Merrimack SID Tom Caraccioli and I were wondering what some of the
differences were number-wise between Merrimack in its first 15 games and
its last 15, so we put this together.  It is staggering.  About the only
things that have not changed are penalty kill, the point totals of Stringer
and Porter (which have been consistently good), and a couple of the +/-
numbers.  This shows the turnaround to be attributable to virtually a
complete team transformation.
 
For reference, THEN = first 15 games; NOW = last 15 games.  Merrimack has
played 30 games to date.
 
TEAM
 
Overall Record                      Hockey East Record
THEN:  3-11-1 .233                  THEN: 2-7-1 .250
 NOW: 10-5-0  .667                   NOW: 7-3-0 .700
 
Power Play                          Penalty Kill
THEN:  8-75 10.7%                   THEN: 53-71 74.6%
 NOW: 15-67 22.4%                    NOW: 52-71 73.2%
 
Overall Goals Scored                HE Goals Scored
THEN: 41 2.73                       THEN: 27 2.70
 NOW: 64 4.27                        NOW: 48 4.80
 
Overall Goals Against               HE Goals Against
THEN: 72 4.80                       THEN: 47 4.70
 NOW: 53 3.53                       NOW: 39 3.90
 
Overall Scoring By Periods          HE Scoring By Periods
THEN: MC  15-12-14-0 = 41           THEN: MC  11--7--9-0 = 27
      OPP 22-27-23-0 = 72                 OPP 15-17-15-0 = 47
 
NOW:  MC  20-21-22-1 = 64            NOW: MC  13-18-16-1 = 48
      OPP 17-18-18-0 = 53                 OPP 14-13-12-0 = 39
 
INDIVIDUAL
 
G Martin Legault
THEN: Overall 0-6-0, 5.22, .868     HE 0-3-0, 5.15, .874
 NOW: Overall 8-3-0, 3.29, .906     HE 5-3-0, 3.96, .891
 
G Eric Thibeault
THEN: Overall 3-5-1, 3.91, .897     HE 2-4-1, 4.05, .888
 NOW: Overall 2-2-0, 3.49, .904     HE 2-0-0, 3.41, .908
 
LW1 Rob Beck
THEN: Overall 6-3--9, -7            HE 3-1--4, -6
 NOW: Overall 8-13--21, +14         HE 6-12--18, +12
 
C1 Rejean Stringer
THEN: Overall 5-10--15, +1          HE 4-9--13, +3
 NOW: Overall 10-5--15, +13         HE 8-3--11, +11
 
RW1 Kris Porter
THEN: Overall 7-7--14, E            HE 5-4--9, +4
 NOW: Overall 6-8--14, +12          HE 4-7--11, +10
 
LW2 Tom Johnson
THEN: Overall 4-3--7, -1            HE 2-2--4, -3
 NOW: Overall 5-10--15, +3          HE 4-9--13, +2
 
C2 Martin Laroche
THEN: Overall 2-3--5, -7            HE 2-1--3, -6
 NOW: Overall 7-8--15, +1           HE 6-6--12, +2
 
RW2 Casey Kesselring
THEN: Overall 1-8--9, -1            HE 0-5--5, -1
 NOW: Overall 8-11--19, -1          HE 5-8--13, -2
 
LW3 Sandy Cohen
THEN: Overall 3-1--4, -8            HE 2-0--2, -4
 NOW: Overall 2-8--10, +2           HE 2-6--8, +4
 
D Darrel Scoville
THEN: Overall 1-3--4, -10           HE 1-1--2, -8
 NOW: Overall 5-9--14, +6           HE 5-5--10, +6
 
D John Jakopin
THEN: Overall 1-1--2, -5            HE 0-1--1, -6
 NOW: Overall 3-6--9, +7            HE 2-4--6, +6
 
 
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