WHSHP's First Family Reigning After Two Rounds; Heat Miser and Trasher in Hot Pursuit

"The name's Rudy. Lucas Rudy."

Well, well, well, lookee who is sitting at the top of the Leaderboard after two games. It's a veritable Who's Who of the Rudy Household. (Fret not, dear Griffin, the world is never kind to its mavericks. You and Greendale shall, like green-garbed Phoenix, rise again.)

Your humble Commissioner sits at the top of the rankings for the first time since he won the whole thing ten years ago. He shares the podium, much like he has shared a bathroom, with Lucas Rudy and Analisa Rudy. 66 points after two rounds; these three visionaries are on a record pace.

Analisa Rudy, Voted Most Likely to Win a Hockey Pool (as well as Most Likely to Die in a Fire Saving a Flatulent Wiener Dog) by the Edgewood High School Class of '85

Trasher Trzinski holds down second place all by his lonesome while Shauna Rudy, AKA The World's Most Tolerant Wife, shares third place with surprising rookie Blake Feist who, after complaining that filling out the brackets was more complicated than figuring out who your relatives are at a Sarah Palin family reunion, is making a very strong early showing. Well done, Dr. Feist, friend to man and fish alike.

Blake Feist responding to news that there is no cash prize in this year's hockey pool.

There's still a logjam in the 4th and 5th slots. Lots of familiar names lurking about, waiting to make their move. Look out for Hoops McCormack, the ageless preppie John Stephens, Rocking' Dan Krewson, Wayne Lee, and the mysterious duo of Josh Hanzlik and the exquisitely monikered Jordan Jasper.

Expect this pack to break up after tonight's action, especially if we can see a couple more badly needed upsets. Stay tuned. To see where you stand in the pool, click on the brackets list in the sidebar and find the Prediction Leaderboard atop your bracket.