G.M. Finniss points out ...
>Hockey East     12 games played, 4 shootouts
>CCHA            24 games played, 1 tie
>WCHA            27 games played, 1 tie
>
>Sort of makes you wonder if HE teams are playing for the shootout.
 
33% is an extraordinary number, yet the WHCA and CCHA numbers are almost
as strange(4%).  There haven't been many games played yet, but a quick
look at the last 3 years gives the following:
 
   91-92  131 of 851 ot   15.4%
   92-93  120 of 894 ot   13.4%
   93-94  146 of 888 ot   16.4%
 
Note: I was too lazy to calculate tie games ...  "ot"s were easier.
Somewhere in the archives is a discussion of overtime win rates, but a
quick look didn't find it.  I did find a partial year summary of
overtime records (Feb 9 post by Mike Machnik).  Those data could be
summarized by saying 1/2 of overtime games end in a tie (the actual sums
of overtime records listed there was 47-44-94).
 
So, maybe WCHA and CCHA aren't as evenly balanced this year?  Or, maybe
they are playing more offensively (I didn't look at average scores)?
 
cheers,
 
Wayne Smith
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