In message  <[log in to unmask]> Andrew Brecher writes:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Luiz F.
> Valente" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >A weird statistic:
> >
> >In the 90 seasons (1897-98 to 1987-88) before Coach Bob Gaudet arrived
> >at Brown, Brown teams had played to 25 ties. Under Gaudet (7 and a half
> >seasons) Brown has had 26 ties.
>
> Strange.  How closely does this parallel national trends?
 
I don't know about nationally, but since Mike Sertich has taken over at UMD,
from the 1982-83 season through last season, there were 33 ties, including 7 in
1990-91.  In the 51 years of Minnesota Duluth hockey there were 66 total ties.
But, they also used to play 8 or 10 games a season compared to 40.  In total
percentage of games ending in a tie, the stats are closer, but you can see a
difference.
1930-95             66 ties      1451 games      4.549%
1930-82             33 ties       920 games      3.587%
1982-95             33 ties       531 games      6.215%
 
I guess we need a statistician.
 
Tony
 
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