Hockey MythBusters, Part III
Remember way back when, when Mike Green scored his 30th goal of the season, becoming only the eighth defenseman to ever accomplish the feat?
Make that seven:
That's right - per "The Big Book of Hockey Trivia," Phil Housley only scored 24 goals as a defenseman in 1983-84. Mike Green is the magnificent seventh NHL defenseman to score thirty goals in a season, not the eighth.
Epic find, DMG.
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JR is already in playoff mode!
by Moonage Daydream on Apr 2, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
a classic data maven notch…well struck, D.
So, play NHL scorer for a moment. It’s 4 on 4 in OT. We have 52-91 on D and 8-19 up front (an unpleasant reality for the rest of the league). 7 seconds left until the unmentionable tiebreaker and in the offensive zone on the faceoff, 19 gets tossed. 91 moves in for the draw, 8 moves back to D, and 91 wins the faceoff back to 52, who shoots…rebound to 91, who pots it and the place goes nuts, etc. Is that a goal for 91 as a D or a C?
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And on the same note, how many goals has Ovechkin scored as a defenseman this year? He plays point on the PP, which is a defense position (and has been burned for several shorties as a result), and in fact many of his goals come from further out than Green’s “defense” goals.
OV for Norris?
Based on where he lined up on the faceoff? What happens when Green jumps up for the first face off and is lined up as a RW at center ice? Is he then a winger? I don’t buy it. It has to be based on the lineup card where he was listed as a D or as a forward.
OK, thanks…so the determining factor is how you are listed on the official lineup card for that game.
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Official lineup cards don’t indicate positions:

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