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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Shawn Horcoff, Eric Belanger, Faceoffs & Zonestarts
How are the Oilers' lines faring in each type of start? Is Tom Renney giving the right guys o-zone starts? Should he go to an extreme Vigneaultesque strategy? To shed some light on these issues, I've used play-by-play data to separate ice time into three categories: Offensive - the most recent...
Oilers Face-off Woes On The Power Play
For those wondering, part 2 of cycling the puck is still in progress. Basement (insert your favourite blogger joke), renovations have managed to eat away most of my free time over the past month and sap what little free time I have that didn’t involve watching the Oilers (not even my...
Impact of Winning an Offensive Zone Faceoff, Even-Strength vs Power-Play
I got a number of questions about the impact of winning and losing offensive zone faceoffs. The way to think about this is to look at the shot rates in the time following a faceoff: In the long-run, shot rates ultimately converge regardless of whether the faceoff is won or lost. Obviously...
Please, TV Networks, show us the WHOLE game!
When I was a little munchkin growing up in Newfoundland getting my first fix on hockey, the TV broadcasts of the day would join the game already in progress. The game would start at 9:30 Newfoundland time, but the broadcast wouldn't begin until 10:00, typically with the first period winding down....
Can the Nashville Predators' tradition of faceoff specialists help the power play?
One of the hallmarks of Nashville Predators teams in recent years has been the presence of some of the game's best faceoff specialists, going back through Scott Nichol, Radek Bonk, Yanic Perrault, and Mike Sillinger. It's an area of hockey at which a low-budget team can reasonably aim to excel, as...
One down, 81 Tampa Bay Lightning games to go....
Some thoughts about last night's season opener.... Good for Steve Downie that he wouldn't let himself be baited into taking a penalty. Two years ago, he would've gone there. It's great that he plays with an edge, but let's hope he continues to stay on the edge and doesn't go over it too...
Young Men on the Draw
The Edmonton Oilers are a bad team on the draw, and they have been for a few seasons now. Part of the problem has been that they've had bad centers over the last couple of seasons. But that's not to say there aren't reasons for their lack of ability - at least some of the reason, it seems to me,...
Zenon Konopka - Much More Than Just a Hockey Player
Zenon Konopka was signed by the Tampa Bay Lighting July 10, 2008 to a 2 year contract. He spent the majority of the first year in Norfolk and was team captain of the Admirals in the 2008-09 season. He made the NHL squad in 2009-10 and became an integral part of the locker room and both on and off...
2010 UFA Centers by Faceoff Percentage and Usage - Devils Could Benefit from Market at Draws
The New Jersey Devils currently have one true center under contract for the 2010-11 season in Travis Zajac, according to the current chart at CapGeek. Sure, they have wingers who can and have played center in Patrik Elias, Dainius Zubrus, and Rod Pelley. However, last summer, just before the...
Worst Faceoff Teams since 1997-98
Here are the ten-worst faceoff teams since the NHL started recording data in 1997: ...
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