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From: SCERO at OLEC
Date: 10/19/94 8:09AM
To: INTERNET:[log in to unmask] at OCF_INFORM
Subject: Re: Another way to view power plays
Contents:
>> EXAMPLE 2.1: Minors are assessed in the following order: A1 at 10:00, A2
>> at 11:00, B1 at 11:30.  No goals are scored.  a) How many PPs were
>> there?  b) When did they occur?
 
>> ANS 2.1: a) *1* for each team.  b) TeamB's only opportunity took place from
>> 10:00 to 12:00 (and covered a 5x4, 5x3, and 5x4 in that order).  TeamA's
>> only opportunity took place from 13:00 to 13:30 (and covered a 5x4).  The
>> situation was 4x4 from 12:00 to 13:00.
 
Answer of 1 each would be incorrect here.  At 10:00, Team B received a PP
opportunity. At 11:00, they received another as there are now two players who
have caused their team to be shorthanded.  At 11:30, Team B just went 0-1 until
the second penalty expired, then they are 0-2.  Team A gets a PP opportunity at
13:00.
          10:00 - 5x4 - 1st opportunity Team B
          11:00 - 5x3 - 2nd opportunity Team B
          11:30 - 4x3 - Team B 0-1
          12:00 - 4x4 - No opportunity here - even strength
          13:00 - 4x5 - Team A opportunity, Team B 0-2
 
>> EXAMPLE 2.2: In the previous situation, everything is the same except
>> that TeamB scores at 11:15.  a) How many PPs were there? b) When did
>> they occur?
 
>> ANS 2.2: a) *2* for TeamB, *1* for TeamA.  b) TeamB had one
>> opportunity from 10:00 until their goal at 11:15, which came on a 5x3
>> and caused A1's penalty to expire.  Then, TeamB's 2nd opportunity
>> (5x4) started and ran from 11:15 until 11:30, when B1 took a penalty.
>> TeamA's only opportunity ran from 13:00 (when A2's penalty expired)
>> until 13:30.
 
>> (The previous two examples illustrate that it is not correct to just
>> evaluate how many opportunities there would have been if a team had
>> scored on each one.  This was what I had said yesterday.  Rather, you
>> need to consider, during any given time, who was the player whose
>> penalty caused the shorthanded situation?  When it *changes* from one
>> player to another, then that is when one PP opp ends and another
>> begins.)
 
Evaluating how many opportunities a team has is never based on how many times
they score.  As for the player which caused the shorthanded situation, that
changes depending on when the penalties were accessed.  I'm going to get my
situations handbook out and I'll post a few examples. This should clear this up.
All these situations are covered in there.
 
Rick
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