Goalies are interesting creatures. Their adorable and smiling face hides a dark secret. Because they’ll be that shiny happy baby with their face tucked into their jersey that wiggles in the the crease to get comfortable and pats the post when it gets hit. But if you knock them down or touch their mask you have activated a secret murder switch and either they or their teammates will fuck you up in 0.2 seconds. Whether the goalie themselves or the team fucks you up is based on several factors including but not limited to the goalies time in the minors, the goalies time as backup, the goalies amount of bullshit handled, and how much the team relies on said goalie. I’m not saying that touching the goalie is a death sentence, just maybe you should have your will in order if you plan to.
verkiezen, this story delights me IMMENSELY. what i love most about it is that baseball, a sport that makes no sense to me and seems to involve absolutely nothing except mathematics, is a place where a basketball fan and a hockey fan can come together to sing the sports’ fan creed, “WTF REF R U BLIND?”
Hello, everyone! We saw some posts going around earlier this week talking about hockey stats and how Hockey Tumblr doesn’t care about them. We don’t think that’s true, because there are plenty of people around here who are interested, and we think that’s great! We also think it’s great if you aren’t interested in stats and choose to engage in hockey fandom in other ways – you don’t have to be a stats geek to be a Real Valid Fan.
However, if you are interested in hockey stats and just haven’t gotten the time to delve into them yet (and there’s so much, it can be really intimidating), we thought we’d help you dip a toe in the proverbial waters with a quick rundown on two of the more prevalent nontraditional stats that have been developed over the years.
***CLICK HERE*** for a presentation on Corsi and Fenwick, two words you’ll hear often in the hockey analytics community + some stats resources to get you started.
As always, our ask box is always open if you need clarification or have any questions about hockey stats (or hockey in general)!
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