Monday, December 11, 2006

Stats are Beautiful...

I love stats. As a matter of fact, I have made a career of identifying trends for organizations. Here are some stats that I have found are characteristic of the new NHL trend for calling penalties.

Some stats from December 13, 2006

12 games
119 penalties called
2 boarding
1 charging
2 cross checking
1 diving
3 elbowing
2 fighting
12 high sticking
19 holding
34 hooking
2 illegal play by goaltender
11 interference
2 interference with goaltender
1 kneeing
1 misconduct
2 puck over glass
4 roughing
4 slashing
2 too many men on ice
13 tripping
1 unsportsmanlike conduct

All told, 18 stick violations, 9 excessive hits, 1 fight, 2 misconducts, 1 dive, 4 roughs, 1 fight, 4 puck violations, 2 bench violations, 77 obstruction calls.

This is the “new” NHL. Enjoy!

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