players) - 5 points OV, Sid, Kovalchuk
6. Vezina winner (3 goalies) - 5 points Luongo Miller Jimmy Howard
7. Norris winner (3 players) - 5 points Doughty Lidstrom, Pronger
8. Calder winner (3 players) - 5 points Hall, Seguin, Subban
9. Selke winner (3 players) - 5 points Datsyuk, Richards, J Staal
10. Team that scores most goals - 2 points Caps
11. Team that scores fewest goals - 2 points Oilers
12. Team with most penalty minutes - 2 points Philly
13. Team with fewest penalty minutes - 2 points Wings
14. First coach to be fired - 2 points Boudreau
15. First player to be suspended - 2 points Boogard
16. Six division winners - 6 points Pens, Caps, Bruins, Detroit, Nucks, Sharks
17. Eight Eastern Conference playoff teams - 8 points Caps, Pens, bruins, flyers, devils, sabres, lightning, rags
18. Eight Western Conference playoff teams - 8 points Nucks, Wings, Sharks, Hawks, Kings, Blues, Flames, Ducks
19. East/West Conference champions - 10 points Pens, Nucks
20. Stanley Cup champion - 15 points Nucks

 

[esls79]

1. M. Koivu
2. Rask
3. B Ryan, Ovechkin, Stamkos
4. Crosby, Getzlaf, St. Louis
5. Crosby, Ovechkin, Kopitar
6. Rask, Rinne, Lehtonen
7. Keity, Doughty, Weber
8. Bernier, Paajarvi, McBain
9. Kesler, Pavelski, Datsuyk
10. Ducks
11. Wild
12. Lightning
13. Avalanche
14. Todd Richards
15. Big Bad Wiz
16. Oilers, Kings, Blues, Flyers, Lightning, Senators
17. Flyers, Lightning, Senators, Penguins, Capitals, Islanders, Sabres, Bruins
18. Oilers, Kings, Blues, Sharks, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Predators, Canucks
19. Predators, Bruins
20. Bruins