... Hold on, Bill, I wasn't railing against you. By the bit of info you provided it was not obvious how in-depth the study was. I'm glad to hear it was very...
... replaced ... where ... touch. ... block. They DID bring back the bump and run, but they got rid of it after four games, in an attempt to have more offense...
Does anyone have any information on the british hockey team The avon arrows that played 3 seasons in the UK in the early 80's. Or do you know where I could get...
Just for fun, I thought I'd go through a recent edition of the self- proclaimed "Bible of Hockey" (The Hockey News) and make a record of any statistical errors...
Iain, Great observations. You should be the editor. I remember reading the Selke article and questioning to myself why they selected +10 as a criteria. As we...
Guys, Just my observation here .. chime in if think I'm totally off base here. The Soviet teams were structured to win World Championships and Olympic Medals....
I didn't mean this time Iain...I said it with a grin... I would have to look for those old notes but I recall the figures were under under 15 % for scoring...
But Michael, about 10-20% of the time goalies are off the ice are for delayed penalties not end of game. In the delayed penalty scenario a goal only your own...
... replaced ... where ... touch. ... block. ... four games, in an attempt to have more offense (most games had less than 30 points in total each). So what...
If you haven't stayed up to watch the Dallas-Anaheim series, you are missing the best goalie showdown in the history of hockey (or at least since I started...
It depends upon how you look at it. 1967-8 1st place Western Div Ko'ed Quarter finals 1968-9 3rd place West out in Quarters 1970-1 3rd place West out in...
Boy, did i butcher this. That's what i get for starting, then checking the stats and then go back to finishing it and immediately hitting send. ... for ... a...
Would somebody be able to look up a few items for me? The first article(s) is the death of Walt Atanas in the Springfield Union-News on Aug. 9, 1991. The...
... The other part is not quite true either. The Flyers became "a cult" thing by the middle of their second season and consistently sold out after that. When...
I just found a reference that Boston College coach Charles Foote pulled his goalie for an extra attacker in the Mar.5, 1925 against the Boston AA team in a...
Iain, Glad to see that you've pointed out that multiple effects render a single statistic irrelevant, it wasn;t so evident from from shots against debate with...
Don't read full house into sell out. We all know that the NHL often does interesting things in announcing attendance. The story I heard from folks that were...
Canada had to rally late in the game to tie Denmark 2-2 at the 2003 World Championships today. ... http://www.1972summitseries.com In bookstores Now: THE WORLD...
In a message dated 5/2/2003 12:01:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Wow, out of nowhere my homeland has become a hockey power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\ First they beat...
... wrote: Hey Bill, what about Forbes Kennedy? (grin) It was Noel Picard and the Plager brothers of St. Louis in '69 that convinced Snyder that toughness was...
... My post is basically irrelevant, but I'm gonna post it anyways. I play in a simulation based online hockey league where we are recreating past seasons. We...
I have a question which is (I think) on a very similar subject: When a forward breaks his stick in his defensive zone (or gives his stick to a defenceman on...
Nope. The only guy who ever gave it enough thought to even coin a phrase to it was Pierre Bouchard who said "the only thing worse than a goalie without a stick...
Sounds like a fun team! ... From: Joe Pelletier [mailto:iamjoepelletier@...] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:15 PM To: hockhist@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Here is a rundown of what seems to be happening between the 2 leagues. It is looking more and more like they will run 2 separate leagues next season. Unless...
Is it just my imagination, or do game-tying-goals with the goalie pulled seem to be much more common in the playoffs than in the regular season (much like 9th...