STATS CORNER: HOW IS THE CLASS OF 2003 NHL DRAFT DOING?
By Alex,
The 2003 NHL draft was a deep one so I wanted to see how selected 1st round forwards were doing. Without further a-d00-adoo:
Where they were drafted in brackets with their current teams. Stats right up to March 10, 2010.
2) Eric Staal – Carolina – 184 goals/410 points/ 463 games. Won Stanley Cup in 2006.
3) [...]
STATS CORNER: OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT TOTALS SINCE 1992
By Alex
With the Olympic games in full gear let’s have a look at some statistics.
First, I wanted to have a look at the medal count since Albertville, 1992 for selected countries.
- Germany has amassed 144 total medals – more than any country on the list. They also topped the list with 54 gold. Norway is [...]
STATS CORNER: PRICE AND HALAK COMPARED
By Chris Boersma
Two years ago, in response to an e-mail from someone at Faceoff-Factor about M-A Fleury’s poor start, I stated that:
There are very few 19-22 year old goal tenders (or players for that matter) in the league. For the most part players usually hit a peak at the age of 24 (players still get [...]
Stats Corner: Competitive Balance For Basketball, Soccer And Hockey
Ever wonder how what the percentage of countries who win international tournaments is relative to the number of members in a particular federation?
Though not.
Too bad. I’m still gonna write about it.
Specifically, I was interested in how many countries have actually won a tournament or (where applicable) earned a medal or reached as far as the [...]
Stats Corner: Forgotten Stampeders Were Perfect In 1948
A couple of years back, the New England Patriots came within whiskers of becoming the second team in NFL history to go undefeated after the ‘72 Miami Dolphins. The Pats from Boston had to settle for going 18-1 with their only loss coming where it counts and hurts most: In the Super Bowl against the [...]
Stats Corner: Breaking Down Dany Heatley
By Chris Boersma
“This is a straight hockey decision. I have nothing against the fans of Ottawa, or the city of Ottawa. I would like the opportunity to go somewhere where I can play to the best of my capabilities and be the player that I can be.” [Heatley]
I found the story about Heatley just a [...]
Stats Corner: A Most Amazing Accomplishment
Some statistics are just that impressive.
Consider Derek Jeter who sits just three hits behind Lou Gehrig on the New York Yankees all-time list. Jeter has 2718 hits in 2115 at-bats while Gehrig needed 2164 to knock in his 2721. So Jeter will likely have done it in less at-bats – I doubt he’ll go into [...]
Tiny Tidbits: Arguello, McNair, Wimbledon, Douches And The Confederations Cup
***Man, it has not been a good July for boxing and football. First, Nicaraguan boxing legend Alexis Arguello allegedly commits suicide and then former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was violently slain in his home.
Nicknamed “The Explosive Thin Man,” Arguello, 57, was a former WBA Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight and WBC Lightweight [...]
Stats Corner: Looking At Garret Anderson
I caught the last inning of the Braves/Red Sox game today. De Sawx won 1-zippo.
But I don’t care about that so much. What interested me is a comment made by Thom Brennanananman about Garret Anderson. Something to the effect of “he’s been one of the best hitters in all of baseball over the last 15 [...]
Stats Corner: Top Performing NHL Goalies
By Chris Boersma; Hockey Numbers.
I have been compiling goaltending data since 2003-2004 and felt now was a good time to join it all together in one large database so I can produce statistics that you see below. The tables below include data from playoffs and regular season from 2003-2004 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 (excluding the 2003-2004 [...]
