Could a "full" box score be posted to this list for each Maine game?
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>From: Mike Machnik <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: USCHO box scores
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>Dave Hendrickson <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>
>> At USCHO, we do track down box scores all season long. And that
>> involves more than finding
>> it somewhere else on the Internet. The box score at the Pioneer Planet
>> website,
>> for example, would have done us no good since we need the full lineups
>> and so on
>> to be able to provide our array of statistics. (You can't get whether
>> somebody
>> dressed for the game from the Pioneer Planet boxscore.)
>
>To follow up Dave's thoughts...
>
>Boxes are faxed (or in some cases, emailed) to USCHO just as they are to
>other media outlets. Here, we are talking about the official game summary
>which does include full lineups and more information than you usually see
>in the newspaper. The official game summary is needed to be able to enter
>a box since one of the requirements is to enter lineups -- this is how you
>know games played, for instance. USCHO's database works directly off the
>box scores. The boxes accessible through USCHO do not currently display
>information like full lineups, although this may be added in the future,
>but the information is put into the database so that it can be used
>elsewhere. This is how, for example, as soon as a box score is entered,
>team listings of player stats will immediately reflect the stats from that
>game.
>
>Now, there are reasons why something may go wrong between the source of the
>box and USCHO, just as there may be with other outlets. The fax may be
>unreadable due to a transmission problem, or it may never be received (or
>sent).
>
>Boxes that are received at USCHO are entered ASAP. However it is not
>uncommon for some boxes never to be received. USCHO has an alert mechanism
>for determining which boxes have not been received within a certain period
>of time (several hours or so) and at that point, contacts the schools' SIDs
>(often both) to request that it be sent again. This is something that many
>media outlets may not do. But since the boxes are so important, USCHO does
>go out of its way to track down boxes that have not been received. Yet it
>may also be the case that the SID is out of the office, or busy with other
>matters.
>
>The vast majority of D1 boxes are sent, received and entered on game
>nights, so we are only talking about a small number that need to be tracked
>down. But it does happen. The hockey SIDs deserve thanks and appreciation
>for their efforts in making sure USCHO does receive a game box, and for
>helping to answer the occasional questions that arise. It is a terrific
>team effort by a group of people who may have differing employers and
>interests but who all want to do their best to promote the sport and their
>teams and players.
>
>I do not directly work with entering the boxes or tracking them down, but I
>know how the process works, so I thought a followup would be helpful.
>There are many other behind the scenes aspects that I left out or glossed
>over, but this should still help people understand the process. I do think
>it is worth understanding that there are a lot of things that people do not
>see and which take place behind the scenes, that result in what you see on
>USCHO.
>
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