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It's game on. Canada's men face the Swedes in the gold medal match and as I write the score is 1-0 in Canada's favor in the first period. Who will win? Which eRep players will win the prizes in this HOCKEY competition?

As far as I can see the field is wide open. No competition entry anticipated the medal impact of the Swiss team; and that might be crucial. One factor that might be crucial is the fact that a few people placed the Swedes in 4th place for both the men and the women and those forecasts have earned them valuable points. But will that be enough.

I'll take 24 hours to check and re-check the results before I announce them. Anyone who thinks they have won a prize can (and should) comment below to stake their claim. But I will wait until I am sober and blood alcohol zero before I make my final check of the results.

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The Sochi Hockey competition is over and real Canada did us proud with TWO gold medals. But how many of the entrants foresaw the Swiss bronze medal in the women's competition? Well. None actually.

Now I have tallied the results against the entrants' submissions and it was damned close I can tell you. So close that tie-breaking was called for. As the sole arbiter of the rules I have given the tie considerable thought. After much deliberation I was forced to declare the "goals scored" tie-breaker invalid because the rules did not make clear whether the number was for the total number of goals scored by both the men's and women's teams, or if a total for just one of the teams was called for.

Further examination of the entries provided further doubt, when comparing the predictions with the Vancouver 2010 results where the mens team scored 32 goals. In short there was no way to decide if the goals scored predictions were high estimates for the men's team only, or low estimates for both men and women.

So setting the goals tie-breaker aside as invalid, I looked to the secondary tie-breaker: "If still tied the prize shall go to the entrant with largest number of high-scoring predictions."

By that rule I was able to separate the first and second entries. Chance Harrison named the top 4 teams in the men's competition in the correct order, plus the gold and silver places in the women's. Lance Lucky got the men's gold, silver and bronze correct, plus the women's gold and silver. In my opinion Chance Harrison is the clear and correct winner, and Lance Lucky is to be congratulated on coming so close.

But enough of all this! You want the results!



Chance Harrison
Men- Canada (6), Sweden (4), USA (3), Finland
Women- Canada (6), USA (4), Sweden, Russia

Canadian Goals- 25 ==== 23 points scored! + 1 tie-break point for correct 4th place prediction


Lance Lucky
Men: Canada (6), Sweden (4), USA (3), Russia
Women: Canada (6), USA (4), Finland, Sweden

Goals: 40 ==== 23 points scored!


Jason Welsh
Men: Canada (6) - Sweden (4) - USA (3) - Russia
Women: Canada (6) - Finland - USA (3) - Russia

Goals: 37 (17/17) ==== 22 points scored!


klop123
Men: Canada (6), Sweden (4), Russia, USA (1)
Women: Canada (6), USA (4), Finland, Russia

Goals: 38 (17/17) ==== 21 points scored


Utat Day
Men - Canada (6) - Russia - USA (3) - Sweden (1)
Women - Canada (6) - USA (4) - Finland - Russia

Goals : 28 ==== 20 points scored


Shaun Carter
Men - Canada (6), Russia, USA (3), Sweden (1)
Women - Canada (6), USA (4), Russia, Finland

Canadian goals: 23 ==== 20 points scored


The Remastered God
Men: Canada (6), Russia, USA (3), Sweden (1)
Women: Canada (6), USA (4), Finland, Russia

Goals: 34 ==== 20 points scored


esthu
Men: Canada (6), Russia, Sweden (2), USA (1)
Women: Canada (6), USA (4), Finland, Sweden

Goals: 30 ==== 19 points scored


CptKaydee Day
Men - Canada (6), Russia, Sweden (2), USA (1)
Women - Canada (6), USA (4), Russia, Finland

Goals - 33 ==== 19 points scored


Boomer12
Men: Canada (6), Russia, Finland, USA (1)
Women's: Canada (6), Finland, USA (3), Russia

Goals: 35 ==== 16 points scored



KIPPERS OF THE MUD
Men - Canada (6), USA (2), Russia, Sweden (1)
Women - USA (3), Canada (3), Russia, Finland

Canadian goals: 38 ==== 15 points scored


VenomousCraze
Men - Canada (6), USA, Russia, Sweden (1)
Women - USA (3), Canada (3), Russia, Finland

Canadian goals: 30 ==== 13 points scored


Jobisen Day
Men - Sweden (3), Russia, Canada (1) USA (1)
Women - Canada (6), Sweden, Russia USA (1)

Goals - 43 ==== 12 points scored


Lelouch Vl Britannia
Men: Norway, Canada (3), USA (3), Russia
Women: USA (3) Canada (3) Norway Sweden

Goals: 42 ==== 12 points scored


Umbra Bellator
Men: USA (1), Finland, Russia, Canada (1)
Women: USA (3), Canada (3), finland, russia

Goals: 44 ==== 8 points scored




The winners are:

1st:- Chance Harrison
2n😛- Lance Lucky
3r😛- Jason Welsh

Prizes will be distributed on Wednesday 26th February to allow time for contestants to lodge appeals against my decision.