Archive for the 'Stats' Category

NHL’s Best Knuckles

You might want to check out The Hockey News‘ list of 10 Best Fighters. Compiled by Edward Fraser — who looks like has thrown a few haymakers (guy on the left) — the list is in no particular order but contains all the heavyweights or near-heavyweights you would expect.

Milan Lucic, Boston (13 fights in ‘07-08)
Georges […]

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

GAA Set to Skyrocket

Our favorite hockey stat, Goals Against Average (GAA) is ready to explode skyward. Not because Hasek is retiring, but because there will finally be a change to goalie’s equipment in a couple of seasons. As reported by TSN:
There will be subtle modifications done for next season, like eliminating some of the ‘extra padding’ that helps […]

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Playoff Tree Updated: … and then there were 2

So Adrianna takes a sip from her martini, leans over and says, “I noticed on your website that you haven’t updated the 2007/2008 Playoff Tree yet. Alessandra and I have been waiting to see the final version for a few days now.”
So then I says to her, I says, “Yeah, don’t worry about that […]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

WTF was Carolina Thinking?!

In a rather unbelievable turn of events last night, it was announced that the Carolina Hurricanes signed Sergei Samsonov to a 3-year deal $7.6 million contract.
As reported on TSN:
“We were very excited about Sergei’s play after he arrived in Carolina,” said Hurricanes’ president Jim Rutherford. “It was important to the success of our team going […]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Kings Net Has Turnstyle Installed

This is a few days old, but interesting nonetheless. As the season dwindled to a disappointing end, it came to light that the Los Angeles Kings have used seven goalies this season.
Reports the Los Angeles Daily News:
“The Kings have exhausted just about every other option in goal. On Thursday, they turned to rookie Daniel Taylor, […]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008