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Behindthenet Blog: Goaltender Rebound Percentage Leaders
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In his work on Shot Quality, Alan Ryder noted that shooting percentage is extremely high on rebounds. That is, in the two seconds following another [i.e. initial] shot [the average sv% is .694]. The overall save percentages for 2008-09: Overall…
From Behindthenet.ca: Junior Hockey Projections
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Twenty years ago, almost all every NHL player was drafted from the Canadian Hockey League. Even today, the majority of NHL draft picks still come from the three Tier I junior hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario…
Pronger Calculates Pi to Three Digits
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From Mirtle: How hard is it to win the Stanley Cup?
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It took me a couple days to cobble this together, with some major assistance for the raw data from stats maestro Gabe Desjardins, but I’ve finally got an answer: Of the 6,400-some players to have played in the NHL in…
Ken Campbell: Best the Wings will ever be?
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The link failed to import for some reason, but this is from Ken Campbell’s blog at The Hockey News: Ask Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland about it and you get a terse, “I’m not going there.” Ask Red Wings…
Why hockey pucks are frozen – Kansas City Star
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“Rubber is one of the most elastic materials on earth, and even vulcanization can’t stop hockey pucks from bouncing,” Hache wrote. “Smashed against a hard surface like concrete or ice, a puck rebounds with between 45 and 55 percent of…
Scientists Reveal the Secret to Hockey’s Wrist Shot | LiveScience
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It takes less than a second, but the wrist shot in hockey is one of the hardest skills in sports to master. Just ask the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings who will face each other starting this weekend…
MaxHockey.com: The Last Stand of the Wooden Stick
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During a game against Colorado, Holik entered the faceoff circle against Paul Stastny, son of Hall of Famer Peter Stastny. The linesman noticed that both centers carried wooden sticks and commented. Holik joked to the young Stastny that he would…
Puckprospectus.com: The Plus and Minus of Plus/Minus
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Hockey is usually not the sport where statistical or analytical innovation takes place. So it’s ironic that one of the most useful concepts in sports statistics has been an official NHL statistic for over 40 seasons, leading other sports by…