On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Mark Lewin wrote:
> If Koenig had not returned, how would that have gone into the
> records. Would his average shown 2 goals in 1/3 game similar
> to the eway a baseball pitcher's ERA is figured? How about
> the case where the goalie is in for only 10 minutes?
> Would that be 2 goals in 1/6 a game?
According to the CCHA web site (and how the NHL does it) the formula is:
goals against / (total min played / 60)
So, if Koenig had not returned after the first period it would look like:
2 / (20 / 60) = 6.00 goals against average
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