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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > Hockey 100 - Come Learn About the Coolest Game on Earth
 
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skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

CobwebMustardseed posted:

This thread is wonderful and I wish I had noticed it earlier.

Here’s something I’m wondering about. What makes a team better or worse at scoring during a power play? Take Tampa Bay, for example. Assuming I’m reading the stats correctly (GF is goal for and PPG is power play goals, yes?), Tampa Bay has the tenth most goals in the league with 155. But they’re twenty-ninth in power play goals with only 24. This doesn’t make sense to me. If you’re good at scoring goals when you’re playing against five people, shouldn’t you be even better at scoring goals when you’re playing against four people? Is there something I’m missing here?

Well the main reason is that the team on the penalty kill gets to ice the puck, which deflates attacks. This means they shoot it to the attacking end, which would result in a faceoff while even-strength. Perhaps Tampa Bay has a style that require buildup, which is difficult if the first thing an opponent does when he gets the puck is shoot it away.

There is also the fact that PK line is usually the best players the team has out on the ice and usually their only concern is to keep the puck out of the net.

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skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.
 Saw a picture of Brown from the end of the game.



Do hockey players really get their teeth knocked out that completely? His upper teeth are pretty much gone.

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skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

CobwebMustardseed posted:

Can someone explain to me in a comprehensive way exactly why there was a lockout last time around?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout :eng101:

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