Questions tagged [ice-hockey]
Questions about the sport of ice hockey.
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Which is more likely to result in a goal: a penalty shot or a power play?
Statistically speaking, is a hockey team (in the NHL) more likely to score on a power play or with a penalty shot?
Often times this is something I wonder when a player is tripped on a near breakaway ...
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What is tie-breaking procedure in NHL (regular season)?
What is tie-breaking procedure in NHL (regular season)?
How are standings for the teams in the NHL table decided. What is used as a secondary criterion, if the teams have the same number of points?
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How many times has a 4 game sweep occurred during the Stanley Cup finals?
After their win on June 9, 2014, the LA Kings are one game away from winning the Stanley Cup. If they win their next game, they will sweep the NY Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
Since the adoption of ...
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How are shorter power-plays counted in power play percentage?
One of the team statics in ice-hockey is power play percentage. From example, you can see it here for the currently played World Chapmionship or here for this year's NHL season.
I understand that ...
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Which athletes were the first to break the color barriers in hockey?
Ice hockey, by nature of being a sport developed by British colonialists, has largely been made up of teams of people who can trace their ancestry to the British isles, the Nordic regions of Europe, ...
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In ice hockey, how is plus/minus calculated?
In ice hockey, how is plus/minus calculated when it comes to individual player's stats. Also, on a broader scale, what does plus/minus mean exactly? Unsure if I'm being redundant here.
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Do Stanley Cup Champions get a replica of the cup?
In most sports the champions of a cup get to keep it. For example NFL champions keep the Lombardi Trophy. However, the Stanley Cup is unique and NHL champions don't get to keep it forever. But do they ...
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In which part of ice hockey game most goals are scored?
It is quite natural that various part of hockey game have different dynamics and also different likelihood of scoring a goal. There are several factors. Players get more tired with time. In second ...
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Double Minor Penalty Kill Counts as 1 or 2 Kills?
In NHL hockey when you receive a double minor penalty (4:00 penalty given for example high sticking leading to bleeding) does this count as 2 separate penalty kills if no goals are scored during the 4 ...
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Hockey Players Introduced After a Game
At a NAHL game, I noticed as I was leaving that a few players, one by one, were being introduced back onto the ice after the game to have (what I describe as) a victory lap. I didn't pay attention to ...
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How do I bake my Bauer skates?
I've bought a new pair of Bauer Supreme 170 SR skates.
I'd like to bake my skates but I'd want to check the time and temperature needed.
Given that the skates didn't come with any instruction or ...
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What is meant by a natural hat trick in hockey?
While reading this article on NHL.com I noticed that they mentioned several times that Jori Lehtera recorded a natural hat trick.
I assume they say natural hat trick to contrast it to another type of ...
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Is an NHL defender credited with a block if the puck still enters the goal?
If the puck hits a defender, but the puck proceeds to enter the goal they are defending anyway, is that defender still credited with a block (against that shot)?
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Has any NHL team ever won a game after being down 0-5?
Has any NHL team ever won a game after being down 0-5? It would clearly be quite difficult and arguably miraculous.
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How is it decided in hockey which team wears white or colored jersey?
I occasionally watch hockey games, and sometimes, the home team wears the colored jersey, sometimes it is the away team. This rule seems to change from time to time, so as a casual viewer it is not ...
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Is there an objective reason for Scandinavian ice hockey ranking?
From the international events, it is clear that ice hockey teams from Sweden and Finland are better than teams from Norway (both now and historically).
It is visible for example on this historical ...
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History of reverse sweeps in the Stanley cups finals?
I tought the habs being 0-3 in the stanley cups finals would make every sport news site in Montreal dig up every time a stanley cup reverse sweep happened to show there is still hope; but nobody seem ...
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Why do centres take face offs in hockey?
I almost always see the centres take the face offs in the NHL. Is this part of the rulebook?
If not, why isn't more common to see other players take face offs. I can understand why defensemen don't ...
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What proportion of NHL hat tricks are natural?
In sports such as football and hockey, a hat trick is an event where a player scores 3 goals in a game.
In the NHL, a hat trick is said to be a natural hat trick, when a player scores 3 goals in a ...
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Is there any rule forcing a team to try to win?
The Montreal Canadiens have been eliminated from the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff contention, but now I cheer against them so they finish at the bottom of the standings, and might get first pick in the ...
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